Example sentences of "be say for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than can be said for the lower one , he wrote . |
| 2 | 'You look fresh as a daisy which is more than can be said for the rest of us. ’ said John . |
| 3 | Seven months on , how I wish the same could be said for the rest . |
| 4 | If the perceptions of Paisley 's critics are revealing of their underlying attitudes , the same could be said for the perceptions of his supporters . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Surely those politicians , members of royalty , athletes or anyone who wishes to make a clarifying statement should have sufficient intelligence to appreciate that the media-kings of speculation can not only guess what the content of the future announcement will be , but can make it so much more interesting by speculating on the response , plus the reaction to the response by the person who probably intended to say the opposite to what the ‘ experts ’ had been speculating would be said for the past 48 hours . |
| 7 | Seventh Day Adventists were the favoured race skippers — they did n't drink , which was more than could be said for the lighter crews . |
| 8 | There is something , at least , to be said for the old order : ‘ Educational injustice enabled people to preserve their illusions , inequality of opportunity fostered the myth of human equality . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ There 's a lot to be said for the barn method . |
| 10 | Much the same can be said for the group of surnames representing the former holding of offices , which includes such obvious examples as Butler , Chamberlain , Reeve , Beadle , Granger and Steward , but some are less obvious because time has dimmed both the memory of the office concerned and distorted the spelling of the name : Grieve = a farm steward ; Gayler = a gaoler ; Bailey = a bailiff or sergeant ; Spencer = a dispenser of provisions ; Tunnard = guardian of the village ( tūn ) pound ; Senskell = a majordomo ( seneschal ) ; Wardrop = a wardrober . |
| 11 | During the night Ham was in fine form , which is more than can be said for the Redstone rocket . |
| 12 | And this is more than can be said for the majority of other books which have exploited the same theme : that of man battling away , amid ignorance and fear , against some novel , lethal , unknown microorganism . |
| 13 | Its one saving grace is that it is water-tight , which is more than can be said for the tonneau cover . |
| 14 | I wish the same could be said for the piano he uses : it is clearly in need of a tune in the first of the Valses-Caprices . |
| 15 | I have bought Today 's Horse since the beginning and I am happy to say that it is getting better and better — something which can not always be said for the other horsy magazines , which are often repetitive and patronising . |
| 16 | Which is more than can be said for the Osborne creature 's genetic offering ! |
| 17 | Admittedly there is a lot to be said for the species itself , but it is hard not to fall for I. aquifolium ‘ Bacciflava ’ because the berries are a cheerful shade of yellow . |
| 18 | The same can be said for the ME-10's overdrive ; again this sound is a matter of taste , although not really mine . |
| 19 | The trouble is that charity work never ends and the same can be said for the constant need for money to pay for research work , buy new hospital machinery or vehicles for disabled youngsters . |
| 20 | This is more than can be said for the ever-decreasing Daily Mirror and Daily Express , both in terminal decline . |
| 21 | Which is more than can be said for the thousands of turkeys destined for the Christmas dinner table . |
| 22 | ‘ But the same can not be said for the rest . |
| 23 | Her natural expression removes some of the horror of death and , with her floral tribute , looks more like Little Red Riding Hood asleep under the tree ; the same can not be said for the Hoskins child . |
| 24 | Which is more than can be said for the other engine . |
| 25 | There 's a lot to be said for the saying ‘ You are what you eat ’ . |
| 26 | There 's a lot to be said for the modern falconry centres — anything that helps people to appreciate birds of prey is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned — although it 's a shame they have to be turned into tourist attractions . |
| 27 | Which , I stress , is more than can be said for the one hit wonders of the '90s , which sound more like nursery rhymes than anything else . |
| 28 | Which is more than can be said for the album sleeve of the new ACR album , which has caused unheard-of dissent at the offices of British Coal who claim that the artwork looks too much for comfort like the British Rail Freight logo and are threatening legal action . |
| 29 | This meant a lot of work with the Treasury solicitor 's office ; but it did mean that the commissioner had to write the report and not us , so there was something to be said for the arrangement . |
| 30 | Eighteenth-century politics have long had an unsavoury reputation , and although in the case of Scotland much of that reputation can be traced to the persuasive , but not strictly accurate , writings of Henry Cockburn and other Whig reformers of the early nineteenth century , it must be conceded at the outset that there is something to be said for the received account . |