Example sentences of "[det] [vb mod] be said [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be said to be the effect of his thought that probably there are no decent seats left . |
| 2 | While all could be said to be right-wing , their sympathies were not identical where other countries were concerned . |
| 3 | And it was fifty-fifty , he said , that that would be said to be too big , which it was of course , in that room , taking up far too much space . |
| 4 | But it still leaves us with the crucial problem that Sartre had to solve , namely how to link human consciousness with the processes of history so that the former can be said to be the agent of the latter . |
| 5 | Although both could be said to be reacting against the ossification of Stalinism , the subjectivist and ultra-objectivist paths that they followed were antithetical . |
| 6 | Someone in possession with the consent of them both can be said to be in possession ‘ with consent of the owner . ’ |