Example sentences of "say in the [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since 1976 the trend has been reversed , managerial values have again become predominant and the bureaucracy has expanded , albeit with some strengthening of the legislative role of the National People 's Congress and , since the Democracy Movement of 1978–80 , a strengthening of the role of ‘ workers representative congresses ’ to give workers a limited say in the management of enterprises ( White 1985 ) . |
| 2 | In former days this emotional moment could not arise because archbishops had little say in the choice of bishops and no say at all in the choice of their successor . |
| 3 | But the sovereigns from Queen Victoria onwards turned consultations with the archbishop into a constitutional convention ; so that now the Archbishop of Canterbury had the principal say in the choice of bishops and had a right to be consulted on the choice of his own successor ; or , if he had not a constitutional right , at least he had every right to proffer advice to the prime minister whether the prime minister asked for it or not . |
| 4 | A genuine global partnership must be struck between rich and poor in which all contribute and all have an equal say in the allocation of resources . |
| 5 | Refugee recipients had very little say in the administration of services and were insufficiently encouraged to do so . |
| 6 | Single and over forty , or as they say in the world of women executives , SINBAD ( Single Income , Neurotic , Bankable and Desperate ) . |
| 7 | Patients are at the bottom of the pecking order and have very little say in the running of services . |