Example sentences of "if it [vb mod] be said " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision was not an easy one and was criticized by many who feared the consequences , as Salisbury told Law : " If it may be said to have finally made possible the destruction of the constitution , the prostitution of the Prerogative , the Repeal of the Union and the Disendowment of the Welsh Church , it will probably rank as the most costly policy in history . " |
| 2 | For example , if it is thought that an error of law or fact or a breach of natural justice should justify quashing only if it can be said that but for the error or breach the decision would have been different , this should be built into the definition of the relevant ground of review and not dealt with as a matter of remedial discretion . |
| 3 | Even if it can be said that , in the course of his duty , a policeman will become hardened to certain sorts of ritual taunts and insults , there is no reason to doubt that he can also experience harassment and distress . |
| 4 | If it can be said to play the role of watchmaker in nature , it is the blind watchmaker . |
| 5 | But if it could be said that he did have a weakness for something , it was for Ireland and the Irish . |
| 6 | Now if it could be said that God in Christ took on specifically ‘ male humanity ’ , then women would be outside the scheme of salvation — and that has never been suggested . |
| 7 | Even if it could be said that , because the school would have incurred the basic expense of running the school in any event , such expense was not incurred ‘ in ’ providing the facilities for the taxpayer 's child , on the literal meaning of the words such expense was in any event incurred ‘ in connection with ’ the provision of such facilities . |
| 8 | Lord Parker 's response to that suggestion was that no offence had been committed in any event because , even if it could be said that such conduct was insulting ( which he doubted ) most men approached in such a way are not likely to resort to violence . |
| 9 | In my judgment even if it could be said that Mr Clayton attorned tenant to Twogates by tacitly accepting the terms of that letter , such an attornment would not be evidence of an unequivocal intention on the part of the landlords to re-enter under the provisions of the … lease … |