Example sentences of "[adv] that 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 | The least that can be said for him was that he convinced many that the non-combatants ' interests were worthy of consideration . |