Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] can be said [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it can be said to play the role of watchmaker in nature , it is the blind watchmaker . |
| 2 | At least the locked door designed to keep him in also keeps his enemies out , if he can be said to have any enemies . |
| 3 | Archives and museums keep objects that hold information and they store information about the entities ( i.e. objects ) they hold , but whether they can be said to hold knowledge in the same way libraries do is debatable . |
| 4 | Buckley LJ in the Court of Appeal provided some useful guidance as to precisely what rights or powers the individual must have before he can be said to have transferred or given the opportunity to another person so that the other person can make the gain . |
| 5 | The point is not to approach the texts with preconceived ideas about matters such as what constitutes an argument , what provides evidence for a claim , or when we can be said to know something . |