Example sentences of "be say [that] [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must also be said that they were not alone in their efforts to secure the Francoist state against those it branded as " anti-Spain " . |
| 2 | It will be said that we are not doing justice to the viewpoint of the opposing group . |
| 3 | whether it could properly be said that it 's a duty because it 's not , it 's a guide , er the question arises as to whether it 's a duty but of course it 's here , it 's always been in the expert 's report incorporated in it the reference to it erm but er Lord in my submission er it is undoubtedly correct that your Lordship would be greatly helped by hearing evidence from a solicitor engaged regularly , frequently , in commercial conveyancing work as to what the extent of the practice , the accepted practice and the professional standards operated by solicitors in this field and |
| 4 | I suppose it will be said that it is the height of romanticism to cling to the idea that universities can remain largely publicly funded and that students will not inevitably have to pay fees . |
| 5 | And it might even be said that it is from this , far more than from early Christianity , that we have inherited our sense of the dubious physical nature of the female , and our idea that the human norm is male and that to be female is in itself a pathological state . |
| 6 | It has to be said that it is an austere document which , although well designed and printed , offers little more than that for which it was intended . |
| 7 | As against this , it may be said that it is psychologically impossible ( or perhaps impossible in some stronger logical sense ) to retain either beliefs or attitudes of which the inconsistency has become manifest to one . |
| 8 | The conservative outlook entails a particular conception of God ( and of Christ ) , an understanding of which it can not simply be said that it is held in common by all Christians : something I think often not recognized by conservatives themselves . |
| 9 | Finally , of the argument that Jesus treated women well ( and thus it is of significance that he did not ‘ choose ’ women — to be part of a symbolic number of people who in any case had to be male ! ) , it must be said that it is quite unwarranted . |
| 10 | Given that we may have yet more to learn about human reproduction , it must be said that it is not a case of ‘ views ’ which may or may not be right . |
| 11 | It may simply be said that it is just a ‘ fact ’ that Jesus was male , and that therefore priests should be . ) |
| 12 | But it can not plausibly be said that it is wholly impracticable . |
| 13 | While it can never be legitimately said of a theory that it is true , it can hopefully be said that it is the best available , that it is better than anything that has come before . |
| 14 | It must , however , be said that it is by no means crystal clear that this forms the mental element of the ‘ species ’ torts of unlawful interference with contract and unlawful means conspiracy ( indeed , in the case of the latter it very probably does not ) and it is not easy to see how the species can differ in this respect from the genus . |
| 15 | The main advantage of this type of support is that it keeps the joint warm , but it has to be said that it is not really suitable for more recent or severe injuries . |
| 16 | The extent of the duty to state reasons thus varies according to the nature and context of the measure in question , and it may be said that it is not required to go into matters of detail to a disproportionate extent . |
| 17 | Inevitably it will be said that it is too soon for such syntheses . |
| 18 | But it needs to be said that it is not a belief that Richards himself takes for granted . |
| 19 | I imagine it might be said that it was too insistent on formal academic instruction , that it took things like examinations very seriously and prided itself on its academic record ; yet in fact the education it gave was surprisingly wide and varied … |
| 20 | It used to be said that it was the attempt by the Seljuks to prevent Christians from reaching Jerusalem which led to the First Crusade . |
| 21 | Newcastle manager Keegan admitted : ‘ We created a lot of chances but it has to be said that it was a dubious penalty that gave us a goal . |
| 22 | It might be said that it was in 1973 that Warrant Officer Dirk Coetzee 's real life began . |
| 23 | As the Court of Appeal put it : ‘ Somebody was not telling the truth and it could not be said that it was not a relevant matter for the jury to be told that one man had been dishonest in the past . ’ |
| 24 | Though I thought the above observation worthy of a mini-publication , it might be said that it was not all that surprising . |
| 25 | ‘ Never let it be said that I 'm not aware of your good points , ’ he drawled . |
| 26 | If you , fearing an attack by an octogenarian mugger , floor her with a swift knee to the stomach , then it can reasonably be said that you are , without doubt , paranoid . |
| 27 | Remember all these things at an interview and never let it be said that you are ‘ just a mother ’ ! |
| 28 | IBM Corp traditionally sends departing executives off with glowing resumees of their illustrious careers , so it was striking that the announcement late Friday that former chairman and chief executive officer John Akers had just retired from the company after 33 years was accompanied by the briefest and curtest summaries of his career — after all , the man had significant achievements behind him when he acceded to the top job , and it is arguable that many of the problems that plagued the company during Akers ' tenure were the fault of his predecessors , although it must be said that he was also in the loop at the time . |
| 29 | It can not be said that he was missed . |
| 30 | We did n't want to pop in else your father would be saying that we 're after selling you a new hat again , knowing your weakness for hats . ’ |