Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [be] say that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While appreciating the extraordinary difficulties facing Mr Lamont , it must still be said that he could have handled them better than this . |
| 2 | It must also be said that they were not alone in their efforts to secure the Francoist state against those it branded as " anti-Spain " . |
| 3 | And it might even be said that it is from this , far more than from early Christianity , that we have inherited our sense of the dubious physical nature of the female , and our idea that the human norm is male and that to be female is in itself a pathological state . |
| 4 | whether it could properly be said that it 's a duty because it 's not , it 's a guide , er the question arises as to whether it 's a duty but of course it 's here , it 's always been in the expert 's report incorporated in it the reference to it erm but er Lord in my submission er it is undoubtedly correct that your Lordship would be greatly helped by hearing evidence from a solicitor engaged regularly , frequently , in commercial conveyancing work as to what the extent of the practice , the accepted practice and the professional standards operated by solicitors in this field and |
| 5 | It may simply be said that it is just a ‘ fact ’ that Jesus was male , and that therefore priests should be . ) |
| 6 | While it can never be legitimately said of a theory that it is true , it can hopefully be said that it is the best available , that it is better than anything that has come before . |
| 7 | If you , fearing an attack by an octogenarian mugger , floor her with a swift knee to the stomach , then it can reasonably be said that you are , without doubt , paranoid . |