Example sentences of "that [vb mod] [adv] be say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , having surveyed the yeomanry at length , Smith too reached the point beyond which he possessed little specific knowledge of the people under discussion , unless he felt that there was little that could usefully be said about those who had ‘ neither voice nor authority in the commonwealth , and no account is made of them but onelie to be ruled , not to rule others ’ . |
| 2 | That can also be said of Guleghina as Desdemona . |
| 3 | With Richter , one is left with the impression that there is not one single note ( whatever the rate at which it might emerge ) which is n't absolutely essential to the overall design , and there are pitifully few Liszt performances of which that can truthfully be said ! |
| 4 | All that can sensibly be said is that , given everything capitalism had gone through over the previous few years , a collapse of confidence was to be expected at some point . |
| 5 | As it is , all that can really be said is that the collective wisdom , such as it is , of the agency business favours bursts in most circumstances . |
| 6 | All that can really be said with certainty is that quasi-governmental bodies generally operate in narrower , more specific areas than government departments or local authorities . |
| 7 | And I think that 's about all that can really be said about . |
| 8 | So that can hardly be said in itself to constitute an intolerable situation . ’ |
| 9 | But I suppose you could say that it was a war that needed fighting ; if that can ever be said about any war . ’ |