Example sentences of "say [that] [pron] [verb] not [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | NATO countries say that they do not want a ‘ dual key ’ arrangement , in which an officer from the US and the host country have to turn their keys simultaneously before a weapon can be launched . |
| 2 | No inhumanely produced veal need be eaten in this country if consumers say that they do not want to touch the filthy stuff . |
| 3 | Hon. Members may say that petrol stations are to be found in residential areas everywhere in the country and I do not dispute that , but in the area in question there is no shortage of petrol stations and the local people say that they do not want another one damaging their environment and that there is no need for it . |
| 4 | The chief executive and British Rail generally reportedly say that they do not see themselves as being in the business of transporting goods that need to be moved fast . |
| 5 | Conservative Members say that they do not wish to pursue people or insist that their will should be enforced . |
| 6 | Some try to explain the miracles away and say that they did not happen . |
| 7 | Yesterday afternoon we parted in such love and friendship — and now — now — you say that you do not wish to marry me ! |
| 8 | ‘ I do not know what sort of a man you have become , Mikhail , and you say that you do not remember me . |
| 9 | They say that it does not deal with the problem of people who persistently reoffend while on bail . |
| 10 | I hope that I am not thought too patronising or authoritarian when I say that I do not believe that parents should leave children in unattended cars and they certainly should not leave the keys in the car as well . |
| 11 | Oh , no , never say that he did not like them , after all her hard work and the writing of them in the small hours after her demanding duties as a dogsbody had already tired her ! |
| 12 | For example , if someone says that they did not have time to read the material and asks for a summary from the author or chairman , politely refuse . |
| 13 | Here , we sequentially optimise the criteria , starting with the highest priority objective and imposing ( 10.4 ) , which says that we do not permit any reduction in the kth criterion , when passing from the kth to ( k + l ) st criterion . |
| 14 | Memorex reported a $120m net loss for the nine months to December and the New York rating agency says that it does not expect the fourth quarter net outturn to be much better . |
| 15 | It now says that it does not envisage compulsory staff redundancies over the next couple of years ; and that it has no plans greatly to expand the use of contractors in place of its own staff . |
| 16 | Microsoft Corp announced that its chief financial officer and executive vice-president of worldwide operations Frank Gaudette , 57 , died early on Friday after an eight-month fight with lymphatic cancer ; the Redmond company says that it has not thought about a successor . |
| 17 | As far as audit is concerned , the Institute says that it has not found ‘ any convincing reasons ’ to ban company auditors from auditing the company pension scheme . |
| 18 | The debtor says that she has not carried on business in this country since 8 May 1987 , the date upon which the business was sold . |
| 19 | The right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) says that it will be at £36,000 , but the right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) will not tell us and says that he does not think that it is necessary to say so . |
| 20 | Professor Graeme Davies , its chief executive , says that he does not want any unions in his building . |
| 21 | Nowadays , there are so many people applying for college research fellowships that if one of the candidate 's referees says that he does not know him , that is the end of his chances . |
| 22 | He says that he does not accept that the new regulations , which will have the substantial effect of increasing pay , will lead to any costs . |
| 23 | Ramesh K says that he had not met Mr Uppal before , and his brother , Kewal K , says that he briefly met Mr Uppal some years ago . |
| 24 | He says that he did not kill you or your companions because you were unarmed , and anyway he thought that the two he killed intended to use their weapons on you . ’ |
| 25 | Dr. Kerr had said that they had not done so — but he was ‘ too wordy and declamatory for a witness ’ . |
| 26 | Against launderettes it also has to be said that they do not fit the media image of the perfect housewife . |
| 27 | I have talked to lady presidents of prior years who have said that they did not experience any difficulties . |
| 28 | She had also said that she did not want an epidural . |
| 29 | At least in relation to this argument of Thomas ' against the ordination of women , it must be said that it does not hold water . |
| 30 | Some would have said that he had not taken even the first step , since he had been invested irregularly with his pastoral staff by the king . |