Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] said [adv] that " in BNC.

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1 It should be said also that both the 1954 church as the 1976 halls owned a tremendous amount to the generosity of the Rank Trust .
2 Certainly the raw readings are low , and it must be said here that the last significant figure was obtained by estimating a proportion of a division on the scale .
3 Some people think that Jesus still meant death in the sense that it might be said today that a person had ‘ fallen asleep ’ when they had died .
4 Alternatively it may be said bluntly that in all cases of intimidation , whatever the nature of the threatened act , C's cause of action is wholly independent of B's .
5 It will be said perhaps that I should have combined some principle of conduct with propositions about the flavours .
6 Or , to put it in another way , there must be at least two non-synonymous descriptive phrases of which it can be said both that they are co-extensive in respect of the given non-meaning and characterise this non-meaning in an essential way .
7 The large question of the limits upon royal power will be discussed in a later chapter , but it can be said now that , although the Crown put pressure upon both Houses , they were capable of obstinacy and independence .
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