Example sentences of "be said [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The other two syllables will normally be much less prominent , and be said on a level pitch .
2 It used to be said with a considerable amount of justification that you could get as far as Inspector on your own bat but after that ‘ No ’ , you needed somebody pushing you — city councillor , anything .
3 It appears to me that the arguments which I have heard involve the consideration of three separate questions , namely : ( 1 ) does the ex turpi causa maxim and its related rules ( which I will refer to as ‘ the ex turpi causa defence ’ ) afford a defence to a claim for contribution under the Act of 1978 ? ( 2 ) If the ex turpi causa defence is capable of so applying , can it be said , with the degree of certainty necessary for a striking out order to be made , that the defence will exclude any contribution from the third party in the circumstances of this case ? ( 3 ) Leaving aside the ex turpi causa defence , can it be said with the necessary degree of certainty that the court will , under section 2(1) and ( 2 ) of the Act of 1978 , exempt the third party from liability to make contribution even if he has been negligent in the performance of some duty of care owed to the plaintiffs ?
4 Although , since she 'd once experienced the so-called ‘ real thing ’ — a wild , tempestuous tide of overwhelming emotion and desire , which had brought her nothing but misery and unhappiness — well , maybe there was something to be said for a warm , calm and friendly relationship … ?
5 Finally , there may be something to be said for a non-exhaustive list of situations in which consent will be negatived .
6 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 .
7 For all its faults , it can at least be said for the modern world that it has produced a substantial body of articulate opinion that blends passion with compassion in its concern for the impoverished and starving peoples of the world .
8 The same can not be said for the Labour party which fought the previous two elections on a programme that the hon. Member for Walsall , South ( Mr. George ) said was disastrous and should have been consigned to the rubbish heap .
9 This is more than can be said for the ever-decreasing Daily Mirror and Daily Express , both in terminal decline .
10 They did not seem to mind , each patting her head and calling out that her hair would soon grow , which was more than could be said for the balding bailiffs escorting them .
11 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 .
12 The same could not be said for the pre-tournament favourite , Jose Maria Olazabal , who added a 75 to his opening 76 .
13 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 .
14 Which is more than can be said for the other engine .
15 There is perhaps something to be said for the continued use of the term student from the motives that led the Greeks to call the Furies the Eumenides , " the kindly ones ' , in the hope that the use of a flattering name might induce them to live up to it .
16 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 .
17 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 . ’
18 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 .
19 In instrumental terms there is much to be said for the informal approach .
20 The hon. Gentleman spoke for himself , which can not be said for the hon. Member for Rugby and Kenilworth ( Mr. Pawsey ) , who is not in his place , the Back-Bench chairman of the Conservative party education committee .
21 There 's a lot to be said for an up-market Scottish education but in retrospect you can come away with some pernicious ideas , particularly the idea that thought is superior to action .
22 The same can of course be said of a great novel , for if houses are like stories , stories are also like houses .
23 By raising and lowering the handle it is possible to follow the contours of the shape , and though this can also be said of a normal chisel , I enjoyed being able to concentrate solely on the chisel edge , as if whittling .
24 Yet something of the Parish 's strange reputation lingered into the twentieth century ; it may still be said of a headstrong woman , ‘ send her to Temple Moor ’ .
25 The calf is supposed to miss its mother as it might be said of a 4-year-old child .
26 The same can not be said of a generalised advance disclosure .
27 Above all they believe that that must be said of Christ which is to be said of no other human being .
28 ( Of course , much the same thing could be said of every American orchestra .
29 Professor Rhys , of Cardiff Business School , points out that the Essex plant is in an area of low unemployment and that the same could not be said of the other big plants .
30 At 29 he 's got everything , which can not be said of the other international contenders .
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