Example sentences of "be say [be] that " in BNC.

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1 In truth , all that can be said is that , in both the Free Presbyterian Church and in the UPV , there were a small number of people ( none of whom were figures of any stature in the Church ) who were prepared to abet others in the commission of crimes to further the aims which the vast majority of people in the Church and UPV wished to see promoted by less violent means .
2 What should be said is that there is still a most definite need for research in some neglected , technical areas , but more particularly in integrating the social and economic factors as they occur in a local situation .
3 What can be said is that those whose discomfort is related to intercourse are most likely to be cured of their symptoms either by a combination of improved lubrication and post-coital urination , or by treating any infection that underlies the symptoms .
4 What could be said is that the same moral demands apply to the means as to the ends in the quest for Truth , and that often difficulties arise because of these demands .
5 What might be said is that the ethical connotation of the method of action he proposed was being made clear by the choice of satyāgraha rather than sadāgraha .
6 ‘ The only thing that can be said is that somebody has just snuffed out a very special person who was going to achieve an incredible amount in life .
7 The most that can be said is that a good case can be made out for so doing ; law-abiding spectators would probably be sympathetic , depending upon the outcome .
8 The first thing to be said is that the ‘ circumstantial variables ’ of a president 's incumbency may give him important advantages .
9 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 .
10 The most that can be said is that they must have selectional restrictions which are satisfied by the selectee .
11 And the first thing to be said is that , on their own , beliefs do n't cause actions .
12 What can be said is that the Rules of 1988 do not reflect section 99 of the Act , which in conjunction with section 97 enables a person upon whom a copy of an intervention notice has been served by S.I.B .
13 The most that can be said is that the majority of individuals said to be non-right handed still show left hemisphere language representation ( Annett , Hudson , and Turner , 1974 ; Fleminger and Bunce , 1975 ; Clyma , 1975 ) .
14 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 .
15 All that could be said was that the judges and staff of the court would continue to do all in their power to reduce costs and lead times in the disposal of appellant business .
16 The decor was inclusive in the rent and all that can be said was that the decor was expensive .
17 So , it was in the ordinary conduct of party politics by men in pursuit of power that expectations , aspirations and objectives were reduced to an apparent simplicity , to a crudity of choice for which all that could be said was that it represented the national will .
18 We 'll be saying is that the first appointment of investigative staff to be made is of a complaint examiner .
19 We seldom read in the tabloid press local police force fails er we may frequently read in the local press in the tabloid press rather , that the Home Secretary has failed and yet what we seem to be saying is that we believe that all the responsibility should be local , all that responsibility , all the blame when things go wrong should go to the Home Secretary .
20 All Kevin Rowland seemed to be saying was that he had something to say .
21 What most of the practitioners seemed to be saying was that the satisfactions of practice lay in ‘ helping people ’ , whatever the problem , whereas the frustrations lay in their inability to exercise their technical skills more fully because of the pressure of time .
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