Example sentences of "[vb mod] be say [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before we look at some examples to illustrate this falsificationist conception of the progress of science , a word should be said about the claim that ‘ Science starts with problems ’ . |
| 2 | Firstly Muslims ( like Christians and unlike Hindus ) have set prayers which should be said during the day , so that Christian prayers can be regarded as a threat or at least an alternative to Islam , and secondly , while Hindu and Sikh parents often regard Christian prayers for their children as so much water off a duck 's back , Muslims , again like Christians or religious Jews , object to any other religious influence on their children . |
| 3 | It should be said at the outset that this is not the usual legal meaning of the word . |
| 4 | But it should be said at the outset that none of the terms ‘ check ’ , ‘ control ’ or ‘ render accountable ’ has a single clear meaning : there are several ways of checking and controlling and several types of accountability . |
| 5 | On the other hand , despite the tone of much of the political debate in the United Kingdom , it should be said at the outset that questions such as the transfer of powers ( or sovereignty ) to the Community , the direct application and direct effect of Community law , and the correlative theory of the primacy of such provisions of Community law when they conflict with provisions of national law , were all established aspects of Community law when we joined in 1973 , and are not new problems relating to Maastricht . |
| 6 | It should be said at the outset , however , that the terminological distinction is not always maintained : it is somewhat blurred in the context of citizenship of the Union , which is inserted into the Community Treaty in a new Article 8 and 8a to 8e . |
| 7 | ‘ We should be saying to the Secretary of State : ‘ If you want fees say so , go to the electorate and ask them . ’ |
| 8 | And this may well be something which we should be saying to the priest |
| 9 | Before the definition of a contract of sale of goods is 1–3 considered , something must be said of the history and sources of the law relating to sale of goods . |
| 10 | The system of higher education in the UK is usually described in institutional rather than curricular terms , and even in a book on the curriculum something must be said about the pattern of institutions since this affects what is taught . |
| 11 | The same might be said for the mix of sexuality and violence in Blue Velvet . |
| 12 | Much the same might be said of the keyboard repertory , particularly in Germany . |
| 13 | Much might be said of the relation between particular and general causal statements , but here a little must suffice . |
| 14 | For example , he may want to see whether the chief constable has been making use of civilian resources as well as he should , and he might be saying to the inspectorate of constabulary , ’ If you can demonstrate a better use of money and resources through civilianisation , that might have a bearing on the availability of uniformed police officers . ’ |
| 15 | Seven months on , how I wish the same could be said for the rest . |
| 16 | A pleasant , very nearly a respectable , young man , it seemed , which was far more than could be said for the fellow they had put up for Bradford in 1841 , an Irishman of the wilder variety who had served his apprenticeship to the political trade in such select establishments as Northallerton House of Correction and the castle jails of Lancaster and York . |
| 17 | I wish the same could be said for the piano he uses : it is clearly in need of a tune in the first of the Valses-Caprices . |
| 18 | The relationship with humans may be such that plants are no longer clearly ‘ wild ’ or ‘ cultivated ’ , the forests including several ‘ cultigens ’ like the betel nut or Uncaria gambir ( Rubiaceae ) , an important tan source in Asia ; similar could be said of the date in north Africa and Arabia . |
| 19 | But of course the same could be said of the situation in Lace v. Chantler [ 1944 ] K.B . |
| 20 | Whatever else may be said about the Cathedral 's architecture and its glass and its sculpture , no one would dispute the success of Ralph Beyer 's contributions , known as The Tablets of the Word and cut in Hollington stone on a grand scale . |
| 21 | ) The same may be said of the glissando , produced by rapidly drawing in or pushing out the slide . |
| 22 | WHATEVER may be said to the contrary , there is a big difference between reactions to loyalist and republican paramilitary violence . |
| 23 | It is all part of gathering more power , whatever may be said by the Government about his intentions int into the hands of Whitehall and into the hands of ministers who at the moment will be Conservative , but very shortly I think are likely to be Labour . |
| 24 | Le Maître always behaves towards me with the utmost propriety , whatever people may be saying to the contrary . ’ |
| 25 | Type 7 His book covers most that need be said on the subject . |
| 26 | In each case , something will be said about the literature on each type , the patterns or sub-types that exist , and the problems and issues associated with them , beginning with the ‘ professional ’ course . |
| 27 | Before doing so , a little will be said of the character of logic and deductive reasoning . |
| 28 | It is to be allowed then , although something more will be said of the matter ( 1.6 ) , that we have two conceptions . |
| 29 | Something more will be said of the matter , however . |
| 30 | There will be a lot of people in the House of Lords who will be saying to the Queen ‘ stand your ground ’ . |