Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] said for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same might be said for the mix of sexuality and violence in Blue Velvet . |
| 2 | If the perceptions of Paisley 's critics are revealing of their underlying attitudes , the same could be said for the perceptions of his supporters . |
| 3 | Seven months on , how I wish the same could be said for the rest . |
| 4 | A pleasant , very nearly a respectable , young man , it seemed , which was far more than could be said for the fellow they had put up for Bradford in 1841 , an Irishman of the wilder variety who had served his apprenticeship to the political trade in such select establishments as Northallerton House of Correction and the castle jails of Lancaster and York . |
| 5 | I wish the same could be said for the piano he uses : it is clearly in need of a tune in the first of the Valses-Caprices . |
| 6 | And this is more than can be said for the majority of other books which have exploited the same theme : that of man battling away , amid ignorance and fear , against some novel , lethal , unknown microorganism . |
| 7 | The best that can be said for the education available for the children of the eighteenth-century poor is that it managed to maintain the levels of the later seventeenth century . |
| 8 | 'You look fresh as a daisy which is more than can be said for the rest of us. ’ said John . |
| 9 | Which is more than can be said for the Ferrets opposite . |
| 10 | which is more than can be said for the products of the human |
| 11 | The proposal does fit the situation — which is more than can be said for the compromise approach . |
| 12 | Its one saving grace is that it is water-tight , which is more than can be said for the tonneau cover . |
| 13 | Much the same can be said for the use of the ‘ grid ’ in countless high-modernist abstract paintings by Mondrian , Reinhardt , and many others . |
| 14 | Which is more than can be said for the Osborne creature 's genetic offering ! |
| 15 | Which is more than can be said for the album sleeve of the new ACR album , which has caused unheard-of dissent at the offices of British Coal who claim that the artwork looks too much for comfort like the British Rail Freight logo and are threatening legal action . |
| 16 | which is more than can be said for the Gloucestershire cricket season … the Cheltenham festival is underway and the only ones feasting on runs at the moment are Derbyshire … |
| 17 | Much the same can be said for the group of surnames representing the former holding of offices , which includes such obvious examples as Butler , Chamberlain , Reeve , Beadle , Granger and Steward , but some are less obvious because time has dimmed both the memory of the office concerned and distorted the spelling of the name : Grieve = a farm steward ; Gayler = a gaoler ; Bailey = a bailiff or sergeant ; Spencer = a dispenser of provisions ; Tunnard = guardian of the village ( tūn ) pound ; Senskell = a majordomo ( seneschal ) ; Wardrop = a wardrober . |
| 18 | During the night Ham was in fine form , which is more than can be said for the Redstone rocket . |