Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [is] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | At any energy there will be at least one closed orbit , and this orbit is said to parent the family of non-closed orbits that librate around it . |
| 2 | Another way of formulating this criterion is to say that only a semantic deviance can be taken as a ‘ figure of speech ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ This khalifa is saying one dead body is coming . |
| 4 | Putting and making the inverse transformation via equation ( 11.32 ) or Again there is an absence of oscillation and the circuit in this condition is said to be overdamped ( refer back to figure 4.15(b) again ) . |
| 5 | In the locker room — no ordinary changing room this , but a soft paradise of fluffy towels , hairdryers , lotions , masseurs , electronic scales , isometric drinks , cardio-vascular scans and congratulatory attendants — he told a well-known ( everyone in this club is said to be well-known ) producer that he took the first three games off me in each set . |
| 6 | This practice is said to suit them better since it is probable that they will marry and leave off work and they hardly like to spend seven years out of their wage-earning life in being trained . " " |
| 7 | The obvious way out of this dilemma is to say that the currents are there — inside the magnetic material . |
| 8 | Can you hear what this boy 's saying Norman ? |
| 9 | Darwin 's in effect in this passage is saying no , I do n't think that 's so at all , I think that this common pattern that all vertebrates have is simple the adaptive features of the common ancestor of the vertebrates , and I think he 's got a jolly good case . |
| 10 | This sluice is said to ‘ sleep ’ . |
| 11 | One simple way of describing this difference is to say that speech act theory is interested in the social rather than the cognitive aspects of language . |
| 12 | There are some reports of a major eruption which took place between May 1680 and November 1681 , and this eruption is said to have stripped bare the rich vegetation and ejected vast quantities of pumice that covered all the surrounding seas , but this is all that is known . |
| 13 | The name of this parish is said to come from the legend that builders , on the orders of a local lord , tried to raise the church elsewhere eight times ; on each occasion finding it pulled down at night and the tools moved to the present site . |
| 14 | This self-perception is said to start at birth as the infant begins to develop a feeling of trust . |
| 15 | This policy is said to have cost the United States economy 8,700 jobs and $1,520 m in lost profits . |
| 16 | This complaint is said to affect one person in three over the age of 60 in the West . |
| 17 | . This reporter 's saying that it 's her mother 's , yo , you 'll see ! she married . |
| 18 | Central to this approach is said to be an emphasis upon guidance from the best available scientific evidence . |
| 19 | The types of behaviour to which this motivation is said to lead include employing a larger staff than is required for the purposes of the business , lavish expenditure on office accommodation , transport , and various forms of entertainment , and on image- building ( but not cost-justified ) advertising , and charitable giving . |
| 20 | This preference is said to arise ‘ because the [ zeolite ] cage is too small to admit larger ions and too large to bind smaller ones strongly . ’ |
| 21 | And obviously , you know , the idea of this report is to say you know , should the communists er trail behind and or stand in their way . |
| 22 | Some $350m is said to be in Swiss banks . |
| 23 | The American expression for this position is to say that the resources of a local authority are not ‘ fungible ’ , meaning that we can not treat them as one mass . |
| 24 | This expansion is said to be " inflationary , " meaning that the universe at one time expanded at an increasing rate rather than the decreasing rate that it does today . |
| 25 | This tendency is said to be exacerbated by the growth of institutional holdings , the institutions themselves exhibiting a short-termist attitude , conspicuous in the fund managers engaged by them . |
| 26 | Another way of stating this thesis is to say that psychological life is essentially metaphorical in character . |
| 27 | Now , this dealer is saying , the time is ripe for these jawbones , femurs , teeth , thorns , cloth fragments and so on to be launched on a new , numinous existence as works of art . |
| 28 | that Alan 's saying and I think we 'll have to respect that with all du |
| 29 | The counter-move to such complaints is to say that the concept of lucidity is itself repressive , and that unravelling Derrida 's meanings is itself a deconstructive act , directed against hegemonic ideological positions . |
| 30 | Er , Chairman the , the only advice that I can give Dr on that point is to say that the county council is not letting them down er the funding for major road schemes is provided by central government and we make a contribution towards it but if central government do not give us permission to go ahead with the race road scheme in terms of a grant , then in fact it will not go ahead and in that situation they may be let down , that is their judgement and that should be reflected in the way they vote at parliamentary elections . |