Example sentences of "[modal v] say that the [noun] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the expert 's identity is not predetermined by , for instance , being the company 's auditors , the expert clause should say that the expert is to be appointed by agreement of the parties . |
| 2 | We might say that the narrator is being fucked by the same in the position of the other — a formulation intentionally ambiguous as to who exactly is in the position of the other , since it is both : the narrator is in the position of the woman being fucked by the other of woman ( man ) . |
| 3 | From a rhetorical perspective one might say that the monarchy is not defended in terms of its own monarchical common-places , but in terms of other common-places . |
| 4 | ‘ Poetry begins , I dare say , with a savage beating a drum in a jungle , and it retains that essential of percussion and rhythm ; hyperbolically one might say that the poet is older than other human beings … |
| 5 | ‘ You could say that the engine is wonderful but the chassis is a bit rusty . ’ |
| 6 | I would say that the child is capable — more or less — of recognizing that other people have mental states different to his own . |
| 7 | Some would say that the universe is such that a resurrection could not take place , and they would base this assertion on " science " . |
| 8 | Some would say that the result is that a Classification Society does act as an expert in resolving technical disputes . |