Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] [adv] be said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may also be said of the fibre intake in man where we generally eat a low fibre diet but evolved eating a high fibre diet . |
| 2 | By raising and lowering the handle it is possible to follow the contours of the shape , and though this can also be said of a normal chisel , I enjoyed being able to concentrate solely on the chisel edge , as if whittling . |
| 3 | This can also be said of many of the larger species of Cichlasoma which often end up as pets for a number of reasons . |
| 4 | Results of surveys taken in recent years in AIB have indicated that staff morale is low — as it is in all banks — and this can certainly be said for those in Britain where members have had to endure in the past five years a two year period of unreal thinking , the additional pressures brought on by the recession , the pressures brought on by short staffing and on top of all that the lack of recognition in monetary terms for their efforts in ‘ keeping the ship afloat ’ . |
| 5 | This can hardly be said for composers such as Webern , whose fifty-odd songs have accompaniments which are almost undistinguishable one from another and are certainly unmemorable . |
| 6 | Surely this can only be said by those ministers or officials who ( however well meaning ) are themselves ‘ out of touch ’ . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | The same may also be said of the existence of a right of appeal . |
| 9 | The same must also be said of the Pastorale d'été and the Prélude , arioso et fugue , a transcription dating from 1936 of a piano piece composed four years earlier . |
| 10 | One consequence was this : once it was accepted that scripture stood alone outside tradition , and could be interpreted correctly by anyone with a pure heart and God-given rationality , it was not too big a step to suggest that the same could also be said of nature . |
| 11 | Again , it 's hard to describe the tones , but imagine this treble pickup as a cross between a Strat and a Les Paul and you 're getting the idea , and the same could probably be said of the front humbucker . |
| 12 | Guido paused and smiled a crude smile that suggested that the same could never be said about him . |
| 13 | I can not speak from experience but the same can probably be said about most instruments if used properly . |
| 14 | The same can also be said of physical science : despite the apparent breadth of the course , students felt that they had little control over their learning . |
| 15 | ’ Here again the offender 's act is unilateral and the same can clearly be said of section 6(2) . |
| 16 | Whereas the same can hardly be said of other worries , worries ( for instance ) about deception and decay . |
| 17 | The same can hardly be said of today 's Australia . |
| 18 | The same can then be said of social and stylistic factors . |
| 19 | That can also be said of Guleghina as Desdemona . |
| 20 | All that can really be said with certainty is that quasi-governmental bodies generally operate in narrower , more specific areas than government departments or local authorities . |
| 21 | So that can hardly be said in itself to constitute an intolerable situation . ’ |
| 22 | But I suppose you could say that it was a war that needed fighting ; if that can ever be said about any war . ’ |