Example sentences of "be said [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been said by some writers that he had got caught up in an extravaganza far beyond both his intention and his control . |
| 2 | Indeed , it has been said by some professionals in the field that we are doing the students a disservice by attempting to break through their apathy since their main chance of happiness lies in their passive acceptance of traditional ‘ care ’ facilities . |
| 3 | This could be said with some emphasis of Chatterton , but not of Eliot himself , who moreover survived , who grew to be famous , who did not kill himself , though he was to wonder how one might set about dying . |
| 4 | ‘ When it comes to the purity of our water , we have virtually no traces of bacteria in the finished product , which is more than can be said for some other Common Market countries , ’ Dr Derek Miller , assistant director of the soon-to-be-privatised Water Research Centre told the newspaper . |
| 5 | But I 'm all right — which is more than can be said for some . ’ |
| 6 | Happily , the Edwardians had considerable good taste , which is more than can be said for some of the awful designs of the late fifties which were in vogue during the transition from more traditional styles . |
| 7 | Which is more , my girl , than can be said for some . ’ |
| 8 | But the Left did at least sense that Fascism presented an imminent threat to Britain and this is more than can be said for some of those holding the responsibility for Britain 's foreign policy and ultimate defence . |
| 9 | Erica herself was entirely honest , and worked hard for her causes , but the same could not be said of some of her associates . |
| 10 | Also straights can vary tremendously in quality although the same can be said of some compound feeds by the way ! |
| 11 | He had courage , dignity and class , which was more than could be said of some of his judges . |
| 12 | In the old days , with casein , it used to be said of some of the aircraft in the tropics that they were held together by the assembly brads . |
| 13 | The same can not be said of some other British universities , whose students are sometimes obliged to travel considerable distances to observe the raw materials to which their research relates . |
| 14 | The same can not be said of some other British universities , whose students are obliged to travel considerable distances to observe the raw materials to which their research relates . |
| 15 | Which is more than can be said of some burger bars and ‘ diners ’ where the staff are young , dour and ca n't get home quick enough to swap their multinational uniforms for day-glo tracksuits and trainers ( I wonder where that fashion came from ? ) . |
| 16 | This being said , and allowing for the fact that much which was viewed as sexually deviant a generation ago is now viewed tolerantly if not taken for granted , a few words may be said about some practices or groups of practices which are generally recognised as deviant from either the normal object , the normal aim or the normal focal issues of sexuality . |
| 17 | Western countries led by France were said in some reports to be fearful of the destabilization of Morocco should a UN-organized vote go against King Hassan II 's claim to Western Sahara . |
| 18 | Erm , it has actually worked , erm , in that it seems that there 's a very fair chance that er , in spite of the very discouraging things that were said by some of the people on my right when I moved this , erm , there is a very good chance now for a reasonable er , settlement in South Africa , which I think should erm , make everyone in this chamber very happy , and it is that , undoubtedly the case that economic pressure had a great deal to do with that . |
| 19 | It is being said with some conviction that Labour inflicted a serious blow on itself with that Sheffield monster rally . |
| 20 | Although publicly scathing about the student left and the anti-Vietnam movement , Healy none the less cultivated a discussion circle of London writers , actors and television producers , it is said with some charm and intellectual force , which was to presage his fixation with Equity , the actors ' Union which increasingly provided personnel and finance for the ERP . |
| 21 | Every syllable is said on some pitch ; pitch in speech is closely related to the frequency of vibration of the vocal folds and to the musical notion of low- and high-pitched notes . |
| 22 | It is said of some speeches that they smell of the lamp . |
| 23 | Thus the substantive apple contains the lexical idea of a kind of fruit : this is its material significate , or lexeme , the import of meaning which is said of some object in the speaker 's experience . |
| 24 | It is said in some circles that Morrison is alive and well and living in Des Moines , so perhaps we will one day have to sit through Doors II : the Incognito Years . |
| 25 | It is said in some quarters she is being vindictive about these matters . |
| 26 | It is said by some to be more tiring physically than a paid job , by others to be less tiring : some women say it takes a greater emotional toll , others that the drain is less than other work . |
| 27 | Passing the crag rats who were climbing Cave Route Right Hand , I climbed my own bit of grade E6 over the tufa and out past the block of stone with a hole eroded through that is said by some to have been the lip of a water chute when the chasm was a cave . |
| 28 | Coming from the other direction , the internal auditor is said by some to have the right background in systems of control by may be , at least initially , too much focused on the , albeit increasingly onerous , financial and computer issues . |
| 29 | What she had to say was said with some surprise as well . |
| 30 | While your brain is doing that it will be storing the words so that when you look at your sheet of nouns you will recall what was said for some while after it was actually said . |