Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [be] [adj] say [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should not be too much to ask them to forgive the miserable uncertainty of a young man at Oxford 23 years ago , and it should not be impermissible to say that they are in the wrong if they refuse . |
| 2 | And so it would not be right to say that we 're not looking after the local element of the population . |
| 3 | The usual instruction was to ‘ provide what is customary ’ , though this attitude led to extreme financial hardship for the poorer classes , though it would not be unreasonable to say that it was they who helped to perpetuate the meaningless and elaborate ritual well into the early decades of the twentieth century . |
| 4 | Most people would not be afraid to say if they preferred tea or coffee , a vegetarian or a steak meal . |
| 5 | It would not be unfair to say that God , far from being superhuman , appears to be inhuman . |
| 6 | It would not be true to say that they were well received at Holywell Haugh that evening . |
| 7 | It would not be true to say that Death smiled , because in any case His features were perforce frozen in a calcareous grin . |
| 8 | I 'm , but I would n't , I would n't be able to say whether it was or not so |
| 9 | It ca n't be true to say that we chose our friends , |
| 10 | It will not be possible to say whether validation has been effective in ensuring that the Council 's courses are truly fulfilling their aims until the first graduates start entering industry but we have already started to review the operation of the validation process . |
| 11 | The teapot , milk jug , sugar basin and tongs will require cleaning with Goddard 's powder before midday , so that all will be proper , and the visitors will not be able to say that this house is a slum inside , even if there is one outside . ’ |
| 12 | Briefly , if it is possible to interpret ( Ex ) Fx substitutionally as well as referentially , then it wo n't be superfluous to say that F 's actually exist , for on a substitutional interpretation they need not do so . |