Example sentences of "[adv] be said [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But because the correspondence between graphological and phonological features is far from precise , it can not be said that a writer has actually represented the speech style of a character . |
| 2 | It could not be said that a peace had been finally made because old habits in Alexandra would not die a final death and made her still reserved , a little wary . |
| 3 | The question to be asked then is , given that women are unlike Jesus of Nazareth in the form of their humanity , may it not be said that a woman baptized into Christ is not differently related than is a man to Jesus as the Christ ? |
| 4 | In biological writing it has often been said that a character is advantageous or detrimental to a species . |
| 5 | To take one example : it has frequently been said that a child 's attachment to his mother develops out of his physical dependence on her . |