Example sentences of "be say for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as with Gibson 's non-reverse Thunderbirds — and remember , until a few years ago the same could be said for Fender Jaguars and Jazzmasters — they are just not currently de rigueur . |
| 2 | Although there is much to be said for freedom of information , it is not clear that it would greatly help individual aggrieved citizens . |
| 3 | The same can not be said for Sharp who has continued to play well below anybody else on the team every game . |
| 4 | So little archaeological research has been conducted on the ‘ foreign ’ goods from excavations on town sites goods like querns , hones , and pottery — that little can be said for activities at markets and fairs in the Middle |
| 5 | However , I fear the same can not be said for Captain Guy Trentham . ’ |
| 6 | As much might be said for members of her cabinet . |
| 7 | The same could be said for Bailey 's life : nothing is as it appears . |
| 8 | Much the same can be said for Lichtenstein 's comic-strip pop art or Alex Cox 's use of Lichtenstein-type devices in his film Repo Man . |
| 9 | WHILE SNES players are in for a treat with Super Mario Kart , sadly the same can not be said for NES owners , with their Christmas Mario offering , Mario and Yoshi — a game which takes the form of a puzzle startlingly similar to the classic Tetris . |
| 10 | There was a lot to be said for flirtation and mutual admiration . |
| 11 | There 's a lot to be said for Wilko 's tough attitude too . |
| 12 | I think that there is much to be said for statutes to be preceded by some statement of what Parliament is seeking to achieve in rather longer form than is normally provided by the long title , in the form of perhaps a return to the days of the preamble containing recitals — a form adopted in European Community legislation . |
| 13 | The best that can be said for Manne 's argument is that as the risks of insider dealing increase , ‘ not trading ’ trading may become more popular . |
| 14 | First of all , there is much to be said for simplicity which , in Canada and New South Wales , has been achieved in part by including within the scale a far narrower range of former offences than is the case in Michigan . |
| 15 | If remembering that the Spirit is the Spirit of Jesus keeps doctrinal formulation authentic , the same may be said for experience . |
| 16 | But the same can not be said for duties and responsibilities . |
| 17 | Which was more than could be said for Mr Gittings , the decorator . |
| 18 | Not that it would have mattered so much : we could have gone on , wrangling over terms and leaving the outcome to chance , and there is , after all , quite a lot to be said for anticipation . |
| 19 | Yet there is much to be said for thinking of the general , the ‘ disinterested ’ , and what I have called the theoretical as one and the same . |
| 20 | The envoy pleaded that there was much to be said for the Duke , to which Gustavus replied that there was much to be said for lice by those who cared for them . |
| 21 | The same may be said for Confucianism , which has dominated Chinese philosophical thinking from times BOO years before the birth of Christ . |
| 22 | The same could be said for Belgium . |
| 23 | Michael Powell noticed the development of a ‘ civil service ’ mentality within Rank at the time of making The Red Shoes , but his argument that ‘ there is something after all to be said for lavishness , improvisation and a certain amount of waste ’ was not likely to make much headway with John Davis , managing director of Rank from 1948 , who disliked creative people , considering them extravagant and unreliable . |
| 24 | well at least Hereford fans did n't have to watch their team beaten on Saturday … which is more than can be said for Gloucester folk … it was a long way home from sale after losing seventeen to nineteen |
| 25 | The only thing that can be said for astrology is that it makes money for those who write and publish horoscopes , despite being wrong on most occasions . |
| 26 | I explained this last point to one witch and he said that the same could be said for Christianity . |
| 27 | The same could be said for Christianity . |
| 28 | Which was more than could be said for Geoff Tulloch . |
| 29 | Requiem Mass will be said for Michael Paul Largey ( 18 ) , at St Teresa 's Church Glen Road after his body is taken from Andersonstown Park West at 9am . |
| 30 | It is submitted that there is a great deal to be said for Browne LJ 's view . |