Example sentences of "think [pers pn] can say " in BNC.

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1 We 'll be available on N T erm I do n't think I can say concurrently with the availability of N T cos A no one knows the availability of N T and secondly there will inevitabl be some lag , but it will be very soon as quick as we can make it after that .
2 And I do n't think I can say much more than that but perhaps Simon
3 I think w I think how it works it , it 's , it 's , it 's , I do n't think you can say it 's the right package .
4 I mean , wages , benefits from the welfare state — the cost of reproducing labour power , which is really what the wages for housework argument turns on , this cost is covered in a variety of ways — not adequately , that 's true and working class women are most vulnerable , but I do n't think we can say simply that housework , childcare is given free , is not paid for at all .
5 I do n't think we can say poisons , that , that implies that it 's damaging health , we do n't know that .
6 I think I can say that during my career most of the things I 've decided ought to be done , I 've got done , but I 've done them in very different ways to other people and sometimes I 've been criticised for not going out and grabbing the headlines .
7 Its application could — I think I can say it might revolutionize life by the end of this century .
8 I come now to the Roll of Honour ; and I think I can say that we can boast as remarkable a list of names as any school in the country .
9 Having lived through the case in considerable detail since the writ was delivered in 1989 , nearly seven years after the audit report in question was signed off , I think I can say that there are some better grounds for believing that the result is good for the profession than are implied in your brief summary .
10 But I think I can say that each machine has paid for itself , one way or another .
11 ‘ I think I can say I 'm a tolerant man , ’ he said , not without a trace of smugness .
12 I think I can say I walked the best part of the rivers in my district . ’
13 More than that , I think I can say he was loved by the public .
14 But I think I can say I had some of my happiest times in the army .
15 But I think I can say that there are n't going to be any nude scenes between you and Caduta .
16 But I think I can say that we have never betrayed the trust that you have reposed in us …
17 I think I 'd like to start by making a few general points , er and then er it will be a matter for for others to be somewhat more specific , I I I think I can say that the issue of a new settlement of a new settlement in Greater York is is a fairly unique situation , because we have agreement between the development industry and the County Council , and that 's something of a rarity , but also we have mild support from the Department of the Environment , and as Mr Davis has already said , that is backed by public support .
18 But at the moment , I can not speak with the same feeling of achievement about caring for er , elderly , the elderly relative , whereas I think I can say with conviction we 've done quite a lot for those with small children .
19 It wo n't be very good for the petrol companies that I 've been visiting here today , but every cloud tends to have it 's silver lining , and I , I think I can say with some confidence that the last factor that we 're considering is pouring over the revenues and wondering how much is coming in , that , that really has n't much come into it .
20 I think it should be remembered that that public support actually was against a requirement of one thousand nine hundred dwellings , which is not quite the proposal being put forward by the County at the moment , but it is clear that there seems to me n not to be any public or great strength of public objection to the sort of proposals that are now before you in this enquiry , and it also seems to me that the reasons behind erm that that public support are essentially because it meets the first requirement of paragraph P P G thirty three , that the alternative expansion of existing towns or villages will represent a less satisfactory method of providing land for new housing that is needed , I think that is the essence of the public support , and so first of I think you can say that that 's that means that first criteria , and certainly it seems to meet the second automatically because it an expression of public preference .
21 Now for a motor car I think you can say that the practical desirabilities of a car , and the acceleration and performance and looks are very important , one could also say that the fact that many people have their cars bought for me by the firm they work for means that they will therefore buy a larger car than they would if it was their own money that they were spending , so the market for cars is perhaps not one which is determined by energy efficiency or even optimum efficiency in terms of people 's and prestige is coming into it as much as these other factors and it is determined by who pays the money .
22 As for the abduction business , I think we can say that 's over .
23 I think we can say that if it is pneumatic in character , the shape will be organic .
24 Indeed I think we can say that it is worse than the draft statement because some of the good points in the original have been removed .
25 GUIL : I think we can say we made some headway .
26 GUIL : I think we can say that .
27 ROS : I think we can say he made us look ridiculous .
28 The best I think we can say about our scheme is something that Brian Barry argues .
29 I think we can say that the A L O er washed it hands completely
30 Our publicity leaflets and help-forms were meticulously drafted , and I think we can say they contained no ‘ empty words ’ .
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