Example sentences of "it may [be] said [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Embarrassment , it seems clear , is a major concern of the British psyche , and the dreams the British dream , if opinion-polls are to be believed , tend to be about social embarrassment , with amorous fantasy playing only a disappointingly minor role ; and if that is to be taken in evidence , then it may be said to represent a more powerful obsession than sex . |
| 2 | ‘ It may be said to have begun with a golliwog , ’ he wrote , ’ and ended with an alsatian bitch' . |
| 3 | It is no longer , as it were , a global political programme , as it may be said to have been in the 19th and earlier 20th centuries . |
| 4 | The decision was not an easy one and was criticized by many who feared the consequences , as Salisbury told Law : " If it may be said to have finally made possible the destruction of the constitution , the prostitution of the Prerogative , the Repeal of the Union and the Disendowment of the Welsh Church , it will probably rank as the most costly policy in history . " |
| 5 | ‘ Traditional climatic geomorphology as represented by most of the papers in this volume has to a large extent glossed over this paucity of knowledge of fundamentals ; it may be said to have proceeded , like Davis 's work , to premature generalization on the basis of quite vague ideas on the underlying process relations . |
| 6 | Once a practice has become well established in terms of the relationship within or between different organs of the state , finding recognition in works of authority and by those involved in its operation , then it may be said to have reached the status of a convention . |