Example sentences of "it [be] said [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( And at the risk of labouring the obvious , let it be said that Pound is often a very funny writer , in verse and prose alike . ) |
| 2 | Nor could it be said that the British welfare system identified , or even defined , let alone assisted , the genuinely needy groups as effectively as did some systems prevailing elsewhere . |
| 3 | In similar vein , dare it be said that the charitable function of Age Concern serves this dual function ? |
| 4 | Will it be said that animals raised on close confinement systems , for example , do not fare well , all considered ? |
| 5 | Not for the first time could it be said that ‘ God blew with his wind ’ and kept England and Cornwall safe from foreign invasion . |
| 6 | Let it be said that committed , monogamous gays and non-gays have also been victims . |
| 7 | But can it be said that such a duty lies on individuals and groups ? |
| 8 | Never let it be said that we fail to cater for minority groups . |
| 9 | Never let it be said that the Inspiral Carpets do not like a good breakfast . |
| 10 | In none of these cases could it be said that if a person entered the premises and caused a computer to exercise a function so as to reveal information , there had been access via one computer to another . |
| 11 | And beaming proudly the 47-year-old superstar declared at London 's Heathrow airport : ‘ Never let it be said that I do n't carry the baby . ’ |
| 12 | On only three out of approximately 180 occasions , therefore , can it be said that the inspectors had been less than absolutely fair in the opinion of those who were criticised . |
| 13 | Still less can it be said that Jesus had a feminist interpretation of social realities . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Not since the nineteenth century can it be said that Parliament has made policy directly . |
| 16 | Could it be said that it benefits the land ( i.e. it seeks to keep the residential character of the area ) ? |
| 17 | In none of those cases could it be said that , if one entered the premises and caused a computer to exercise a function so as to reveal information , there had been access via one computer into another . |
| 18 | Detinue lay where a man was in possession of another 's goods and refused to give them up but could it be said that such a mere refusal was a positive act ? |
| 19 | Remember all these things at an interview and never let it be said that you are ‘ just a mother ’ ! |
| 20 | ‘ Until the consent given at marriage be revoked , how can it be said that the husband in exercising his marital right has assaulted his wife ? |
| 21 | Never let it be said that I visit empty-handed ! ’ |
| 22 | Never let it be said that Practical PC ignores the viewpoint of the end user ! |
| 23 | ‘ Never let it be said that I 'm not aware of your good points , ’ he drawled . |
| 24 | Just do n't let it be said that I did n't warn you , that 's all . ’ |
| 25 | If , as we have been suggesting , the nature of data has much to do with the theoretical presuppositions which underlie their production , how can it be said that theories are tested by means of exposure to data ? |
| 26 | For those who have not yet seen them , let it be said that Trestle work always in masks . |
| 27 | While Shatov expounds and disputes ardently , and incidentally takes a lot of good- and God-focused material off the shoulders of the notebook Stavrogin ( ‘ ‘ Shatov must be tied up before you can argue with him , ' ’ Stepan Verkhovensky sometimes joked' ) , only to Kirillov can it be said and is it said , ‘ you have n't swallowed an idea , but an idea has swallowed you ’ — to which he responds delightedly with ‘ That 's good . |