Example sentences of "[adv] [det] can [be] said " in BNC.
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1 | The most that can be said is that a good case can be made out for so doing ; law-abiding spectators would probably be sympathetic , depending upon the outcome . |
2 | The most that can be said with confidence is that the relationship is a liability for the population of Eastern Europe . |
3 | The most that can be said with any certainty is that the revolt was led by two families who were to play a great part in the next generation of Aquitainian politics , two families with whom Richard was to become very familiar : the house of Lusignan and the house of Angoulême . |
4 | The most that can be said is that they must have selectional restrictions which are satisfied by the selectee . |
5 | The most that can be said is that S.I.B . |
6 | The most that can be said is that the majority of individuals said to be non-right handed still show left hemisphere language representation ( Annett , Hudson , and Turner , 1974 ; Fleminger and Bunce , 1975 ; Clyma , 1975 ) . |
7 | Whether this justifies the conclusion of Esther Moir that " The most that can be said is that on and off the bench , the Justices interposed between the parish overseer and his helpless victim " is uncertain . |
8 | The best that can be said of his success on that occasion is that it postponed the period of uncertainty that a split in the party would bring . |
9 | But ‘ not bad ’ is about the best that can be said for it . |
10 | If ideology is the science of ideas , of broad metaphysical or abstract speculation , then the best that can be said here is that Odilon Redon pursued a private visionary agenda . |
11 | The best that can be said about marriage laws is that some of the variation may be explained along the lines proposed here . |
12 | The best that can be said for Manne 's argument is that as the risks of insider dealing increase , ‘ not trading ’ trading may become more popular . |
13 | So indeed it might have pleased him , for as has subsequently become clear , the best that can be said about the debate , from the Prime Minister 's point of view , is that he had one facet of the truth while General Maurice had another . |
14 | The best that can be said is that to appeal to such a wide diversity of patrons he clearly possessed some very rare talent indeed . |
15 | The best that can be said for the education available for the children of the eighteenth-century poor is that it managed to maintain the levels of the later seventeenth century . |
16 | Whether or not these can be said to have caused an increase in poverty depends , of course , on the definition of poverty chosen , as has been described above . |
17 | If virtually nothing is known of the town defences , only a little more can be said about the streets . |
18 | The least that can be said for him was that he convinced many that the non-combatants ' interests were worthy of consideration . |
19 | Perhaps this much can be said without suggesting that the book is an epic for Kenya Asians , which tells of a people threatened by nobodies , nothings , and managing to survive . |
20 | Yet this much can be said : that in the research of these days , the evidence of some form of parochial structure is more likely to take one by surprise for its earliness than its lateness . |