Example sentences of "can be said [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | WP Whatever else can be said about the East European regimes , they clearly failed to motivate their populations . |
| 2 | The same can be said about the goal of family-oriented intervention and the provision of after care . |
| 3 | What can be said about the most recent generation of US television narrative subgenres is that they display on the screen a much higher awareness of the conventions they are operating than is the general rule on UK television , and they are therefore much more inclined towards an ironic or parodic re-scoring of generic regimes . |
| 4 | There is much that can be said about the advantages of such a strategy , which is flexible and which can penetrate secular buildings with the salt of the gospel touching the lives of many who otherwise have no contact with the church . |
| 5 | Chief Superintendent Paul Green of Holborn Police said at the scene last night : ‘ The only thing that can be said about the target is that it was in one of London 's main streets at a very busy time . |
| 6 | So indeed it might have pleased him , for as has subsequently become clear , the best that can be said about the debate , from the Prime Minister 's point of view , is that he had one facet of the truth while General Maurice had another . |
| 7 | What can be said about the outcomes of the Minor Project , and how might its effectiveness be weighed against the expensive Major scheme ? |
| 8 | And what a wonderful place , what more can be said about the bar ? |
| 9 | More can be said about the justification , found by both Blumler et al . |
| 10 | What can be said about the success of these attempts and the character of the debate ? |
| 11 | What can be said about the biochemical mechanisms involved in the response , at any of the levels of cellular organization Kandel has studied ? |
| 12 | If virtually nothing is known of the town defences , only a little more can be said about the streets . |
| 13 | ‘ Practically the only good thing which can be said about the patronage system , ’ said the Archdeacon , ‘ is that it prevents dioceses selling off or pulling down at least some few of their beautiful buildings . ’ |
| 14 | ii ) What can be said about the behaviour of accounting denominator and accounting numerator of a financial ratio and what are the implications for the ratio distribution ? |
| 15 | But it is important to note that since nothing can be said about the magnitudes of the differences between the various elements along the continuum , none of the standard arithmetic operations can legitimately be used . |
| 16 | The bowling department remains England 's main problem area , despite the batting failures , and there is not much good that can be said about the bowlers . |
| 17 | More than can be said for the lower one , he wrote . |
| 18 | 'You look fresh as a daisy which is more than can be said for the rest of us. ’ said John . |
| 19 | Much the same can be said for the group of surnames representing the former holding of offices , which includes such obvious examples as Butler , Chamberlain , Reeve , Beadle , Granger and Steward , but some are less obvious because time has dimmed both the memory of the office concerned and distorted the spelling of the name : Grieve = a farm steward ; Gayler = a gaoler ; Bailey = a bailiff or sergeant ; Spencer = a dispenser of provisions ; Tunnard = guardian of the village ( tūn ) pound ; Senskell = a majordomo ( seneschal ) ; Wardrop = a wardrober . |
| 20 | During the night Ham was in fine form , which is more than can be said for the Redstone rocket . |
| 21 | And this is more than can be said for the majority of other books which have exploited the same theme : that of man battling away , amid ignorance and fear , against some novel , lethal , unknown microorganism . |
| 22 | Its one saving grace is that it is water-tight , which is more than can be said for the tonneau cover . |
| 23 | Which is more than can be said for the Osborne creature 's genetic offering ! |
| 24 | The same can be said for the ME-10's overdrive ; again this sound is a matter of taste , although not really mine . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | This is more than can be said for the ever-decreasing Daily Mirror and Daily Express , both in terminal decline . |
| 27 | Which is more than can be said for the thousands of turkeys destined for the Christmas dinner table . |
| 28 | Which is more than can be said for the other engine . |
| 29 | Which , I stress , is more than can be said for the one hit wonders of the '90s , which sound more like nursery rhymes than anything else . |
| 30 | Which is more than can be said for the album sleeve of the new ACR album , which has caused unheard-of dissent at the offices of British Coal who claim that the artwork looks too much for comfort like the British Rail Freight logo and are threatening legal action . |