Example sentences of "that could be said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The speaker was short and stocky and that was all that could be said of him in the way of description . |
| 2 | Sylvia , the elder married one , was well-built and healthy , but that was the best that could be said for her ; Mrs Wexford had a magnificent figure and a fine profile although she had never been of the stuff that wins beauty contests . |
| 3 | Firmness was all that could be said for it . |
| 4 | The area in which they lived was overcrowded and unsalubrious and if there was rather less unemployment than in the north of England , that was about all that could be said for it . |
| 5 | Whether that could be said for Evan Dando is more difficult . |