Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [vb mod] be say [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A ‘ steersman ’ in a towed vehicle will be held to be ‘ driving ’ if the extent and degree of control could be said to correctly describe ‘ driving ’ ( R v MacDonagh , [ 1974 ] RTR 372 and McQuaid v Anderton , [ 1980 ] 3 All ER 540 ) . |
| 2 | Whereas any belief can be anchored , regardless of the content of the belief , only certain sons of belief could be said to be objectified . |
| 3 | For instance , the following two occurrences of man can be said to be in syntactically different environments : |
| 4 | ‘ If the purpose of life can be said to be replication , then we have both failed dismally . ’ |
| 5 | This type of book may be said to ante-date the classical detective story , which we have called the template or original of most crime fiction . |
| 6 | Points of view could be said to be central to the formal legal enterprise . |
| 7 | The other kind would be academics who are committed to a tough professionalism on the American model , who believe that knowledge advances and becomes obsolete , that theory is essential , and that nothing of interest can be said about literature outside an institutional framework . |