Example sentences of "[adj] say [that] it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some say that it is because the church has neglected , in almost every generation , to create a true fellowship in Christ that we are faced with modern freemasonry or , more recently , acid house or the New Age groups . |
| 2 | But he is wrong to say that it is a gloss — especially as a rabbinic scholium ! — on the Sabbath service only , and to hang ( as he does ) all his review from it . |
| 3 | For the purposes of analysing intonation , a unit generally greater in size than the syllable is needed , and this unit is called the tone-unit ; in its smallest form the tone-unit may consist of only one syllable , so it would in fact be wrong to say that it is always composed of more than one syllable . |
| 4 | The theory of the second-best says that it is allocatively more efficient to spread inevitable distortions thinly over many markets than to concentrate their effects in a few markets . |
| 5 | John Paris , in his biography of Davy published in 1825 , wrote : ‘ I have been able to present to the world a complete history of those proceedings which have so happily led to discovery of which it is not too much to say that it is at once the pride of science , the triumph of humanity and the glory of the age in which we live . ’ |
| 6 | It sounds seductively simple to say that it is all in the mind . |
| 7 | However , it hardly seems satisfactory to say that it is conscience which tells us that conscience should be at the controls , for presumably self love would say the same of itself if given its head . |
| 8 | Perhaps it is better to say that it is a prima facie relationship which can be used for prescriptive advice to hold back investment unless the ‘ dog ’ management can establish an exceptional case . |
| 9 | The embryo travels to become an adult in an unbroken line , which leads many to say that it is equivalent to a human life in moral status . |
| 10 | I have bought Today 's Horse since the beginning and I am happy to say that it is getting better and better — something which can not always be said for the other horsy magazines , which are often repetitive and patronising . |
| 11 | I know in New York it is wealth that counts , but I am pleased to say that it is not so everywhere . |
| 12 | But it really stretches the bounds of possibility too far to say that it is likely that this will happen . |
| 13 | In addition , Article 23 says that it is especially forbidden ( a ) ‘ to employ poison or poisoned weapons ’ ; ( d ) ‘ to declare that no quarter will be given ’ ; and ( e ) ‘ to employ arms , projectiles or material calculated to cause unnecessary suffering ’ . |
| 14 | Autonomy is important to everyone , but I think it is fair to say that it is of particular importance in adolescence . |
| 15 | However , it is difficult to say that it is a rational approach . |
| 16 | It is not too strong to say that it is impossible to test Marx 's thesis regarding the labour theory of value at a micro-economic level because Marx and Marxists have totally disregarded any element of profit which may result from risk-taking . |
| 17 | Furthermore , is it not rash to say that it is to be carried out only in the patients ' best interests ? |
| 18 | But everyone is keen to say that it is hardly ever used now . |
| 19 | Responding to our piece on Power Now , the Santa Cruz , California company 's Pentium initiative ( CI No 2,129 ) , the Santa Cruz Operation Inc says that it is less important to re-compile the operating system than the applications software , which tends to be more numerically intensive . |
| 20 | However , it is not true to say that it is dangerous to apply the opposite rudder in an incipient spin . |
| 21 | It is probably true to say that it is in this way , rather than in any other , that governments learn exactly where the limits of tolerance lie . |
| 22 | If asked , they will be quite ready to say that it is grossly indecent , but far less ready to say that it tends to deprave or corrupt . |