Example sentences of "properly be say [prep] be " in BNC.

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1 To talk of the presentation appearance , on the other hand , is to talk of something that can , itself , properly be said to be large , round , blue , and so on .
2 But other concerns seem to centre around whether animals might properly be said to be happy or free from worry' , not in the sense of being healthy and free from pain but rather with the human paradigm in mind .
3 The question which arises is whether the family proceedings court can make an order for no contact ; that is whether it could properly be said to be an order which was ‘ appropriate ’ with respect to the contact between the child and the parent .
4 We could only do so if in our view he was so clearly and outrageously wrong that his decision could properly be said to be irrational .
5 Can this properly be said to be the case with a play such as Doctor Faustus ?
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