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

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1 However , he has joined the fire service , and is called out most nights , so he too must be said to be doing his bit .
2 It was not until Compline that his non-appearance provoked wonder , comment and finally uneasiness , for he was unrelenting in observance , whatever else might be said of him .
3 Whatever else may be said about the Cathedral 's architecture and its glass and its sculpture , no one would dispute the success of Ralph Beyer 's contributions , known as The Tablets of the Word and cut in Hollington stone on a grand scale .
4 Whatever else may be said about Britain 's standing abroad , one indisputable fact , albeit a somewhat dubious distinction , is that , in the field of sexually transmitted diseases , this country leads the world .
5 WP Whatever else can be said about the East European regimes , they clearly failed to motivate their populations .
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