Example sentences of "which [modal v] be say [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Power of Love : Of all those passions which may be said to tyrannize over the heart of man , love is not only the most violent , but the most persuasive . |
| 2 | It is of interest to compare the positions of Brumfit and Krashen in this collection , positions which might be said to typify to some degree the attitudes to applied linguistics and language teaching on each side of the Atlantic . |
| 3 | He admits also that Buddhism displayed a tendency to participation as it spread out from India into other countries , though he fails to recognize the examples of participation which might be said to derive from the communal life of the sangha and so insists that it is the principle of identity that predominates . |
| 4 | This is not to imply that they are exceeding their disciplinary mandate in examining topics which might be said to belong to some other discipline ; simply that their interests in doing so are different . |
| 5 | Here there are no words which could be said to amount to a request for property to be made over to Titius . |
| 6 | In other places , the line falls below areas which can be said to benefit from improvement . |