Example sentences of "it could be said [that] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Parker 's response to that suggestion was that no offence had been committed in any event because , even if it could be said that such conduct was insulting ( which he doubted ) most men approached in such a way are not likely to resort to violence . |
| 2 | Representing the Prussian general staff were the generals von Roon and von Moltke , and perhaps most importantly , Bismarck , who later described the occasion as a ‘ simple family dinner ’ , a description of which it could be said that those who believe it will believe anything . |
| 3 | It could be said that some sort of crisis was going to force itself up in the life of a strongly emotional young man who was so strictly engaged in compartmentalizing his life : a father who was never meant to know about Janie Moore ; Minto herself cut off from college ; almost all his friends kept in darkness about his emotional history , and most of them at this period unaware of his religious interests ; pupils who were discussing with him the things he cared about most — books — but in a fashion which prevented his strength of feeling breaking through . |
| 4 | It could be said that this is a battle that is being won . |
| 5 | On the other hand , it could be said that this type of objection does not relate to reasonableness but is concerned with breach . |
| 6 | It could be said that this assimilation had become ‘ fixed ’ as part of the phonological structure of English syllables , since exceptions are almost non-existent . |