Example sentences of "can only be say " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to the above criteria of articulation and recognition of breaches , a further necessary condition must be satisfied : actions can only be said to be rule-governed when some other alternative actions are possible . |
| 2 | As the economy grew that happened , although the goal of stable real spending can only be said to have been achieved up to 1990 if the returns from privatisation are included to reduce the total — essentially a cheat . |
| 3 | The existence of the debt can only be said to be a ‘ burden ’ if the government is constrained in its use of lump-sum taxes . |
| 4 | Surely this can only be said by those ministers or officials who ( however well meaning ) are themselves ‘ out of touch ’ . |
| 5 | The supporters of O M O V have put their arguments in what can only be said to be a ham-fisted and insulting way . |