Example sentences of "can say that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , I can say that Jones is behaving just like Smith did , and we now know that Smith behaved as he did because he had feelings of being persecuted , so it is possible that Jones has feelings of being persecuted , too . |
| 2 | But for our purposes we can say that corporatism involves cooperative arrangements between government and non-governmental groups or institutions under which the latter , either in return for some benefit or in order to avoid some disadvantage , agree to act in a way which will further government policy . |
| 3 | As a general message , one can say that ideology is no longer the main cause of the divisions in the world or of potential conflict . |
| 4 | For the purposes of exposition , though it is of necessity an oversimplification , we can say that objects of feeling , particularly other people , encountered in the outer world are mapped subjectively in some way on to the inner world . |
| 5 | ‘ Unless one can say that injuries were sustained by a person in life , the consequence is that the statutory provision is not met , ’ said Mr Hamilton . |
| 6 | By way of abbreviation , for what it is worth , we can say that cc was dependently necessary to e , that e was such as to dependently necessitate cc . |
| 7 | For we can say that deconstruction involves the decentralization and decolonization of European thought — insofar as it is ‘ incapable of respecting the Being and meaning of the other ’ , and to the extent that its philosophical tradition makes ‘ common cause with oppression and with the totalitarianism of the same ’ . |
| 8 | Whatever charges are levelled against the Waffen-SS , no one can say that Landau chose a soft option . |
| 9 | At a more modest level , we can say that legislation on restrictive practices has eliminated many cases of blatant anti-competitive behaviour and that the Director-General of Fair Trading now has powers to promote the provision of better consumer information ( e.g. the Trade Descriptions Act ) and to monitor general company behaviour . |
| 10 | ‘ Now we can say that Lithuania is a democratic country with a democratic system ’ the victor told a news conference . |
| 11 | Going back to the question of markedness , we can say that subject as theme in a declarative clause is not marked at all because this is the position it normally occupies in English declarative clauses . |
| 12 | But I can say that John Aldridge will not be leaving here for under £1million . ’ |
| 13 | In summary , we can say that rugs were used by a number of civilizations , ranging from Greece through to Central Asia , during the first millennium BC , and were probably in existence for some considerable time before . |
| 14 | I can say that security at the Skinnergate branch is under review because of this . ’ |
| 15 | Hughie said : ‘ You can say that shipbuilding in Whitby has gone down the sewer . |
| 16 | Nobody can say that depressions were something peculiar to the 1930s . |
| 17 | No one can say that ideas are a sham . |
| 18 | Looking specifically at the two areas in Hambledon , erm I would point out a Mr appears to make a distinction between the two areas , now I 'm not sure on what basis Mr does that , or whether he has undertaken some detailed landscape assessment , but I can say that Hambledon has commissioned a detailed landscape appraisal for its district wide local plan , which did n't show a distinction erm generally across that area . |
| 19 | I can say that truth , friendship and the statute of limitations have a common root in time . |
| 20 | One can say that Niki continued to drive on for McLaren in 1985 . |
| 21 | Or maybe you can say that Mellor wanted to be the captain , but she was for sure the admiral . |
| 22 | No one can say that athletes are n't creatures of habit ! |
| 23 | As we adjusted birth weight for gestational age we can say that environment in utero is an important factor in explaining the association between birth weight and lung function . |
| 24 | Looking at the sweep of the whole narrative from Genesis 1 outwards , we can say that God has made laughter for himself also , and for the whole world . |
| 25 | Without any hesitation we can say that God is the answer to all doubt and that the largest part of doubting comes simply from ignorance of what God has said and done . |
| 26 | We can say that God 's word is inspired by God for our benefit . |