Example sentences of "[be] say [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , some things may be said with reasonable assurance . |
| 2 | Mr Sheffield said as Mr Elderfield was not complying with his medication it may well be that he had some form of epileptic fit but it could not be said with complete confidence . |
| 3 | It can already be said with virtual certainty that lamb will never be as cheap again . |
| 4 | But can the same be said for international law ? |
| 5 | Games are an integral part of any school 's curriculum and the same can be said for New College , but all the pupils are blind or have got very little sight . |
| 6 | We 're in a mess and nothing is going to pull us out ; I am not a socialist ; I 'm not impressed by your little man in Rome ; I do n't like ultra-nationalists ( I 'm not one of those who 'd follow the general ) ; I think there is something to be said for constitutional monarchy but in France that cause is as dead as mutton ; I have not much faith in the League , nor in democracy as an up-to-date technique of government . |
| 7 | But the same can not be said of twentieth-century Christianity , which is why the type of doubt we are now considering is so prevalent . |
| 8 | The same can also be said of physical science : despite the apparent breadth of the course , students felt that they had little control over their learning . |
| 9 | Can the same be said of military firing at those times ? |
| 10 | Is there anything to be said about other phrase types : prepositional phrases , adverb phrases , adjective phrases ? |
| 11 | Seisin is a root of title , and it may be said without undue exaggeration that so far as land is concerned there is in England no law of ownership , but only a law of possession . |