Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] saying [conj] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which is shorthand for saying that you do n't have to cheat very much . |
| 2 | Specialist Old Testament study has long answered this question by saying that we have differing traditions of the early history of the people of God : one tradition in which the divine name was known from the earliest times , and another — contradictory — tradition that it was first revealed to Moses . |
| 3 | He contradicted himself within his own question by saying that we have no constitutional ideas and then identifying an area on which we are currently consulting with a view to making constitutional changes . |
| 4 | There are difficulties in answering a question by saying that we do n't know . |
| 5 | ‘ As an ex-sex symbol ’ , Miss Dors confessed , ‘ I usually amaze those who pose the question by saying that I believe the permissive society HAS gone too far . ’ |
| 6 | Right , so me and Jim had a chat the other day just looking at the the roadside entries and the counts and I was sort of saying if we work on the basis that we want between ten and twelve people , twelve people maximum |
| 7 | There seems no point in saying that I love you in spite of everything because that only seems to irritate you for reasons best known to yourself and which you choose neither to explain nor comment on . |
| 8 | Having grown up a northerner , I make no apologies for saying that I do not regard myself as a southerner who happens to live a few miles up the road . |
| 9 | Okay , they 're poor paid , but at least they would have the pride of saying that they 've got a job whereas the elderly are having to just sit at home and turning down their fires and turning down their central heating in case they ca n't afford their bills ! |
| 10 | In those circumstances , it is unnecessary to express any view on the proper construction of the charter and statutes beyond saying that I have heard nothing which persuades me that the views of Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle and the Court of Appeal [ 1991 ] 1 W.L.R. 1277 were wrong . |
| 11 | I can help the hon. Gentleman by saying that we believe that we are on schedule for the introduction of the council tax in April 1993 . |
| 12 | I think I might have his conscience by saying that I do n't mind . |
| 13 | I just wondered , colleagues if Azil Nadir of Polly Peck fame currently I understand sunbathing in Northern Cyprus would be prepared to say how proud he is to be associated with the Tories of course in saying that I do include Michael Mates , and I just wondered whether or not this watch he sent was in fact a Timex watch . |
| 14 | That is one reason why I have no hesitation in saying that I support Stagecoach also . |
| 15 | Having said that , however , most left academics and activists when it comes to the electoral crunch do vote Labour , excusing their commitment by saying that they do so " without illusions " but perhaps signalling by their actions that they do see some kind of meaningful choice at the polls . |
| 16 | The other thing is it 's a question to Councillor Poole I mean why should the people of Nottingham give any credibility to anything said by someone who is quoted in the Daily Sport of all newspapers as saying and I quote , Surely the County Council could erect something more in keeping with the City 's heritage like a little old lady in a shawl . |
| 17 | The formal theory implements this informal approach by saying that we consider the nearest groups of worlds in which the antecedent p is true and ask whether in those worlds q is true also . |
| 18 | The two kinds of reason for saying that they do not matter need to be kept distinct . |
| 19 | That 's my reason for saying that I do n't think the western relief road gives very much environmental relief to the A sixty one . |
| 20 | As described by one character , this catch-all phrase is ‘ a short way of saying that they do n't claim to find either the ultimate cause or the ultimate cure , but they do know exactly how it functions , and can prescribe accordingly ’ ( 149/151 ) . |
| 21 | In this case , it is another way of saying that we wish to be governed neither by elected representatives nor by our own countrymen . |
| 22 | This is another way of saying that we need some good way of defining exactly what we mean by true braininess . |
| 23 | nice way of saying if you want to help her with her maths sheets please do . |
| 24 | Sainsbury , for example , defend the sky-high price of their organic vegetables by saying that they take less percentage profit on them , and that the wholesalers seem to be the ones jacking up the price . |