Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] be said [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Still , a Government lately inclined to talk nostalgically about communities might well reflect on whether the actions of a Timex could be said to mesh well with the interests or values of a community which has long afforded the company a secure base and a loyal workforce . |
2 | If talking Patois is best analysed as a social activity rather than a purely informational one , then the narratives by Susan and Stephen can be said to be exceptional in that they do not involve any other participants from the same speech community . |
3 | In this matter of mouths , the Nile can be said to be modest . |
4 | Neither she nor Ladislav could be said to be well-off . |
5 | If the first British-born generation of Caribbeans can be said to date from the period around 1960 , then it began to reach its Creole-speaking adolescence around 1972 — as a result of a coincidence of factors which may or may not have something to do with the popularity of Jamaican music around that time . |
6 | Joan can be said to be responding to Carol 's relatively heavy use of Creole by increasing the " Creole feature rating " of her own utterances : thus the two " negotiate a language " which is identifiable as " Creole " or " Patois " by virtue of there being Creole features in the speech of all parties , though to differing degrees . |