Example sentences of "[prep] [be] say for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 There are improvements that can be made but that 's to be said for all animal husbandry systems , from pets , to guide dogs for the blind , and every other every other type of system .
2 Such occasions will inevitably involve grief and the shedding of tears , but there is much to be said for that .
3 Hadlee reflected for a moment : ‘ I suppose there 's something to be said for that .
4 ‘ There 's something to be said for that , ’ said Zeinab , with a sidelong glance at Owen .
5 There is much to be said for such a theory .
6 There is something to be said for such a view .
7 Considering the fears of Jacobite invasion there was something to be said for such a policy but it was not popular , especially in London , which had become the centre of support for Pitt and the war .
8 There is much to be said for such increased participatory rights .
9 There is , it must be said , a lot to be said for this robust view .
10 There is much to be said for this explanation .
11 It may be that there is something to be said for this composite view .
12 Some people like to plan their trips in meticulous detail , but there 's a lot to be said for this ‘ open-book ’ approach .
13 We 're in a mess and nothing is going to pull us out ; I am not a socialist ; I 'm not impressed by your little man in Rome ; I do n't like ultra-nationalists ( I 'm not one of those who 'd follow the general ) ; I think there is something to be said for constitutional monarchy but in France that cause is as dead as mutton ; I have not much faith in the League , nor in democracy as an up-to-date technique of government .
14 I think there 's a lot to be said for arranged marriages , actually . ’
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