Example sentences of "may be say [prep] be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Whether or not in our time parents may be said to be justified by the sad statistics of the permissive society , it is certain that in the nineteenth century , parents had little option because of the sad statistics of mortality among children .
2 They may be said to be exercising an administrative function .
3 There are those today who may be said to be living as though Pentecost had never taken place .
4 Though we have not yet attained a full system of compulsory registration , we may be said to be moving , surely and at an increasing pace , in that direction .
5 To the extent that these parts of the social structure are based on the same values , they may be said to be integrated .
6 Even the solicitor and the author may be said to be employed — in the ‘ simple language … used and understood by ordinary literate men and women ’ — and if they are employed , their remuneration is surely earned ‘ in employment . ’
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