Example sentences of "be say for [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a less than perfect world it is inevitable that government authorities will sometimes act illegally , and there may be a lot to be said for bringing the ‘ loss distribution ’ insights of modern tort theory to bear on the way we perceive public law compensation . |
| 2 | As marriage partners view themselves with regard to the prospect of being loved there is something to be said for considering the phileo model . |
| 3 | However , unless the rent review is to be conducted in accordance with a prescribed timetable , there is much to be said for dispensing with notices , and removing a fertile source of potential dispute . |
| 4 | In these circumstances there was much to be said for sticking to forms that were known and accepted ; and in spite of the great list of possible wordings in PS , the Digest does not give the impression that the more obscure terms were much used . |
| 5 | There 's something to be said for experiencing bad things and coming back and doing the business . |
| 6 | The states which made it up can be classified in several ways , but there is much to be said for distinguishing European states which had already existed in 1815 from those which had come into existence later . |
| 7 | No doubt there is something to be said for beginning this task all over again , and for using a new technique for the purpose . |
| 8 | There may , after all , be something to be said for allowing the communes to retain their sales taxes , which at present account for about 60 per cent of their revenues . |
| 9 | There was a lot to be said for knowing your place if you wanted help from Bloomsbury House . |
| 10 | There is often much to be said for trying to sort the matter out by pursuing your rights under your company 's grievance procedure . |
| 11 | Dixon J ( one of the most powerful judges to have graced the Australian bench ) , however , regarded s.4 bluntly as ‘ a restriction upon British parliamentary supremacy of the law ’ , ( ‘ The Law and the Constitution ’ , ( 1935 ) 51 LQR 611 ) , and there is much to be said for preferring his view . |
| 12 | Yes , but I think there is something to be said for communicating this in a different way . |
| 13 | There is much to be said for moving away from total government ownership . |
| 14 | Unless , therefore , we decide to resist the proposal , however strong may be its supporters in the House of Commons , there is much to be said for taking the initiative and inserting in the Bill , as introduced , a clause for the abolition of the death penalty . |
| 15 | While this ambiguity worried socialist doctrinaires , there was something to be said for leaving the question open , since nobody actually knew how capitalism would respond in practice to a determined reforming government , and meanwhile the ambiguity would tend to maximize the breadth of support for the programme . |
| 16 | 3.8.2 with effect from the Possession Date pay and indemnify the Landlord against all rates taxes assessments duties charges impositions and outgoings from time to time charged upon the Premises or the owner or occupier of them Although unlikely to have such a constriction placed on it , there is something to be said for inserting a similar exclusion into this clause to that inserted in clause 5.2.1 of the lease . |
| 17 | That what I say there 's a lot to be said for going gracefully |
| 18 | Perhaps after all there was much to be said for remaining independent , carving out your own orbit . |
| 19 | There is something to be said for having a well-fed appearance . ’ |
| 20 | There is also much to be said for having a target for completion from the outset and for planning in advance the sequence of meetings that will result in that target being met . |
| 21 | We er are fortunate enough in having a training scheme , in fact we were able to elect our first pensioner representative trustee two years ago and he is with us today , we 've just had another election and er two this time were elected , they will be trained , they had er Mr Hill had a two-day training by our actuaries er Watsons which are a big company , er but in talking to him about it he felt there was a lot to be said for having continued training , not just at the beginning of a two or three-year stint , but successively later . |
| 22 | If this is the case , rather than attempt to invent a new conceptual framework , there is much to be said for turning to marriage as the one , already existing legal concept which has the obvious potential for expansion so as to provide the institutional framework for such a union . |
| 23 | However , there is a good deal to be said for joining a society whose background is strange to you , or with whose aims you are not familiar or not in sympathy . |
| 24 | Bernard Dixon thinks there is a lot to be said for following how research results are taken up |
| 25 | There 's a lot to be said for making the trench in autumn , chucking in household waste all winter and replacing the soil in spring . |
| 26 | To go back a little , there is much to be said for spending six months to a year ( a small-minded regulation forbids any longer time ) in a solicitor 's office before pupillage . |
| 27 | On the other hand , since the early periods of history involve greater use of material evidence ( artefacts , archaeology , and so on ) , rather than written evidence , there is a lot to be said for tackling this in year 3 , when the child 's reading abilities are limited . |
| 28 | There is much to be said for continuing the practice of reading to children right through the later primary years , letting them hear the cadences of book language and , where possible , letting them follow the text as well . |
| 29 | There was a lot to be said for cuddling . |
| 30 | There is much to be said for interpreting a modality such as ‘ when he reaches the age of sixteen ’ as a condition rather than a term . |