Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] [adv] be said about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , having surveyed the yeomanry at length , Smith too reached the point beyond which he possessed little specific knowledge of the people under discussion , unless he felt that there was little that could usefully be said about those who had ‘ neither voice nor authority in the commonwealth , and no account is made of them but onelie to be ruled , not to rule others ’ . |
| 2 | Guido paused and smiled a crude smile that suggested that the same could never be said about him . |
| 3 | I can not speak from experience but the same can probably be said about most instruments if used properly . |
| 4 | The same can not be said about languages in which the predicator frequently comes at the beginning of the clause and therefore represents an unmarked — or at least less marked — thematic choice . |
| 5 | But I suppose you could say that it was a war that needed fighting ; if that can ever be said about any war . ’ |