Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [vb mod] not [be] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1910 few Liberals had argued for Home Rule in their election addresses or speeches , so they could not be said to have a clear mandate for it . |
| 2 | This realization has led to a great deal of debate and , although it can not be said that a general consensus has been reached on how best to define development , a good deal of light has been shed on the processes involved in different types of development . |
| 3 | But although he could not be said to have reached any hard-and-fast conclusions to this question , so fearful were the prospects of this supposed evolutionary degeneration that Karl Pearson took refuge ( and a certain amount of comfort ) in the fact that its results were far away : ‘ Happily , what the distant future of the world may be is a matter that does not much concern us , and about which we may rejoice to know nothing . ’ |
| 4 | Of course , I would be very guarded about allowing the Wizard from Oz 's sound to be the sole influence in choosing an instrument , because it ca n't be said often enough that a player 's style is almost as individual as his DNA . |
| 5 | The editor may not agree with sentiments in a " letter to the editor " : if sued for libel , does he lose the defence of " fair comment " because it can not be said that the opinion is honestly his ? |
| 6 | ( 3 ) That since it could not be said that the jury would inevitably have convicted the defendant if before the trial the defence had been given the statement of the deceased 's husband and the two statements of her sister , if the jury had properly been directed with regard to evidence as to the defendant 's previous good character , and if they had received guidance from the judge on their problem concerning the evidence , the proviso to section 14(1) of the Judicature ( Appellate Jurisdiction ) Act could not be applied to uphold the conviction ; and that , accordingly , the case would be remitted to the Court of Appeal of Jamaica with the direction that it should quash the conviction and either enter a verdict of acquittal or order a new trial , whichever it considered proper in the interests of justice ( post , p. 169C–D , G–H ) . |