Example sentences of "say it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People in Bavaria say it is crazy not to have tall cylindro-conicals in a wholly ultra-modern brewery , ’ says Brombach , ‘ but I think that kind of vessel sets up a convection that makes for dirty beer . ’ |
| 2 | They say it is unjust for the publicans and bad for the pubs . |
| 3 | If speed is of the essence — and all marketing surveys say it is — then the microwave is the manufacturers ' version of the licence to print money . |
| 4 | Professor Alan Smithers and Pamela Robinson , of Manchester University , say it is vital for Britain 's economic future that more young people are persuaded to stay at school after 16 . |
| 5 | Officials say it is because the two sides have different versions of what was decided at the previous negotiations that the ceasefire has broken down . |
| 6 | The other danger arose from Government departments squeezing a small bill into the Queen 's Speech : ‘ They say it is just two or three little clauses and … it immediately turns out that the process is not nearly as simple as was promised . |
| 7 | Sex-plumbing and sex-fun seems far , far removed from the complex business we now all say it is . |
| 8 | Some say it is because no boat people have been returned home against their will since December 1989 . |
| 9 | Its admirers say it is the consummate manager . |
| 10 | Liberals say it is too right-wing ; conservatives that it is too left-wing . |
| 11 | People in a bombed-out residential quarter by the Karun river say it is better than living under canvas , although the nearest tap is 500 metres away . |
| 12 | For there is a vast gap between what businessmen think their cost of capital is and what most finance theorists say it is . |
| 13 | The property of being whiter is an obvious example , for one thing is compared with another when we say it is whiter than the other . |
| 14 | The reason the Royal Show is international is not because we say it is ; it is because the international visitors choose to visit the Royal Show and that is what makes it the most international agricultural show in the world . |
| 15 | Though most merchants say it is too early to come up with a firm idea of the trade , the initial reports on quality suggest some low nitrogens and good bushel weights , at least for the Puffin that seems to predominate at the moment . |
| 16 | You can not abandon Oreste thus — come , it is a moment of despondency that is all , say it is . ’ |
| 17 | If I say it is a work of art , it is work of art . |
| 18 | Some say they should bring back hanging ; others say it is the politicians they should hang ; but most say there is nothing anybody can do at all . |
| 19 | Legal experts say it is worth protecting cheques until the new laws come in by making the alterations . |
| 20 | Senior sources say it is appropriate for Whitbread to move away from being a family-dominated group , saddled with an arcane share structure , in 1992 , its 250th anniversary . |
| 21 | Some say it is good for the Prime Minister to mix with the crowd and others that for a Prime Minister it is less than dignified . |
| 22 | Every year in October we say it is the finest thing in the garden . |
| 23 | But if it was as clever and efficient as we in the West say it is , then one might expect it to have achieved much more . |
| 24 | ‘ You say it is a good tool , sir ! ’ |
| 25 | But you will no doubt also understand what I mean when I say it is not at all easy to define just what this quality is . |
| 26 | Some people say it is a sign of intelligence . |
| 27 | One avenue for a claim is that you paid too much for the house , but remember that you say it is common knowledge that these houses suffer this fault . |
| 28 | I say it is OK . |
| 29 | Most critics say it is too early to judge . |
| 30 | ‘ The aid from the East coma to around $5 million , ’ Aduna says , ‘ rather that is what they say it is worth . ’ |