Example sentences of "[be] said of a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same can of course be said of a great novel , for if houses are like stories , stories are also like houses . |
| 2 | By raising and lowering the handle it is possible to follow the contours of the shape , and though this can also be said of a normal chisel , I enjoyed being able to concentrate solely on the chisel edge , as if whittling . |
| 3 | Yet something of the Parish 's strange reputation lingered into the twentieth century ; it may still be said of a headstrong woman , ‘ send her to Temple Moor ’ . |
| 4 | The calf is supposed to miss its mother as it might be said of a 4-year-old child . |
| 5 | The same can not be said of a generalised advance disclosure . |
| 6 | Thus a given verbal lexeme such as " exist " can be said of an infinite number of different supports : I exist , you exist , this chair exists , etc . |