Example sentences of "say [that] [pers pn] [modal v] not [verb] " in BNC.

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1 That is one of the principal arguments of those on the Government Benches who say that we should not sign up , that we can not say at this stage whether we are capable , as an economy , of participating without damage in a single currency .
2 However , because the individual has settled here the Government say that they can not send that person back .
3 It is then a matter of preference whether you say that they can not choose the goals or that they can not form strategies to achieve them or both .
4 The Government say that they can not tell us the value of the companies because the information is commercially sensitive .
5 The Germans say that they can not absorb that number , and country after country is saying the same .
6 Germany , the Netherlands and Belgium are supporters of the British plan but other EC countries say that they can not afford to build the new plants required for waste disposal .
7 Forby , I say that they will not wait in the town to let themselves be besieged .
8 The instructions say that I can not enter the building after 11 o'clock this morning .
9 Then I had to be honest , and say that I could not guarantee to work for longer than four months .
10 I think that I heard the Minister of State say that he would not give way .
11 The Minister says that they can not bear it , but perhaps the Duke of Edinburgh has more feeling .
12 The supervisor says that they can not wear gloves . ’
13 The Labour party says that we can not argue that a single person should pay less than a family next door with several working adults .
14 The Department of National Heritage ( DNH ) says that it can not delay because otherwise exporters would fall foul of the tough penalties laid down by the Custom and Excise Management Act ( 1979 ) .
15 Humberside TEC says that it can not get employer placements , so it is not getting ’ NVG III provisions ’ and the quality of training is falling .
16 If the Chairman disagrees with the Council and says that it should not have refused your request , then the Council must let your child have a place in the school your asked for .
17 There is a popular cliche , usually uttered in the tones Stephen Potter would have called " plonking " , which says that you can not get out of computers any more than you put in .
18 He says that I might not need to get it right ?
19 He says that I might not need to get it , right , because , if , he can only tell half my blood .
20 The holy spirit gives us a new prospective on life and it , it , it deepens our relationship with God , we do n't have to try and make , make a success of our new Christian life by ourselves , you know it does n't matter whether you 've been a Christian for a week , for a day , for twenty , for fifty years , if you try to do it one day by yourself you are guaranteed failure , there is no way you can do it , it does n't matter how long you 've been a Christian or how short a period , you can not do it , if the great apostle Paul , he could , he said I can do nothing of myself he said I am not sufficient , for all my learning , for all the wonderful visions I 've had , for the knowledge that God has given to me , that I 've been able to write these great apostle 's , he says that I can not do it myself , I ca n't live this Christian life myself and the tremendous thing that none of us , no matter who we are , we do not have to try to make a success of our Christian life on our own , it 's a partnership and God is the senior partner in it , he does n't expect us to do it by ourselves , listen to what the , the , that , the same apostle Paul says when he 's writing to the , the Gelation Christians , in , in chapter two , verse twenty , listen to what he says there , he says I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me and the life which I know live in the flesh I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and delivered himself for me , he said I do n't do it by myself , why not , very simply cos he ca n't , he did n't know how to , he did n't have the power to do it he says but the life I 'm living , I live by the power of Christ who died for me , who gave himself for me and who now lives in me now by the holy spirit
21 The bank manager says that I can not have it until the will 's executor , my stepfather , agrees .
22 He says that he would not get on so well with her if he had his meals with her , but as he lives quite separately they are very friendly and he likes to know that they are near if he wants company . ’
23 Dr. F. says that he can not remember the exact conversation which followed :
24 The liquidator says that he can not say how much of the stock was supplied by our client , nor does he have any information as to whether or not the amount received from debtors includes any amount for the sale of AB stock originally supplied by our client .
25 He says that he will not go to Maputo until he receives the money that the UN promised to him and to other party leaders to start up their election campaign ; the UN says that it is still waiting for the donors to deliver the money .
26 The hon. Gentleman is unfair to claim that we have said that we shall not take action .
27 An unidentified spokesman for the V&A was quoted in The Independent newspaper of 16 May , 1992 ( which featured several colour illustrations from the album ) as stating , ‘ We have always said that we could not raise the money to buy it , but would be very happy if someone would buy it and give it to us ’ .
28 They have said that they would order it , they have said that they would not order it , and they have even suggested that they would order it and send it to sea without any weapons .
29 On Feb. 10 , 15 of the 23 parties which had contested the municipal elections had said that they would not participate in the legislative elections .
30 I do sympathise with the problem that that the local residents have there but I I dare say closing off the road would n't be a very good idea but it is something that only the county council can do and the county council have said that they will not do this in advance of the southern relief road being built so I think that really is simply .
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