Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [modal v] be said to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The case may be said to be a good example of the stringency with which the courts scrutinise transactions of guarantee entered into at the instance of a debtor who is likely to be in a position to exert influence on the surety and in circumstances in which the surety can derive no conceivable benefit from the transaction . |
| 2 | Histoire , whilst at one level a transposition of the discontinuity of experience , can at the same time be considered as providing an implicit commentary on the nature of fiction and writing : the text can be said to be formed from a meditation on a collection of postcards which the narrator is sifting through . |
| 3 | This causes no problem , as the defendant can be said to be at fault whenever he commits a tort . |
| 4 | Even the solicitor and the author may be said to be employed — in the ‘ simple language … used and understood by ordinary literate men and women ’ — and if they are employed , their remuneration is surely earned ‘ in employment . ’ |
| 5 | By causing a subsidiary to issue preference shares to a bank , the group could be said to be ‘ window dressing ’ . |
| 6 | The attitude towards science in the Eagle could be said to be typical of UK comics generally . |
| 7 | In principle , therefore , even where the delay can be said to be unjustifiable , the imposition of a permanent stay should be the exception rather than the rule . |
| 8 | In principle , therefore , even where the delay can be said to be unjustifiable , the imposition of a permanent stay should be the exception rather than the rule . |
| 9 | In this matter of mouths , the Nile can be said to be modest . |
| 10 | Where this test is satisfied it is not conclusive proof that the person is ‘ driving ’ and it must be asked whether the person can be said to be ‘ driving ’ under the ordinary meaning of that word . |
| 11 | The indigenous people avoid these fish during the tree 's fruiting season and , if other fish predators do the same , the tree could be said to be operating a Securicor system for its offspring . |
| 12 | If the implications are reasonably consistent with observed phenomena , the theory can be said to ‘ explain' reality . |
| 13 | Consider the extent to which the approach can be said to be atomistic or holistic , bottom-up or top-down . |
| 14 | To some extent , an important factor is the computer program itself , whether it is a commonplace program , carrying out mundane operations , or whether it is designed to do something novel , whether the purpose of the program can be said to be in the nature of a trade secret . |
| 15 | If then you say that in such cases the mind thinks , I would only draw your attention to the fact that you are using a metaphor , that here the mind is an agent in a different sense from that in which the hand can be said to be the agent in writing . |
| 16 | It is a way of bringing some kind of order to the many diverse things which the scriptures could be said to be about . |
| 17 | Thus , for a short interlude , the religion of the monarch could be said to be neither papist nor Protestant ; and while it was safe to admit to either persuasion , it was wise to support neither too vigorously . |
| 18 | All in all , the technology could be said to be qualitatively transforming the threat to privacy which information systems , even manually sorted card indexes , have always posed . |
| 19 | If the ‘ qualified driver ’ does not do what can be reasonably expected of him regarding these duties the learner could be said to be not under supervision . |
| 20 | In other words , the undersurface curves upwards as it approaches the trailing edge.In fact this is so prominent in the Flexifoil that the section could be said to be upside down ! |
| 21 | In at least one case , Afghanistan , the regime could be said to be fully subordinate to Moscow . |
| 22 | No accounts can be said to be ‘ true and accurate ’ . |
| 23 | Still , a Government lately inclined to talk nostalgically about communities might well reflect on whether the actions of a Timex could be said to mesh well with the interests or values of a community which has long afforded the company a secure base and a loyal workforce . |
| 24 | God is present throughout reality in the sense in which a person can be said to be present throughout his or her body . |
| 25 | That is , in the subject of proposition 55 ‘ thought ’ is opposed to ‘ reality ’ almost as if a language game as a whole could be said to be justified by something outside it . |
| 26 | A market can be said to be a place where buyers and sellers meet to make an exchange of goods ( or services ) . |