Example sentences of "[pron] may be say about " in BNC.

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1 It happens to be the case that we can not , in our language , refer to the sensible properties of a thing without introducing a word or phrase which appears to stand for the thing itself as opposed to anything which may be said about it .
2 ‘ But , strange as it may be to say about someone who was younger , I learnt a great deal from him . ’
3 Whatever may be said about his lordship these days — and the great majority of it is , as I say , utter nonsense — I can declare that he was a truly good man at heart , a gentleman through and through , and one I am today proud to have given my best years of service to .
4 Whatever may be said about Ecclesiastes — and many things have been said about him — he decried traditional wisdom .
5 If such be the case , what may be said about the Muftiliks of Molla Yegan and Molla Fenari ?
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