Example sentences of "be said [that] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In biological writing it has often been said that a character is advantageous or detrimental to a species . |
| 2 | It has been said that a negative character quality is a positive quality misused . |
| 3 | It has been said that a devaluation would result in even higher interest rates . |
| 4 | To take one example : it has frequently been said that a child 's attachment to his mother develops out of his physical dependence on her . |
| 5 | It has been said that a person is judged by the company he keeps . |
| 6 | It has been said that an order of mandamus ought not to he made if the respondent is doing all it reasonably can to remedy its breach of duty . |
| 7 | There are two types of patentable invention , a product invention and a process invention , and it has been said that an invention is a new way of making something old or an old way of making something new . |
| 8 | It must also be said that a plain boiled ham presented on or off the bone is a delight to the jaded palate and should not be ignored because it remains undistinguished by any special cure . |
| 9 | There are newspapers and posters , photographs and mementoes but it must be said that a lack of Italian language will limit the appeal of the collection . |
| 10 | It could be said that a major function of handmade ceramic ware , individually thrown mugs and bowls , is to aid the transition into the automated computer age . |
| 11 | It may be said that a sensation of heat in the hand is not really an impression as of our hand being hot , but is simply something that we normally happen to get when our hand heats up . |
| 12 | Of course , it might be said that a man in your position , if you 'll forgive the expression , is dieting either because his lover has threatened to leave him if he does n't shed a few pounds or because his lover has left him and he feels a need to , shall we say , freshen up . |
| 13 | The question to be asked then is , given that women are unlike Jesus of Nazareth in the form of their humanity , may it not be said that a woman baptized into Christ is not differently related than is a man to Jesus as the Christ ? |
| 14 | In an article written in support of the ordination of women to the priesthood in the Episcopal Church in the United States , Richard Norris , whose scholarship I have just mentioned , argues that the tenets of patristic Christology are such that it can not be said that a baptized woman is differently related than is a man to Jesus as the Christ . |
| 15 | Not until James VI of Scotland became James I of England at a ceremony in Westminster Abbey could it be said that a truly Scottish monarch had once more been ritually crowned upon the Stone of Destiny . |
| 16 | But because the correspondence between graphological and phonological features is far from precise , it can not be said that a writer has actually represented the speech style of a character . |
| 17 | It can never be said of a theory that it is true , however well it has withstood rigorous tests , but it can hopefully be said that a current theory is superior to its predecessors in the sense that it is able to withstand tests that falsified those predecessors . |
| 18 | This is not wholly satisfactory reconciliation , since it might be said that a supermarket consents to customers taking goods from its shelves only when they honestly intend to pay and not otherwise . |
| 19 | This is not a wholly satisfactory reconciliation , since it might be said that a supermarket consents to customers taking goods from its shelves only when they honestly intend to pay and not otherwise . |
| 20 | It can not be said that a warm relationship developed between the Minister and the doctors . |
| 21 | Applying what was explained there , it may be said that a person intends to cause a person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him when he ( the person uttering the threats , etc. , ) either desires to cause such an effect , or when he realises what impact his conduct is almost certain to have and nevertheless persists with it . |
| 22 | It could not be said that a peace had been finally made because old habits in Alexandra would not die a final death and made her still reserved , a little wary . |
| 23 | This realization has led to a great deal of debate and , although it can not be said that a general consensus has been reached on how best to define development , a good deal of light has been shed on the processes involved in different types of development . |
| 24 | This is not a wholly satisfactory reconciliation , since it might be said that a supermarket consents to customers taking goods from its shelves only when they honestly intend to pay and not otherwise . " |
| 25 | Indeed , it might be said that a set of standard terms requires greater care because it will be used for a large number of separate transactions , possibly involving a wide range of goods and/or parties . |
| 26 | While it could be said that an extreme poem reveals hidden struggles most clearly , it may also be remote from the poet 's characteristic beliefs and attitudes . |
| 27 | Undoubtedly , as a general rule , the seller wants to get the highest price for his property , and the purchaser wishes to give the lowest , and in that sense it may be said that an expected difference between the parties is to be implied in every case , but unless a difference has actually arisen , it does not appear to me to be an " arbitration " . |
| 28 | In the Far East it is said that a girl is not eligible for marriage until she can cook a perfect bowl of rice . |
| 29 | In Cornwall , south-western England , it is said that a giant white hare named Looe gambols along the clifftops on evenings when there is a full moon . |
| 30 | It is said that a remake of the legendary crap shocker Attack Of The 50-Foot Woman is in the works at HBO , the cable production company with , no , surely , it ca n't be true , DARYL HANNAH in the title role ? |