Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [be] said [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In the sense that these parties have provided the electorate with a clear either-or choice in both countries for many years , they can be said to be doing their job .
2 Distributors and retailers selling " own brand " goods can be liable if they can be said to be holding themselves out to be the producer .
3 It can be said to be the wind rustling through the trees , when first heard as the Tsarevich climbs over the wall to find his Princess .
4 This in turn led to DoE Circular 22/83 which recommends that planing gain is only reasonable where it can be said to fairly and directly relate to the actual development being proposed .
5 And , let it be noted , if 1920 marked the high tide of Bukharin 's leftism , then it can be said to be equally true of the Bolsheviks as a whole , Lenin included .
6 We saw earlier that majority decision-taking , even in the context of direct participatory democracy , poses the problem of how those who oppose the majority position and vote against it can be said to be governing themselves .
7 Indeed , it can be said to be a consequence , but also a cause , of the growth of the academic subject with which this book is concerned .
8 Of course , as recognized by the judge in the above case , if the structure is dictated by function then it can be said to be an uncopyrightable idea although , often that will not be so ; there will be a variety of potential structures possible .
9 If the information has been divulged to sufficient people so that it can be said to be no longer confidential , an injunction will not be of any help ; it would be like locking the stable door after the horse has bolted .
10 For example : it can be said at once — and briefly — that the probability that she was massively involved in the murder of Darnley is very strong .
11 7.13 > 2.63 therefore reject null hypothesis at 99% significance level ; i.e. it can be said with 99% confidence that the technique selects the correct word in favour of alternative candidates within the domain of banking .
12 3.69 > 2.61 therefore reject null hypothesis at 99% significance level ; i.e. it can be said with 99% confidence that the technique selects the correct word from alternative candidates within the domain of estate agents .
13 The t-score can be checked against statistical tables to determine the level of significance : i.e. it can be said with 99% confidence that the technique selects the correct word in favour of other candidate words .
14 2.84 > 2.101 therefore : reject null hypothesis at 95% significance level ; i.e. it can be said with 95% confidence that the technique selects the correct word in favour of other candidate words .
15 It can be said of these strong-minded and independently gifted accomplices that their work shows a dimension of reciprocity and replication , of the production unit , which stands at an appreciable remove from parody and plagiarism , and from the mimicry of other people 's voices which is comprehended in the term ‘ ventriloquism ’ , which Amis goes in for in private , among friends , and which is also a pleasure of the novels he writes .
16 But the question that arises is whether it can be said of any morality that it can not be divorced from religion .
17 It can be said in his favour that the Michael X set seemed very like a fraud and a circus , and that these people had no deep connection with the politics of Trinidad .
18 On the other hand it can be said in a grudging negative manner leaving the listener uncomfortable and possibly guilty at having made the request .
19 It can be said in conclusion that these developments have become central to the future of the ‘ GIS revolution ’ of the late 1980s , since it is now clear that the massive ( and desirable ) growth of the use of GIS can not be supported without improvements to the use environment experienced by the user .
20 His shiksas and replicas , hostilities and escapes , have taken part in a great game of long duration , and he can be said to be reviewing the state of play .
21 But the owner 's possession , and with it his actual power to exercise his rights , is for the time being gone ; he must recover the watch — as he may even lawfully do by his own act — before he can be said to be again in possession of it .
22 Richard Titmuss was the outstanding exponent of the liberal socialist standpoint on the study of social policy ; indeed , he can be said to be virtually the founder of the systematic study of social policy .
23 As we noted , anaphora concerns the use of ( usually ) a pronoun to refer to the same referent as some prior term , as in : ( 90 ) Harry 's a sweetheart ; he 's so considerate where Harry and he can be said to be co-referential , i.e. pick out the same referent .
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