Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] be said [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 By the time that the Book of Isaiah was written however , things were being said about Israel 's God that could not be said of any other , and this led increasingly to the claim that the God of Israel is the only one that exists .
2 Erica herself was entirely honest , and worked hard for her causes , but the same could not be said of some of her associates .
3 Mr Sheffield said as Mr Elderfield was not complying with his medication it may well be that he had some form of epileptic fit but it could not be said with complete confidence .
4 However , it could not be said with any certainty that because Mr. Wright had backed out , the dealer had sold one car less .
5 Unfortunately , the same can not be said of British primary legislation , where ascertaining the date of commencement can be a substantial problem .
6 But the same can not be said of twentieth-century Christianity , which is why the type of doubt we are now considering is so prevalent .
7 My conception is related , also , in that both conceptions derive in a direct way from our pre-theoretical , first-person grasp of consciousness , as can not be said of any of behaviourism , causalism , or functionalism , nor really of the logico-linguistic criterion , derived though it is from Brentano .
8 The same can not be said of some other British universities , whose students are sometimes obliged to travel considerable distances to observe the raw materials to which their research relates .
9 The same can not be said of some other British universities , whose students are obliged to travel considerable distances to observe the raw materials to which their research relates .
10 And by doing so , The Accused rejects the assumptions of the other films , saying in effect that if this can not be said of this woman then it can never be said of any women in any situation .
11 The same can not be said for many thousands of Palestinian houses in what is now Israel .
12 The same can not be said for left handers since the mean observed frequency is greater than 50 per cent .
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