Example sentences of "be said [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the millions of words that have been written and spoken on the subject of ‘ 1992 ’ , there still appears to be much more to be said on the subject . |
| 2 | A memorandum by Thomas Cromwell in 1533 of matters to be discussed with the King includes things to be said on the departure of the Bavarian ambassador , the interrogation of a friar named Reysbye , the treatment of certain other friars who had been in contact with Rome , the folding of cloth in the north of England , the offer made to the King by the executors of Lord Dacre of the South in an important test case , and the affairs of a reputed idiot named Ralph Francis . |
| 3 | Type 7 His book covers most that need be said on the subject . |
| 4 | More will be said on the discrepancies between the workshop and Hemingway versions in the following section , where some further explanations will be offered as to why such dissimilarities occur . |
| 5 | Unfortunately the government is assuming that 's all we are doing so they 're cutting housing subsidy accordingly and we would have been left with no choice , that 's all there is to be said on the matter . |
| 6 | It appears to me that the arguments which I have heard involve the consideration of three separate questions , namely : ( 1 ) does the ex turpi causa maxim and its related rules ( which I will refer to as ‘ the ex turpi causa defence ’ ) afford a defence to a claim for contribution under the Act of 1978 ? ( 2 ) If the ex turpi causa defence is capable of so applying , can it be said , with the degree of certainty necessary for a striking out order to be made , that the defence will exclude any contribution from the third party in the circumstances of this case ? ( 3 ) Leaving aside the ex turpi causa defence , can it be said with the necessary degree of certainty that the court will , under section 2(1) and ( 2 ) of the Act of 1978 , exempt the third party from liability to make contribution even if he has been negligent in the performance of some duty of care owed to the plaintiffs ? |
| 7 | It should be said at the outset that this is not the usual legal meaning of the word . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It can not be said at the outset that it is impossible for the contract to be carried out . |
| 12 | Prepare lists of utterances which may all be said to the same tune , e.g. following example from Portuguese of Brazil : listen to each list in turn listen to pairs , one word from each list , across insert one utterance from list 2 near the end of list 1 , and vice versa , and listen to check that you hear the difference between them standing out clearly |
| 13 | WHATEVER may be said to the contrary , there is a big difference between reactions to loyalist and republican paramilitary violence . |
| 14 | More than can be said for the lower one , he wrote . |
| 15 | 'You look fresh as a daisy which is more than can be said for the rest of us. ’ said John . |
| 16 | Seven months on , how I wish the same could be said for the rest . |
| 17 | If the perceptions of Paisley 's critics are revealing of their underlying attitudes , the same could be said for the perceptions of his supporters . |
| 18 | The envoy pleaded that there was much to be said for the Duke , to which Gustavus replied that there was much to be said for lice by those who cared for them . |
| 19 | Surely those politicians , members of royalty , athletes or anyone who wishes to make a clarifying statement should have sufficient intelligence to appreciate that the media-kings of speculation can not only guess what the content of the future announcement will be , but can make it so much more interesting by speculating on the response , plus the reaction to the response by the person who probably intended to say the opposite to what the ‘ experts ’ had been speculating would be said for the past 48 hours . |
| 20 | Seventh Day Adventists were the favoured race skippers — they did n't drink , which was more than could be said for the lighter crews . |
| 21 | There is something , at least , to be said for the old order : ‘ Educational injustice enabled people to preserve their illusions , inequality of opportunity fostered the myth of human equality . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ There 's a lot to be said for the barn method . |
| 23 | Much the same can be said for the group of surnames representing the former holding of offices , which includes such obvious examples as Butler , Chamberlain , Reeve , Beadle , Granger and Steward , but some are less obvious because time has dimmed both the memory of the office concerned and distorted the spelling of the name : Grieve = a farm steward ; Gayler = a gaoler ; Bailey = a bailiff or sergeant ; Spencer = a dispenser of provisions ; Tunnard = guardian of the village ( tūn ) pound ; Senskell = a majordomo ( seneschal ) ; Wardrop = a wardrober . |
| 24 | During the night Ham was in fine form , which is more than can be said for the Redstone rocket . |
| 25 | And this is more than can be said for the majority of other books which have exploited the same theme : that of man battling away , amid ignorance and fear , against some novel , lethal , unknown microorganism . |
| 26 | Its one saving grace is that it is water-tight , which is more than can be said for the tonneau cover . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I have bought Today 's Horse since the beginning and I am happy to say that it is getting better and better — something which can not always be said for the other horsy magazines , which are often repetitive and patronising . |
| 29 | Which is more than can be said for the Osborne creature 's genetic offering ! |
| 30 | Admittedly there is a lot to be said for the species itself , but it is hard not to fall for I. aquifolium ‘ Bacciflava ’ because the berries are a cheerful shade of yellow . |