Example sentences of "[be] say [that] this [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 ) .
2 It must be said that this technique for measuring capacitance is not particularly new .
3 On the other hand , it could be said that this type of objection does not relate to reasonableness but is concerned with breach .
4 Whilst owing his debt to Lorca , it has to be said that this volume is markedly conservative .
5 It could also be said that this quotation applies to school librarians , as part of the educational workforce .
6 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 .
7 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 .
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