Example sentences of "thing [prep] be said [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The only thing to be said to that was said eight years ago by Michael Kinsley , a Washington journalist , when the Democrats had the same plank in their platform for the American elections .
2 One thing to be said of that is that it does not at all follow , from the fact that we can not give particular descriptions of items that fall within a set , that we can not satisfactorily conceive of and describe the set .
3 The first thing to be said about Bateman is that he was a Londoner !
4 First thing to be said about them is that they 're all proteins covering a very wide range of molecular weights between three and three hundred kilobocals three thousand to three hundred thousand bocals .
5 There is only one other thing to be said about the hedgerows of parliamentary enclosure , and that is when precisely they were made .
6 The first thing to be said about it is that , whatever background you choose , it must mesh in well with the murder plot .
7 The first thing to be said about mistake is that it does not usually provide a defence , for liability in conversion is strict :
8 The first thing to be said in reply is a familiar Popperian theme : a clearly articulated hypothesis , which fails to match the facts in certain specifiable ways , can be a crucial stage in the development of a more satisfactory scientific understanding .
9 The first thing to be said in relation to the merits of the appeal is that none of the parties to the appeal , all represented here today , opposes it .
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