Example sentences of "[modal v] be said that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be said that many of the problems which make quality control of elements of the course above subject level a challenge for modular courses are not a challenge for conventional courses only because insufficient comparability exists to make quality control a serious possibility . |
| 2 | ( It should be said that such views often gained the support of feminists , particularly outraged by the forcible use of the speculum under the Contagious Diseases Acts . ) |
| 3 | Barth travels far and wide through the Bible , from Genesis to Revelation , and digests , criticises , and re-states a vast amount of material from the previous history of Christian thought , and from contemporary discussion — much of this in lengthy pages of tiny print , which readers are sometimes relieved to discover can be passed over without loss of the main drift ( though it should be said that some of the finest passages are to be found in the small print ) . |
| 4 | As emperor , Augustus gave financial compensation and some booty back , though it must be said that such acts of generosity were inspired less by guilt than by political revenge against cities that had supported his rival , Mark Antony : the returned booty was Antony 's plunder . |
| 5 | Of course it must be said that many people ca n't wait to leave their schooldays behind and so not all losses are to be regretted . |
| 6 | ‘ It must be said that many Christian men still have a hard time seeing women 's issues as their issues too , ’ said Bishop Edmond Browning , Anglican Primate in the USA . |
| 7 | Thus to those conservatives who , arguing against the ordination of women , contend that Jesus ordained no ‘ priestesses ’ , it must be said that neither did he ordain any priests ! |
| 8 | However , it must be said that this paper is not an attempt to cast management in an entirely negative light and then to oppose that with an equally ‘ rosy ’ view of professionalism — with the implication that management must recede and that professionalism should advance . |
| 9 | Many teachers try to compile their own programmed texts , but it must be said that this takes a great deal of time to prepare . |
| 10 | It must be said that this technique for measuring capacitance is not particularly new . |
| 11 | They wilt readily learn to distinguish light from dark and there is some evidence that they can also distinguish patterns and colours , although it must be said that this capacity is extremely limited compared with the normal capacities of the animals concerned ( Pasik and Pasik 1982 ) . |
| 12 | It must be said that this has apparently been achieved with a good deal of success in many societies in many different periods . |
| 13 | For those who missed his performance in They Came And Ate Us it must be said that this was n't a very nice demon at all . |
| 14 | It might be said that these represent no more than quiet , low-energy conditions on an extensive continental shelf ( or shelves ) . |
| 15 | It might be said that this was , in part , because the elected government of President Salvador Allende did not command sufficient support for its radical programme . |
| 16 | It might be said that this constitutes the bulk of market lore and wisdom . |
| 17 | Lord Parker 's response to that suggestion was that no offence had been committed in any event because , even if it could be said that such conduct was insulting ( which he doubted ) most men approached in such a way are not likely to resort to violence . |
| 18 | It could be said that this is a battle that is being won . |
| 19 | On the other hand , it could be said that this type of objection does not relate to reasonableness but is concerned with breach . |
| 20 | It could be said that this assimilation had become ‘ fixed ’ as part of the phonological structure of English syllables , since exceptions are almost non-existent . |
| 21 | It could be said that some sort of crisis was going to force itself up in the life of a strongly emotional young man who was so strictly engaged in compartmentalizing his life : a father who was never meant to know about Janie Moore ; Minto herself cut off from college ; almost all his friends kept in darkness about his emotional history , and most of them at this period unaware of his religious interests ; pupils who were discussing with him the things he cared about most — books — but in a fashion which prevented his strength of feeling breaking through . |
| 22 | Representing the Prussian general staff were the generals von Roon and von Moltke , and perhaps most importantly , Bismarck , who later described the occasion as a ‘ simple family dinner ’ , a description of which it could be said that those who believe it will believe anything . |
| 23 | ( 60 ) It may be said that few middle-class couples dare marry without this admirable handbook . |
| 24 | It may be said that this is just one of the cases where it is impossible to be neutral . |
| 25 | It may be said that this is not imagining the activity of a postman at all . |
| 26 | It may be said that this is tyranny . |
| 27 | I am not ignoring that it may be said that this in one sense is proving idem per idem , but none the less I do not think the fact can be ignored . |
| 28 | It may be said that these facts are materially different from those in our problem , for in our problem there seems to be no choice as to who is to die : it is simply ( one supposes ) a question of some or all . |
| 29 | It may be said that these are superficial impressions derived from a superficial knowledge of small parts of the stratigraphical record . |
| 30 | As Chapman observed : ‘ Although I do not suggest that the Arsenal go on the defensive even for tactical purposes , I think it may be said that some of their best scoring chances have come when they have been driven back and then have broken away to strike suddenly and swiftly . ’ |