Example sentences of "[be] say [verb] the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also to agree that they could not be said to represent the mass of unskilled working people . |
| 2 | In a sense , meanings qua species of thought or thought-modalities might be said to represent the principles of " unity " of certain historical mental acts . |
| 3 | Secondly , that it is politically naive , because such an argument could be said to justify the kind of political move I have just mentioned , in which some institutions of higher education might be denied research funding . |
| 4 | A few years ago , in the brief period of enthusiasm and expansion after Russell , those responsible for writing reports , conducting research , making recommendations , did so in a fairly jovial cavalier fashion that could be said to characterise the type of men who operated their way to the top in adult education . |
| 5 | The maleness of Christ may be said to form the linchpin of this picture . |
| 6 | Thus , a child may be said to acquire the rules of grammar , although it is difficult to see how such rules can be established as a result of numerous discrete learning experiences . |
| 7 | August could be said to mark the start of the great divide between gardening in Scotland and the rest of the UK . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | If there had been no reason for the attack , it called for a severe sentence ; in one sense , revenge attacks , which themselves strike a blow at public justice , could be said to aggravate the gravity of the offence . |
| 10 | If it can be said to play the role of watchmaker in nature , it is the blind watchmaker . |
| 11 | Their front end has a mouth below and a few light-sensitive spots above so that the animal can be said to have the beginnings of a head . |
| 12 | Such topics are kept ‘ off the agenda ’ by the dominant group who may then be said to have the power of non-decision-making as well as decision-making . |
| 13 | Although the accounts are drawn up for the benefit of the proprietors or shareholders of a business , the primary objective of such accounts could be said to establish the amount of tax due to the Inland Revenue . |