Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] [adv] [adj] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , if it is difficult to be a vocal composer , it is even more difficult to say what should be done . |
| 2 | ‘ It is no longer correct to say ‘ the height of fashion ’ ’ … rather ‘ she was dressed in the full breadth of fashion ’ ’ . ' |
| 3 | It is no longer fashionable to say anything nice about the London Docklands Development Corporation ( LDDC ) . |
| 4 | It is probably more accurate to say that as a package the new employment system used traditional symbols to make the unfamiliar appear customary . |
| 5 | It is clearly very difficult to say how much of this discrimination is the result of policy decisions by employers . |
| 6 | That is unfair , and it is also slightly sinister to say that , when somebody reaches a certain age , he can no longer receive care under the NHS . |
| 7 | It is also very difficult to say how successful this would be within the current recognition system . |
| 8 | It is also quite untrue to say that any foreigners obtained land . |
| 9 | It is much more satisfactory to say that these statements show what the speaker believes or feels , if he is speaking sincerely and correctly . |
| 10 | ‘ It is sometimes quite difficult to say ‘ no ’ to a boy . |
| 11 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : It is considerably more difficult to say . |
| 12 | ‘ It is still too early to say whether the peak in unemployment has passed , but the likelihood of sustained increases in unemployment in the months to come recedes with each monthly fall , ’ officials said in the June monthly monetary report . |
| 13 | It is almost certainly true to say that there never was any significant period when god worship and religion were as modern man would wish them to be , but instead , that they have always been corrupted , to some extent , to support greed and excess . |
| 14 | It is perhaps also true to say that , underneath , Britain , in regarding the Messina plan as too ambitious , was also quietly confident — particularly after the collapse of the EDC and the Political Community — that the scheme would come to nought . |
| 15 | If B is threatened with a tort it is , of course , equally true that he may bring an action for damages if the tort is committed or bring an action for a quia timet injunction first , but , especially where the threat is of violence , it is perhaps less realistic to say that these legal remedies afford him adequate protection against the consequences of resistance . |
| 16 | It is far too early to say whether this produces the right result ; only time and history will show . |
| 17 | All the same , it is far too early to say whether it is the vintage of the century or even of the decade . |