Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb mod] be say [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This in turn led to DoE Circular 22/83 which recommends that planing gain is only reasonable where it can be said to fairly and directly relate to the actual development being proposed . |
| 2 | The ultimate ‘ aim ’ of beauty , if there can be said to be such a thing , is to point us towards the spiritual realm . |
| 3 | Distributors and retailers selling " own brand " goods can be liable if they can be said to be holding themselves out to be the producer . |
| 4 | Most important of all was to know the Catechism , and they had to repeat it over and over until it could be said without faltering . |
| 5 | Yes but forgive me you must listen to what 's said to you because somebody might be saying to you Lawrence is under the bed . |
| 6 | But it is important to note that since nothing can be said about the magnitudes of the differences between the various elements along the continuum , none of the standard arithmetic operations can legitimately be used . |
| 7 | But the question that arises is whether it can be said of any morality that it can not be divorced from religion . |
| 8 | But the owner 's possession , and with it his actual power to exercise his rights , is for the time being gone ; he must recover the watch — as he may even lawfully do by his own act — before he can be said to be again in possession of it . |
| 9 | Al also the way we talk about it is very very sloppy , we often say A minus B when we should be saying plus A take away plus B. We start talking like that people he 's off again . |
| 10 | The desirability of this is obvious , though it must be said without wishing to offend anyone that it seems as imminent now as it was when the claim was first being made 30 years ago . |
| 11 | ‘ But , strange as it may be to say about someone who was younger , I learnt a great deal from him . ’ |
| 12 | The calf is supposed to miss its mother as it might be said of a 4-year-old child . |