Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [be] say that " in BNC.
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| 31 | It could fairly be said that Mrs Thatcher won the economic argument . |
| 32 | By this stage it could fairly be said that women had gained a footing in the Edinburgh book-houses . |
| 33 | It could even be said that the predator in the assemblage is the least likely one to have been involved in its accumulation . |
| 34 | From this it could well be said that life motivation stems from the perpetual satisfaction of recurring desire . |
| 35 | It could well be said that once the ‘ feel ’ of control is acquired then all you need is practice , and just like riding the bicycle , all the arm movements become a spontaneous impulse.But life is n't that easy , and in our experience , the ‘ prangs ’ have to be suffered before the ‘ knack ’ of dexterous control is accomplished . |
| 36 | For one of Karl Barth 's disposition it could never be said that because something has been perceived to be natural by humankind , therefore it is the will of God . |
| 37 | It may also be said that Caldwell is concerned with foresight of consequences , whereas Morgan is concerned with knowledge of circumstances . |
| 38 | In the case of some evangelical writers ( though not Barth ) it may also be said that male dominance is fundamental to creation and found in all known human societies . |
| 39 | Whilst it may be argued that this is merely an illustration of the duty owed under the OLA 1957 , it may also be said that this exists as a form of liability under the tort of negligence but outside the scope of the 1957 Act . |
| 40 | Similarly , women are not beyond attraction to a young boy , although it may probably be said that this is less often the case . |
| 41 | But it may now be said that , so far from being a depressing conclusion , this states precisely the practical importance of conventionalism for adjudication . |
| 42 | But it need hardly be said that voters sometimes disappoint candidates and campaign managers . |
| 43 | It need hardly be said that the industrialist of the steam age did not build his own house near the works , as the country factory owners had done . |
| 44 | 10.3 The Tenant acknowledges that [ its ] obligations under this agreement and the Lease shall not be affected or lessened in any way by the fact that there may now or subsequently exist any Restrictions and the Tenant shall with effect from the Possession Date comply with and indemnify the Landlord in respect of any liability under any Restrictions ( whether made before or after the Possession Date ) save in so far as such liability arises from failure by the Landlord to comply with [ its ] obligations under clause 2.2.2 It need hardly be said that the tenant 's solicitor should make all usual inquiries to ascertain whether any such restrictions exist at the date of the agreement . |
| 45 | It may well be said that the patriarchal understanding of what it means to be male is abandoned . |
| 46 | It may simply be said that it is just a ‘ fact ’ that Jesus was male , and that therefore priests should be . ) |
| 47 | It may simply be said that what is needed for two events to be cause and effect as we understand them is that the probability of the second , given the first , is higher than the probability of the second , given the absence of the first . |
| 48 | It will perhaps be said that , although there may be no inherent difficulty in establishing criteria of relevance to choices of means , the vagueness of ‘ Be aware ’ for choices of ends reduces it to meaninglessness as our proposed ‘ first principle ’ . |
| 49 | ‘ It may safely be said that all good gardening consists in putting the right plant in the right place . ’ |
| 50 | The two limitations were that recovery will not be available : ( 1 ) where it can properly be said that the payment was made to close the transaction , and ( 2 ) where the payer was mistaken as to the proper interpretation of the statute . |
| 51 | It can perhaps be said that the bereavement care teams who usually now come to help at such times are the public recognition of this phenomenon . |
| 52 | However , it is not known whether the courts would accept this argument , because it can perhaps be said that the shares management acquire in Newco are acquired pursuant to ( though not causally connected to ) an opportunity offered to management ( namely to buy Target or its business ) by reason of their employment/directorships with the vendor or Target . |
| 53 | It can thus be said that the programmer , rather than the user , dictates the form of the final design . |
| 54 | While it can never be legitimately said of a theory that it is true , it can hopefully be said that it is the best available , that it is better than anything that has come before . |
| 55 | 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 . |
| 56 | It can hardly be said that the German Empire contained Prussia . |
| 57 | It can hardly be said that his optimism was fully justified , though ironically enough the supply did become more than adequate in most seasons from the middle of the century onwards , when traffic dropped away . |
| 58 | [ I ] t can hardly be said that our constitution knows of such a thing as any specific right of public meeting … . |
| 59 | But it can hardly be said that the relationship between the two sectors has been as mutually productive as it might be . |
| 60 | It can hardly be said that anything very surprising emerges in the pupils ’ criticism of teachers . |