Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [modal v] be said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are four related conceptual differences between epistemic and perspectival appearances : ( 1 ) Epistemic appearances are subjective , whereas perspectival appearances are objective ; ( 2 ) It makes no sense to say that X appears to be φ to Y but Y does not know it , whereas it does make sense to say that X presents such-and-such a perspectival appearance to the point of view Y occupies but Y does not know it ; ( 3 ) X can appear to be φ to Y only if Y possesses the concept φ : nothing similar can be said about perspectival appearances ; ( 4 ) Epistemic appearances are related to their objects by being true or false of them , whereas perspectival appearances are related to their objects mathematically . |
| 2 | Nothing better could be said of poetry than that . |
| 3 | However , it does not follow from this that there is nothing in an animal 's head , or that nothing useful can be said about it . |
| 4 | Something similar might be said of the following : ( 192 ) Thus by reducing the temperature of matter in the gaseous state it can be made to pass through all three physical states . |
| 5 | It is to be allowed then , although something more will be said of the matter ( 1.6 ) , that we have two conceptions . |
| 6 | Something more will be said of the matter , however . |
| 7 | So something more must be said about beliefs , expectations , hopes , and so on , than that they are not extended , if they are adequately to be distinguished from these other non-extended phenomena . |
| 8 | It shows that something more must be said about what a convention is , about how much and what kind of agreement is necessary in order that a particular proposition of law can be true in virtue of a particular legal convention . |
| 9 | And what a wonderful place , what more can be said about the bar ? |
| 10 | Someone in possession with the consent of them both can be said to be in possession ‘ with consent of the owner . ’ |
| 11 | Taken together , these problems raise the issue of whether anything useful can be said about Black women from a research tradition which has failed to engage with their lives . |