Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [modal v] be said [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It must comprehend alternatives in policy , since it is only if an electoral decision can alter the actions of government that popular control can be said to be established … |
| 2 | The word we use for the overall behaviour of the pitch in these examples is tone ; a one-syllable word can be said with either a level tone or a moving tone . |
| 3 | Our simple macroeconomy may be said to be in equilibrium when aggregate demand ( i.e. the total demand for final goods and services in the economy ) is equal to national income ( i.e. the total value of all final goods and services produced ) : this is often referred to as equilibrium in the goods market . |
| 4 | Hence , the Listening Test can be said to measure students ' communicative ability by exposing them to the kind of authentic misunderstandings which have occurred in real situations . |
| 5 | A second sense in which the inner-city phonology may be said to be complex is in the incidence of lexical items that have two alternative vowel pronunciations quite distinct phonetically and phonemically from each other . |
| 6 | For our present purposes , there are two main senses in which the inner-city phonology can be said to be complicated : first , there is a much higher degree of ‘ low-level ’ allophonic variation in the inner-city than in outer areas , resulting in a wide range of variation and frequent overlap between phonemes ; yet , this variation can be shown to be rule-governed ; second , there is a high incidence of what I have called phono-lexical alternation ( as measured in variables of type 2b ) in the inner-city , which is much reduced in outer-city communities . |
| 7 | A psychological rationalization could be said to be a justification for a position , which is held for reasons not related to the justification . |
| 8 | The prime function of representative standing can be said to be to facilitate the protection of what might be called ‘ diffuse interests ’ , that is interests shared by many people . |
| 9 | Plentiful capitulary material means that a good deal can be said about Charles as a ruler . |
| 10 | Bukharin 's own theory of capitalist crisis can be said to be one of disproportionality . |
| 11 | Thus neither the causes nor consequences of this type of economic strategy can be said to be specifically local . |
| 12 | The Stalinist system can be said to be ‘ Based on a state of siege mentality ’ . |
| 13 | Yet , as Mary Ainsworth ( 1969 ) points out in relation to the concept of attachment between mother and child ( monkeys included ) , a mental or physiological condition can be said to be present even when it is not visible in behaviour . |
| 14 | Certainly , academics will tend to identify with their department more than their institution ; but there is a sense in which the worldwide subject-based invisible college could be said to be basic . |
| 15 | This powerful movement , whose origins are ancient and obscure but which in its modern form can be said to date from the foundation of the Grand Lodge of England in 1717 , was soon associated with the spread of Enlightenment ideals through Europe : its ranks included princes , aristocrats , diplomats , merchants , bankers and civil servants — free-thinkers and rationalists of the upper and middle classes — as well as intellectuals and artists . |