Example sentences of "[pron] may be said [prep] be " in BNC.

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1 Variants of ( Ε ) and ( o ) do not form a continuum along a single linear scale , but each of them may be said to be part of one or more subscales which can be constructed on , for example , the continua of roundness , or backness or length .
2 On the other hand , there is information which may be said to be external to the company , commonly referred to as market information .
3 It is such questions which one must ask of Christians , particularly Christians who would be feminist , who explain that the creation story ( or any other part of the Christian story which may be said to be sexist ) is to them a ‘ true myth ’ .
4 There are those today who may be said to be living as though Pentecost had never taken place .
5 Though we have not yet attained a full system of compulsory registration , we may be said to be moving , surely and at an increasing pace , in that direction .
6 To that extent there may be said to be a mental element required for this variety of manslaughter , but it is a manifestly low mental element compared with the death which results .
7 There may be said to be three different types of Christology : ‘ high ’ Christologies , ‘ low ’ Christologies , and ‘ message ’ Christologies .
8 There may be said to be two limbs to s740(5) .
9 If adjustment to these constraints appears ( on the basis of psychological and/or physiological evidence ) to be innate rather than learned , they may be said to be ‘ built in ’ , or ‘ hard-wired ’ .
10 To the extent that these parts of the social structure are based on the same values , they may be said to be integrated .
11 They may be said to be exercising an administrative function .
12 It may be said to be on the right lines , but at best it provides materials for an answer to the logical question , materials which it does not combine properly .
13 However , it may be said to be fairer than the Community Charge in that the tax does , at least , rise with the value of the house and it is reasonable to assume that those living in more expensive houses have higher incomes than those living in less expensive dwellings .
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