Example sentences of "[pers pn] can be said that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To simplify a rather complex historical phenomenon , it can be said that the present political division between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael originates in positions taken by opponents in that war . |
| 2 | This is well exemplified in Fokine 's choreography fur the first Nocturne in Les Sylphides , where it can be said that the corps de ballet are marking the overall rhythm lasting sixteen or thirty-two bars , whilst the three soloists represent the shorter rhythmical phrases lasting four to ) eight bars . |
| 3 | I do not think it can be said that the manner of death is any more horrific than it used to be ( although it may well be different ) but it may be that the way of reporting someone 's death has radically changed and that this has brought its own problems . |
| 4 | Briefly , then , for we shall be returning to this same point later in the book , it can be said that the performance mode itself can be protective , either because it is seen to be mainly a technical or intellectual task , or because the dramatic form is powerful enough to enhance whatever the participants ' contribution might be . |
| 5 | At least it can be said that the former shows a more commendable motivation . |
| 6 | In broad psychological terms , it can be said that the male is achievement-orientated , directing his efforts towards a specific goal , whereas the woman is more concerned that the differing elements in her life should be in harmonious relation to one another , and that the circle of light in which she is centred includes them all . |
| 7 | On Professor Stubbs 's behalf it can be said that the Report reflects a total view of society , of co-operation and tolerance between cultural and social groups , and that to achieve this aim all teachers and pupils need to understand clearly why contempt for other people 's dialects is wrong . |
| 8 | However , the arguments which underlie the concept of justiciability can also be used to support the idea that in reviewing government decisions over which the courts are prepared to exercise control , they should only award remedies to aggrieved parties in cases where it can be said that the respondent has gone wrong in some fairly extreme way . |
| 9 | To summarize this part of the argument , it can be said that the contradictions found in these forty interviews between housework satisfaction patterns and answers to the question ‘ Do you like housework ? ’ may be interpreted as evidence of class-differentiated linguistic styles and norms of feminine domesticity . |
| 10 | On the basis of this table , it can be said that the two variables are connected : a woman who declares a positive attitude to housework is likely also to have a high specification of standards and routines . |
| 11 | In this different culture it can be said that the basic dynamics of the Oedipal situation appear , albeit modified by the different structural and cultural arrangements . |
| 12 | It can be said that the first wisdom of sociology is that — things are not what they seem . |
| 13 | Since June 1991 , it can be said that the UK stock market has been fulfilling its predictive . |
| 14 | Indeed in the middle of the twentieth century it can be said that the majority of the world 's population lives under systems of government where the government itself and particularly the executive government are of more importance and are treated with more respect or fear than the Constitution . |
| 15 | Yet at least it can be said that the long and complex history of the relations between cultural producers and their material means of production has not ended , but is still open and active . |
| 16 | On balance it can be said that the Industrial Revolution , with all its evils , brought a great increase in material prosperity to a majority of the members of the societies which it transformed . |
| 17 | Alternatively , it might be said that since it is unreasonable of a person to respond to such a threat by unlawful violence , it can be said that the conduct is not ‘ likely ’ to have such a result . |
| 18 | In this respect it can be said that the methods of interpretation developed by the European Court match the particular characteristics of Community legal texts . |
| 19 | If the teaching item has been demonstrably proved to have been learnt , it can be said that the assignment has been achieved . |
| 20 | In the meantime and excepting certain problem areas which are causing difficulty , it can be said that the Secretary of State 's general policy is to align the new Sheriff Court Districts with the existing Local Government Districts , or a combination of these , unless good reason is shown to him to the contrary as a result of representations made to him or to the appropriate Sheriff Principal . |
| 21 | Structurally speaking , it can be said that the highly centralised structure of these states and the minimal legislation introduced could constitute an ‘ embryonic welfare state ’ . |
| 22 | In answer to this second argument it can be said that the education available to Desiderius of Cahors in the following century is not likely to have been any better , and yet he did write in the manner of earlier letter-writers . |
| 23 | From a longer-term perspective , it can be said that the number of transactions per day has shown no tendency to increase since the mid-1970s ; there was a surge in total number of transactions during 1987 and 1988 due to a large number of deals between the newly established market makers but both transactions on behalf of customers and intra-market business has fallen back since then . |
| 24 | Finally , it can be said that the public interest and public policy have played an especially important part as a vehicle for providing a reason for giving redress in those cases in which the parties are not contractually bound . |
| 25 | If however , it can be said that the employee had reasonable grounds for believing the information to be part of knowledge properly acquired during his employment then his defence will succeed . |