Example sentences of "[adv] be said to be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Salvationists associated together ‘ for a purpose which can not be said to be otherwise than lawful and laudable , or at all events can not be called unlawful ’ . |
| 2 | A man can not be said to be truly willing unless he is in a position to choose freely , and freedom of choice predicates , not only full knowledge of the circumstances on which the exercise of choice is conditioned , so that he may be able to choose wisely , but the absence from his mind of any feeling of constraint so that nothing shall interfere with the freedom of his will ( Scott LJ in Bowater v Rowley Regis Corporation [ 1944 ] KB 476 ) . |
| 3 | That being so , the direct object can not be said to be totally redundant . |
| 4 | Ruether 's , if she is not saying in any sense of Christ that he is unique , surely can not be said to be so . |
| 5 | The difference illustrated here could reasonably be said to be as much attitudinal as grammatical . |
| 6 | In fact , black holes can now be said to be really matters of science fact rather than science fiction . |
| 7 | Of course grandiose ideas of this sort can never be said to be entirely new . |