Example sentences of "[that] can be said [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing that can be said for astrology is that it makes money for those who write and publish horoscopes , despite being wrong on most occasions . |
| 2 | The one thing that can be said with certainty about mildew is that it is unpredictable . |
| 3 | ‘ HERE is the new Shorter Oxford Dictionary of which the first thing that can be said with confidence is that if you drop it on your foot you will never walk unaided again ’ — Commentator Bernard Levin . |
| 4 | In conclusion , is there anything of a general nature that can be said about Wittgenstein 's treatment of the ‘ Other Minds ’ problem ? |
| 5 | The one thing that can be said in favour is that it sends vegans and animal rights activists incandescent with rage . |
| 6 | One thing that can be said in opposition to the simultaneity idea is that if we persist in thinking precisely of causation , of one thing causing another , as distinct from any related kind of connection , we are inclined to try to substitute successions for simultaneities . |