Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] is fair say [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope it is fair to say that the main thrust of the defence to this claim was based on law . |
| 2 | I think it is fair to say that the really top quality olives are usually sold in oil rather than in brine . |
| 3 | As I recall , he had not been initially so preoccupied with the peace treaty when it was drawn up at the end of the Great War , and I think it is fair to say that his interest was prompted not so much by an analysis of the treaty , but by his friendship with Herr Karl-Heinz Bremann . |
| 4 | I think it is fair to say that hard words were spoken , but I never knew exactly what was said . |
| 5 | I THINK it is fair to say that every hobby has its frustrations , and that there is no pastime that is genuinely ‘ roses all the way ’ . |
| 6 | Autonomy is important to everyone , but I think it is fair to say that it is of particular importance in adolescence . |
| 7 | I think it is fair to say that the tradition of structuralist and transformational descriptive grammar contains many examples of this kind . |
| 8 | I think it is fair to say that in practical terms you are likely to get substantial life out of the tool before the original battery is spent , perhaps several years . |
| 9 | Kuhn 's account predates Lakatos 's methodology of scientific research programmes , and I think it is fair to say that Lakatos adapted some of Kuhn 's results to his own purposes . |
| 10 | I think it is fair to say that erm all the detailed surveys which have been taken have tended to support the findings from the one to fifty thousand map in so far that the various developments proposed to the west and to the south have include quite large elements of grade two land , whereas the se proposals to the north a tend to be grade three land . |
| 11 | As the minister said these orders impose a new statutory duty on auditors and as he quite rightly reminded us , it is something that er we welcomed when we held the debate on the Bingham report in November nineteen ninety two , some fifteen months ago , er , I think it is fair to say that whilst we welcomed that recommendation from Bingham , we did n't say that was all that was required and it is certainly our view that whilst these orders are very welcome , they are only a start in the battle against detecting fraud and other crimes of dishonesty . |
| 12 | I think it is fair to say that this act has come about more as a result of the conduct of estate agents in the South . |
| 13 | The application that has recently been approved overcomes many of the local resident 's er objections , although I think it is fair to say that er some local residents are still concerned about Oxford Stadium 's operations , er on particular occasions and the way it affects them . |
| 14 | With difficulty , but I think it is fair to say as well it has got great compensations , because if you build walls , if you 're hiding , if you 're pretending , if you 're always subscribing parents and stopping them from coming in you make problems ; parents worry and suspect that there are problems behind those closed doors , and I think this is why we have established fifteen different parent teacher groups which meet regularly in different parts of Sussex , from Seaford to Shoreham , to Hove , to Brighton , and in small groups of ten/fifteen/twenty they 'll sit down with a teacher and they do n't just do fund raising they thrash out the different aspects of their children 's education and then they come in and meet in a main committee and I think it is this involvement that enables the parents and the teachers to work very closely together . |