Example sentences of "[is] say [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | and then you suddenly want to indent , which is say come in five s five spaces |
| 2 | The country 's largest energy prospect is the A$11 billion North West Shelf gas venture off the coast of Western Australia and potential is said to exist for further large gas and liquid discoveries in the Cooper Basin which involves the development of 14 new gas fields and 6 new oil fields . |
| 3 | First , the energy budget of predators is said to decrease with increasing weight , so that lions require ten times their own weight , whereas shrews require 100 times their own weight . |
| 4 | In his memoirs he answers the charge : ‘ Some Tories , like me , are criticised for this supposed failing ( of being patrician ) which is said to lead to moral softness , in contrast with the toughness of those who have had to fight their way in life . |
| 5 | Within the Commons it is said to lead to constant petty squabbles ; the mindless negation of government through excessive ( and purely partisan and irresponsible ) opposition ; the oversimplification of complex issues into two ( and only two ) contrasting alternatives ; and the grand clash and confrontation of the cult of debate . |
| 6 | Here , the explanatory power of the assertion is reduced by the fact that a relation is said to hold between two very general terms — the peasantry and the state . |
| 7 | While the Introduction has little to say on language specifically , what is said conforms to this broad sense of English . |
| 8 | The encryption algorithm , nicknamed Skipjack , is intended to remain confidential , but is said to work on 64-bit blocks , like the DES algorithm , but with 32 rounds of scrambling as compared to DES 's 16 . |
| 9 | In particular , the combination of the two companies ' technologies is said to result in wide area network architectures that are highly scalable , simple to administer , and cost-efficient . |
| 10 | This crisis , caused by successful damages actions against doctors , is said to result in defensive medicine . |
| 11 | Yeah and I I asked the question not too much from the Green Party point of view as from a personal point view as I I would like to know what my Government is saying to do about these things . |