Example sentences of "[verb] say that it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like to I 'd like to thank the panel for the work which they have done on this very difficult issue and , although the convenor has said that it is perhaps a difficult thing to alter the text of such a document on the floor of the house , I think we also have to point out that this is our only opportunity to comment upon this particular draft which will become a definitive draft if passed by the general assembly today . |
| 2 | At p. 117 , he expressed doubts as to whether money paid in response to an unlawful demand by the Crown could not be recovered in the absence of some threatened action or inaction , but he considered that English authority seemed to say that it was not recoverable . |
| 3 | My hon. Friend seemed to say that it was too easy to obtain the certificates , and that they were handed out with packets of cereal or like confetti . |
| 4 | I think erm you 've got to say that it is not easy to find people to give the commitment to local government work these days and I think a partial remuneration of the expense that they incur is a very reasonable thing for the public to have to meet . |
| 5 | We need not bother with the details , save to say that it is quite certain that all the contemporary accounts of Balboa 's triumph — which mention that he first saw the Pacific at 10 am on Tuesday , 25 September — are wrong . |
| 6 | Well I 'd like to say that it 's not only adults who have an interest in this subject and have been watching what the county council is going to do about it . |
| 7 | We feel drawn to say that it is not . |
| 8 | Like Cobbett , many suffragettes would have said that it was not so much the vote for its own sake that they sought as the improvements in the status and conditions of women which they believe would be achieved as the result of women 's enfranchisement . |
| 9 | If the atheist uncovers ‘ His ’ identity , then lo and behold the theists start saying that it is n't God after all . |
| 10 | ‘ It is a very sensitive area which needs careful consideration because we ca n't afford to say that it 's too expensive so we will forget about standards . ’ |
| 11 | erm its but I think to say that it is n't happening in schools is a bit unfair , because I do think it does happen in many schools erm and but there 's a great deal of work to be done . |
| 12 | ‘ They do say that it 's there that thy Robemaker has his Workshops . |
| 13 | While certainly in my earlier comments , I did say that it is highly desirable that there should be employment in any new settlement , it can not in my view be the case that th York has certain erm Greater York , but York in particular as a city has certain employment requirements as a result of decline in certain industries . |
| 14 | He had said that it was neither functional nor aesthetically pleasing and that there was death-watch beetle in the roof . |
| 15 | Then she remembered that her therapist had said something about that , had said that it was not for Camille that Scarlet grieved in expectation but for herself and her own pain , implying by her tone that it was really most foolish . |
| 16 | Earlier , in June , the Finance Minister , Theodor Stolojan had said that it was not possible suddenly to remove controls on prices without creating an inflationary spiral in the ensuing price-wage explosion , although he agreed that the current pricing mechanism distorted prices and adversely affected supply and demand . |
| 17 | Galileo had his reasons ; for he wished to say that it was up to his clerical opponents to prove that the Copernican system had not been demonstrated . |
| 18 | He had to say that it was neither suitable nor adequate for a paying patient … any extras had to be brought in by friends . |
| 19 | While the application of procedural checks to licensing activities has therefore increased it would be mistaken to say that it is now accepted that any licensing function should be subjected to such safeguards . |
| 20 | The prison governors have said that it is too draconian , and the Prison Officers Association has expressed the view that it is an unnecessary knee-jerk reaction to a deeply serious problem . |
| 21 | But nevertheless , we have to say that it 's so . |
| 22 | I wanted to say that it was not a question of ‘ letting ’ Aunt Louise do anything ; I wanted to say I should like to see anyone trying to stop her from doing anything she had set her heart on . |