Example sentences of "[adv] to say [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps this is merely to say that the pluralist has a theory of language , whereas the monist does not . |
| 2 | It is not enough to say that the compiler has inserted a story that once had a quite independent existence . |
| 3 | To them it is not good enough to say that the idea of a god has ‘ great psychological appeal ’ . |
| 4 | But I do actually , I do actually think it 's fair enough to say that the parish council can be , and should be , more clear , more direct in telling people what it 's doing . |
| 5 | The kinship evoked of human adult reactions in such circumstances , remembering our previous analysis of recognition , would be reason enough to say that the dog noticed the workmen and did n't like what it saw ; albeit a ‘ thin ‘ attribution . |
| 6 | Derek Johns of Sheffield writes in to say that a company that has a rare new species named after it could find its share price sensitive to any environmental news . |
| 7 | Elizabeth came down to say that the bed was warm , so Jonadab and his younger son helped George upstairs . |
| 8 | But this is not to say that no management is possible , and that the idea is best dropped . |
| 9 | This is not to say that a management buy-out is not arm 's length in most respects . |
| 10 | That is not to say that a circumstance includes all such conditions of the effect . |
| 11 | This is not to say that a don must affect mannerisms or artificial eccentricities as a way of keeping his distance from the pupil — though many have done this . |
| 12 | This is not to say that a preference for one style or the other is inappropriate ; it is to recognise that both are still in their infancy and neither one markedly superior to the other in all respects . |
| 13 | This is not to say that a statute might not assign the relative meaning of ‘ if X , ’ as between courts and tribunals , differently in diverse areas . |
| 14 | This is not to say that a science and technological education had to take on this character , for clearly there were and always have been those who are committed to inspiring in students a love of , and a care for , their subjects in those disciplines . |
| 15 | Males take more rabbits , and females more fish and small mammals , but this is not to say that a female ca n't kill a rabbit or that a male wo n't kill mice . |
| 16 | This is not to say that every idea for reform is mistaken . |
| 17 | This is not to say that the child or young person is always right ; it is , perhaps , to say that he or she is seldom completely wrong . |
| 18 | This is not to say that the school made no advances in this area . |
| 19 | This is , undoubtedly , an important precursor of rational service-level planning , although it is not to say that the service infrastructure will necessarily develop from individual service plans . |
| 20 | This is not to say that the service role which has been adopted resolves tension between team members or their management . |
| 21 | This is not to say that the share of overseas assets reached a peak in 1989 Q4 ; it simply implies that the conditions for investment are relatively free in that any remaining controls can be thought of as prudential rather than prohibitive . |
| 22 | This is not to say that the range of powers thus exercised need be comprehensive . |
| 23 | That is not to say that the Minister has not left questions unanswered , not least the one just put to him by my hon. Friend the Member for Islington , North ( Mr. Corbyn ) . |
| 24 | This is not to say that the position is wrong but only that it is arguable , or in other words , open to conceptual evaluation . |
| 25 | Not to say that the map is too small ; quite the opposite , in fact . |
| 26 | Once again , however , that is not to say that the public 's post-appeal awareness of the essential contents of the P.C.A. documents must be regarded as wholly immaterial to the balancing exercise this court is now required to perform and to that too we shall return . |
| 27 | This is not to say that the procedure employed in studies of discriminative learning will be quite without effect . |
| 28 | ‘ That is not to say that the squirearchy is extinct , rather that the squires that survive would not touch politics with a pitchfork . ’ |
| 29 | We can hardly begin to discuss a novel without summarising or assuming a knowledge of its story or plot ; which is not to say that the story or plot is the only or even the main reason for our interest in a novel , but that this is the fundamental principle of its structure . |
| 30 | This is not to say that the standard of reportage is not high — but quality varies as does layout and printing . |