Example sentences of "[conj] can be said [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Or is there any sense in which those who oppose and vote against a particular policy or decision can be said to assent to it , or can be said to be governing themselves when they have voted against the policy that has been adopted ?
2 The only thing that can be said for astrology is that it makes money for those who write and publish horoscopes , despite being wrong on most occasions .
3 One thing that can be said for this type of control is that you only need a minimum of movement in the pot to switch between crunch and scream .
4 Perhaps the most fundamental characteristic of a system that can be said to be ‘ living ’ is its ability to self-replicate .
5 It is true , certainly , that feeling good for no particular reason , and the sensation of warmth , do not involve objects or contents that can be said to be determinate in a certain sense .
6 As the balloon expands , the distance between any two spots increases , but there is no spot that can be said to be the center of the expansion .
7 The best thing that can be said of them is that their contact with women is slight , the numbers who participate regularly are few , and whilst this reinforces the commonsense definition of poverty as being a result of apathy , it protects those who escape from the prescriptions of unperceptive need-meeters and from yet more management by misguided missionaries .
8 The worst that can be said of the new minister is that he " undoubtedly possessed a definite political programme , but he was too cautious and too indecisive to carry it out " .
9 The one thing that can be said with certainty about mildew is that it is unpredictable .
10 ‘ HERE is the new Shorter Oxford Dictionary of which the first thing that can be said with confidence is that if you drop it on your foot you will never walk unaided again ’ — Commentator Bernard Levin .
11 Chief Superintendent Paul Green of Holborn Police said at the scene last night : ‘ The only thing that can be said about the target is that it was in one of London 's main streets at a very busy time .
12 In conclusion , is there anything of a general nature that can be said about Wittgenstein 's treatment of the ‘ Other Minds ’ problem ?
13 In such a well studied and carefully recorded area , is there anything new that can be said about this Bronze Age landscape ?
14 One thing that can be said about is that he he 's never drab .
15 The bowling department remains England 's main problem area , despite the batting failures , and there is not much good that can be said about the bowlers .
16 The one thing that can be said in favour is that it sends vegans and animal rights activists incandescent with rage .
17 One thing that can be said in opposition to the simultaneity idea is that if we persist in thinking precisely of causation , of one thing causing another , as distinct from any related kind of connection , we are inclined to try to substitute successions for simultaneities .
18 More than can be said for the lower one , he wrote .
19 'You look fresh as a daisy which is more than can be said for the rest of us. ’ said John .
20 Simon thought it sensible and practical ‘ which is more than can be said for most of their gimmicks , but ’ he warned her , ‘ if they like it they 'll take it over as their own .
21 ‘ When it comes to the purity of our water , we have virtually no traces of bacteria in the finished product , which is more than can be said for some other Common Market countries , ’ Dr Derek Miller , assistant director of the soon-to-be-privatised Water Research Centre told the newspaper .
22 During the night Ham was in fine form , which is more than can be said for the Redstone rocket .
23 And this is more than can be said for the majority of other books which have exploited the same theme : that of man battling away , amid ignorance and fear , against some novel , lethal , unknown microorganism .
24 Its one saving grace is that it is water-tight , which is more than can be said for the tonneau cover .
25 Which is more than can be said for the Osborne creature 's genetic offering !
26 But I 'm all right — which is more than can be said for some . ’
27 This is more than can be said for the ever-decreasing Daily Mirror and Daily Express , both in terminal decline .
28 Which is more than can be said for the thousands of turkeys destined for the Christmas dinner table .
29 Which is more than can be said for the other engine .
30 Happily , the Edwardians had considerable good taste , which is more than can be said for some of the awful designs of the late fifties which were in vogue during the transition from more traditional styles .
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