Example sentences of "can be said of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be said of these strong-minded and independently gifted accomplices that their work shows a dimension of reciprocity and replication , of the production unit , which stands at an appreciable remove from parody and plagiarism , and from the mimicry of other people 's voices which is comprehended in the term ‘ ventriloquism ’ , which Amis goes in for in private , among friends , and which is also a pleasure of the novels he writes . |
| 2 | Exactly the same can be said of ethical and psychological categories , or any critical categories whatever . ’ |
| 3 | The best that can be said of his success on that occasion is that it postponed the period of uncertainty that a split in the party would bring . |
| 4 | Much the same can be said of Ayer 's treatment of existence . |
| 5 | Precisely the same can be said of the many divine beings reverenced from within Hindu tradition . |
| 6 | Much the same can be said of any reason for action . |
| 7 | The same can be said of PH Emerson 's work on local communities of the Norfolk Broads . |
| 8 | The same can be said of the next dog of great influence : Ch. |
| 9 | The materials may well have improved , but only time will tell if the same can be said of workmanship and design . |
| 10 | Also straights can vary tremendously in quality although the same can be said of some compound feeds by the way ! |
| 11 | The same can be said of receiving intuitive aromatherapy massage from a friend . |
| 12 | All that can be said of the experiment at CERN is what the physicists there did say . |
| 13 | Painting , architecture ( as its most pure ) , and literature have a definitive form or text , and although the same can be said of drama whilst it remains on the printed page , its conversion to the performing medium allows a great deal more flexibility than music ever can . |
| 14 | The same can be said of stallions , though most people do n't have the facilities to keep them . |
| 15 | Individual existence then seems to require some form of hi sā and the same can be said of our existence as social beings or as members of society . |
| 16 | But the question that arises is whether it can be said of any morality that it can not be divorced from religion . |
| 17 | Which is more than can be said of the successors of the first Labour government , elected just when the Elmhirsts arrived at the bankrupt farms and derelict buildings of Dartington . |
| 18 | In spite of the weaknesses in his attempted synthesis , the same can be said of him in the context of the theology of the last century and a half as of Sir Christopher Wren on his tomb in St Paul 's Cathedral , Si monumentum requiris , circumspice — ‘ If you would see his memorial , look around you . ’ |
| 19 | And the same can be said of structures . |
| 20 | Perhaps the best that can be said of Mr Karimov 's treatment of dissidents is that it has been consistent . |
| 21 | The photos are of variable quality , but often interesting ; the same can be said of the colour plates , which show an extraordinary range of service-specific camouflage clothing and insignia , but are sometimes rather stylised in appearance . |
| 22 | This amounted to little more than a regrading of established Yorkist bureaucrats , and the same can be said of the exchequer , where the office of treasurer , left empty by the death of the earl of Essex , was filled by the earl 's former deputy John Wood . |
| 23 | Much the same can be said of the third issue , of free trade vs protectionism . |
| 24 | Leaving aside several other good attempts to explain the difference between causes and causal circumstances and their effects , and also what can be said of great obstacles in the way of these attempts ( Mackie , 1974 , Ch. 7 , 1979 ; Ayer , 1984a ; Sanford , 1976 , 1985 ; Papineau , 1985b ; Honderich , 1986 ) , let us return to and concentrate on our ordinary convictions about the difference . |
| 25 | It is sometimes supposed , by those who do allow that consciousness is a reality not caught by any of the doctrines we have considered , that none the less nothing enlightening can be said of it . |
| 26 | The same can be said of the junior ministers who finally wrecked the government in 1922 ; many of these would have been cabinet ministers in a party government . |
| 27 | Much the same can be said of the widespread use of ‘ suggestion schemes ’ , which although not compulsory are so widespread that employees feel obliged to participate in them . |
| 28 | The same can be said of the gold treasures thrown into the lagoon of Guatavita , Colombia , in the course of ceremonies to mark the appointment of successive rulers . |
| 29 | The same can be said of Christian Dior 's exquisite new five-colour eyeshadow compact Fiction where the key colour , a putty-oyster called Light , is surrounded by gentle shades such as Lavender and Pearl Grey . |
| 30 | The best thing that can be said of them is that their contact with women is slight , the numbers who participate regularly are few , and whilst this reinforces the commonsense definition of poverty as being a result of apathy , it protects those who escape from the prescriptions of unperceptive need-meeters and from yet more management by misguided missionaries . |