Example sentences of "be say to be a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | To that extent there may be said to be a mental element required for this variety of manslaughter , but it is a manifestly low mental element compared with the death which results . |
2 | ‘ The case may be said to be a good example of the stringency with which the courts scrutinise transactions of guarantee entered into at the instance of a debtor who is likely to be in a position to exert influence on the surety and in circumstances in which the surety can derive no conceivable benefit from the transaction . |
3 | The Prince of Wales could hardly be said to be a good luck symbol at the moment . |
4 | The supporters of O M O V have put their arguments in what can only be said to be a ham-fisted and insulting way . |
5 | Quite obviously the playwright has largely pre-empted negotiation of this kind ; also , a theatrical performance can hardly be said to be a social interaction in a normal sense as the actor 's concern is to describe to someone outside the interaction on stage — to the spectator . |
6 | When , however , its satisfactions depend upon the infliction of pain or damage upon an unwilling partner , the situation is again that of using a person as a mere object : the sadist ( or , sometimes , the masochist ) may genuinely be said to be a social and personal menace . |
7 | By this definition , the question of what would count as a comprehensive health service could be said to be a polycentric one . |
8 | That can not be said to be a full description of reason within the disciplines , for they can not be sustained without values and judgement . |