Example sentences of "can be said [prep] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Much the same can be said about constitutionally significant statute law , judicial decisions , and works of authority in the United States .
2 The word we use for the overall behaviour of the pitch in these examples is tone ; a one-syllable word can be said with either a level tone or a moving tone .
3 For example : it can be said at once — and briefly — that the probability that she was massively involved in the murder of Darnley is very strong .
4 Except for the climbers and ramblers , which are amenable to being trained and grown on walls and fences , roses can be said to positively dislike being shut in .
5 This in turn led to DoE Circular 22/83 which recommends that planing gain is only reasonable where it can be said to fairly and directly relate to the actual development being proposed .
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