Example sentences of "be say about [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Fussell tells us that the war was ‘ so devoid of ideological content that little could be said about its positive purposes that made political or intellectual sense ’ , he shows that he has become the prisoner of his own limited sources , and also of an imagination limited by distaste for his subject . |
| 2 | Mind you , I expect much the same could be said about my second-year essays if I 'm absolutely honest . |
| 3 | Sympathy is often centred upon the younger family , little is said about its indirect effects on old people , who themselves are often reluctant to complain . |
| 4 | Less is said about his recent life and his marriages . |
| 5 | Nothing was said about his next move , except that he could hardly expect his sister to take him in now , and that he was unwilling , under any circumstances , to move to Purley . |
| 6 | This particular intercessor is in fact a vaguely humanoid stalagmite , which I suppose bears out what I was saying about our common need to find resemblances between rocks and persons . |