Example sentences of "[modal v] be said " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be said , however , that the press behind the neck exercise works the upper trapezius quite heavily , so if the trapezius muscles are already well developed the exercise should be avoided . |
| 2 | It should be said that we have no intention of implementing this ratio . |
| 3 | Firstly Muslims ( like Christians and unlike Hindus ) have set prayers which should be said during the day , so that Christian prayers can be regarded as a threat or at least an alternative to Islam , and secondly , while Hindu and Sikh parents often regard Christian prayers for their children as so much water off a duck 's back , Muslims , again like Christians or religious Jews , object to any other religious influence on their children . |
| 4 | On the credit side , it should be said that there is now an acute awareness in the Soviet Union and the East European countries that pollution is a social and political issue and not just something that can be categorized vaguely as an environmental problem and shoved to the debit side of ‘ progress ’ . |
| 5 | The normally so frank Mrs Browning was no help when asked to suggest what should be said . |
| 6 | It should be said at the outset that this is not the usual legal meaning of the word . |
| 7 | What should be said is that there is still a most definite need for research in some neglected , technical areas , but more particularly in integrating the social and economic factors as they occur in a local situation . |
| 8 | In fairness , it should be said that the best of the regionalist novels were considerably more complex and accomplished than they are usually given credit for , but , nonetheless , the regionalist novel as a whole came to be identified with a type of writing against which later writers reacted , one which , in its concern to document and to convey a message , was artistically clumsy and simplistic in its presentation of reality . |
| 9 | Of course , it is not for me to suggest that I am worthy of ever being placed alongside the likes of the ‘ great ’ butlers of our generation , such as Mr Marshall or Mr Lane — though it should be said there are those who , perhaps out of misguided generosity , tend to do just this . |
| 10 | ( Gomez , it should be said , is the epitome of the ‘ good negro ’ : kind , considerate , unassuming but not obsequious , hardworking and able to make ‘ jokes ’ about his colour . ) |
| 11 | It should be said that the question that chiefly concerns parents — what are the effects of TV violence ? — is not settled in any precise sense . |
| 12 | It should be said also that both the 1954 church as the 1976 halls owned a tremendous amount to the generosity of the Rank Trust . |
| 13 | Firstly it should be said that the contention is over the origin of an idea . |
| 14 | It should be said , of course , that in the 1920s Bukharin was working in a particularly rich culture for this type of intellectual endeavour . |
| 15 | It should be said that Center Parcs are an excellent place to take children . |
| 16 | It should be said that Kerrang has its own club , or rather ‘ klub ’ , at the Marquee every week . |
| 17 | That quarry , it should be said , is not much more than a small hole in the ground with banking around it . |
| 18 | And it should be said that , at least outwardly , Murphy and his men retained their charm and their good humour throughout what must have become a harrowing experience . |
| 19 | More accurately , it should be said : relationships as could be phantasised as happening in a happy family . |
| 20 | It should be said that , even at that time , the panel had been subjected to a mild cleaning operation , as shown by a still earlier photograph taken when the work was in pristine condition . |
| 21 | It should be said that his range of original and indeed trail-blazing contributions to modern theology was wider even than this . |
| 22 | Barth travels far and wide through the Bible , from Genesis to Revelation , and digests , criticises , and re-states a vast amount of material from the previous history of Christian thought , and from contemporary discussion — much of this in lengthy pages of tiny print , which readers are sometimes relieved to discover can be passed over without loss of the main drift ( though it should be said that some of the finest passages are to be found in the small print ) . |
| 23 | Hewart had held both Law Officer positions in the post-war Liberal Government ( although it should be said that his arguments in The New Despotism did not seem to trouble him much in that capacity ) and Marriott , an Oxford academic , also become a prominent Conservative MP . |
| 24 | But it should be said at the outset that none of the terms ‘ check ’ , ‘ control ’ or ‘ render accountable ’ has a single clear meaning : there are several ways of checking and controlling and several types of accountability . |
| 25 | In part , it should be said , this is because there are n't many other competitors . |
| 26 | In defence of Maxim 's interpretation , it should be said that it comes closer than usual to the notated metronome marks . |
| 27 | It should be said , incidentally , that the remastering of the original 78s has , without affecting the overall frequency range , virtually eliminated their surface noise and produced remarkably quiet backgrounds : the only exception is the Prokofiev sonata ( which Horowitz introduced the USA ) , where the 1945 recording ( the earliest here ) is also more resonant and in which , just occasionally , a little to much pedal is used : the tremendous drive of his rhythm nevertheless makes for a compelling performance . |
| 28 | The whole notion of society was patriarchial , from the concept of God the father right down to the father who actually dominated the household and dictated even when the rosary should be said , and so forth . |
| 29 | Events were to justify such a view of things , and God was duly thanked , by the royal order that masses should be said to commemorate the defeat of the English at Formigny in April 1450 , for the way he had turned his gaze towards the French cause which , for so long , had appeared to be lacking his support . |
| 30 | ( It should be said that such views often gained the support of feminists , particularly outraged by the forcible use of the speculum under the Contagious Diseases Acts . ) |