Example sentences of "[vb mod] say that they [am/are] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we attempt to sum up the character of these innovations , we must say that they are practical but unprincipled . |
| 2 | He was musing that the synthetic religions of Stalin and Hitler should neither of them ‘ properly be called pagan , but if you do call them pagan then we must say that they 're inferior as religions to genuine primitive pagan religion ’ . |
| 3 | If I were to seek one word to describe the quality of these works of art many by famous names , many by local artists to whom the purchase brought rare encouragement — I should say that they are alive . |
| 4 | Okay , there are liberal democratics who 'll say that they are the party committed to electoral reform , there are others , and other parties who are as well ! |
| 5 | Various Japanese practices do seem sexist and racist to use but , as a white woman working for a Japanese company , I 'd say that they are trying to change , and it 's a shame more of us do n't try to learn Japanese and understand the culture . |
| 6 | If you 'd worked out the correlation coefficient or some measure of correlation , you would expe you 'd say that they 're positively correlated . |
| 7 | Even today , private landlords within a mile of this building would say that they are nervous of letting their properties to homeless families because , and only because , of the whiff — albeit faint — of the risk of a Labour Government . |
| 8 | Are the banks simply though , trying to shift responsibility so you think , erm I I I think that the the sceptic in me would would say that they are trying to abnegate a certain amount of of responsibility . |
| 9 | I would say however , that it 's not been tested whilst , and whilst there is n't a a clear expression of local preference in terms of the population , I think my elected members who represent that particular area would say that they are expressing local views when they have spoken against the new settlement . |
| 10 | This is unfortunate since one of the most important facets of the use of data for scientific research , corporate management or political debate is the communication of the information contained therein to those who will say that they are ‘ no good at figures ’ ! |
| 11 | A further difficulty is that , within a particular culture or sub-culture , religion will have a socially defined image , so that in some circumstances respondents might feel they ought to say that they are more ‘ religious ’ than they really are , or , in other circumstances , that they are less so . |
| 12 | And let's say that they 're |
| 13 | Consequently , they are likely to be equally rejected by some black people who may say that they are not black enough , not in the colour sense of the term but in culture and attitude . |
| 14 | Although we can not honestly say that those who unsuccessfully oppose a particular decision or policy consent to that decision or policy when it is carried out despite their opposition , we can say that they are nevertheless bound by that decision in so far as they accept both the principle of majority decisions and the fairness of the procedures through which the decision is reached or the policy made . |