Example sentences of "say [conj] the [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am happy to refine that , and say that the figures revealed a 30 per cent . |
| 2 | Eye-witnesses say that the demonstrators marched on the local government offices and occupied them . |
| 3 | They usually say that the things called rising damp I said this |
| 4 | ‘ You say that the paintings have been handed down . |
| 5 | They say that the police have not got the resources — but this game is going to be behind closed doors . ’ |
| 6 | Critics , however , say that the boats go no faster than those they are trying to catch . |
| 7 | They say that the trades taught there are no longer needed . |
| 8 | Detectives say that the names include professional men such as doctors , and warn they 'll visit each person named if the men do n't come forward voluntarily . |
| 9 | Some clauses say that the parties have the right to make " representations " or " submissions " , whereas others do not . |
| 10 | But newsagents shops say if the grocers win , it 'll hit THEIR trade . |
| 11 | But whoever is to blame , the residents say unless the police do something quick they 're faced with a miserable summer . |
| 12 | Mr replied that is what Mr was asking the other to do , that is to hold their hand and to enter into negotiations , now I fully appreciate that erm doctor feels strongly that the defendants have not been negotiating in good faith and have been simply dragging matters out for his benefit , now when I say that I 'm simply saying what I understand to be doctor view , I 'm certainly not suggesting that I 'm finding as a fact , but that was the decision , indeed I could n't cos I 've not heard all the evidence on this matter not as Mr to address me on that one , it seems to me with all respect to doctor missions on this matter that if there has been any dragging of feet or other improper conduct of either the defendants in connection with er they remain on in the premises and not paying what doctor would consider to be a full and proper rent or if there has been problem about their not disclosing documents when they should have done , the position is that doctor has er by making an appropriate application to the court , for maybe the appropriate relief arising out of the facts which he can establish , but that is not in general a matter which erm the court should go into on the question of taxation , it 's not , th this particular taxation of costs is a taxation as I understand it that are formally to the debt of the order of Mr Justice and there is thus no question of the court having to consider the question when the those tax those costs have been swollen or increased in any way by reason of spinning out negotiations whether to run up costs or otherwise , that simply does n't arising it seems to me in this case that maybe a matter which may arise possibly at some future date , though I would hope it would not do so , but er so far as the costs down to the end of the trial of the twentieth of March nineteen ninety one are concerned , it seems to me the fact that the parties maybe negotiating subsequently to deter to rece to resolve the outstanding issue , it 's not a matter which really goes to the question of erm what is the proper amount to allow for taxation of costs which have already been incurred , before these negotiations erm we do n't the figure of the costs appears to have been effectively agreed between the solicitors at forty two thousand pounds , the plaintiff solicitors made it quite clear that they were seeking interest , this was clear in apparently of nineteen ninety two , but this held their hand , er it seems to me the reason they held their hand rather than indicate it was because the defendant through his solicitor was asking them to do so and it seems to me that Mr was acting very sensibly in the defendants interest , because if in fact they had gone ahead and taxed their costs there and then the position would simply be that there would of been an award for taxation , in order , there would be a taxation resulting in an order for payment of of some cost probably in the region of forty two thousand pounds and er that order would itself carry interest under the judgements act , it does n't seem to me it can be sensibly said that erm any interest has to be in any way increased by reason of this delay and it seems to me that erm if one looks at order sixty two and twenty eight er certainly under paragraph B two erm there 's a reference there to any additional interest payable under section seventeen because of the failure on the May , erm , it does n't seem to me that the effect of what has in fact incurred , in this case has been , caused any additional interest to be paid and er it seems to me the only best that I can see in the evidence before me to , which would enable the court to erm , conclude that there should be a disallowance of interest would be as I say because the plaintiffs appear not to have perfected the order for the payment of perfectively two years , just over two years , erm it seems to me however that , that on balance probably it simply a matter of oversight and even if it had been perfected it would n't of made as I guess the least bit of difference to the way the negotiations er proceeded and accordingly I take the view that erm there are no grounds for disallowing interest from either the plaintiffs bill of costs or the defendants bill of costs , accordingly erm to allow the defendants appeal in preparation to the disallowance of costs er interest and to dismiss the defendants appeal for application in relation to an additional period , P sixty of course disallowed , I also propose to dismiss the sum of , the appeal by the plaintiffs from the refusal of taxing master to disallow the interest on the defendants bill of costs . |
| 13 | He says that the tranquilizers did n't work . |
| 14 | The local authority says that the justices had no power to add a direction of any sort to the care order and , in particular , they had no power to order that the guardian ad litem be allowed to have continued involvement with L. , so that , effectively , he could apply if he felt that the rehabilitation process was not succeeding . |
| 15 | She says that the badgers eat worms , slugs , and peanut butter sandwiches . |
| 16 | She says that the bailiffs came very early and told everyone they had 10 minutes to get out . |
| 17 | But Prudential finance director Michael Lawrence says that the bids put in by all the firms on the tender shortlist were ‘ virtually all of an allness on fees ’ . |
| 18 | So the ideal as far as federal government is concerned is they , they devise policy guidelines and they provide financial inducements to states to implement various programmes but when it comes down to it they run up against the rock of the constitution and the constitution says that the states derive their authority from this sacred document and they are not to be tampered with and the consequence is that America has , not only a federal government , but fifty state governments er and those state governments are large enterprises which enjoy wide initiative and they contributors , contribute to the divi diversity of the United States as a political system . |
| 19 | ( Act 1 scene 3 ) And , only three lines after this , the theme of belief in the power of evil is shown by Macbeth when he says that the witches gave him the Thanehood when it was actually the king . |
| 20 | The statement says that the organisations have agreed to work " both independently and together to focus international and national attention on those productive forests , linked with international trade , which are in danger of imminent degradation or destruction for any reason " . |
| 21 | His October letter says that the amendments made to British law after the directive was agreed by ministers give ‘ excessive discretion ’ to official bodies to decide when EIAs are required . |
| 22 | The other point which is made by the defendant is this , he says that the plaintiffs have been guilty of delaying tactics er during the course of this litigation , the result of which has been that er he has not been able to realize his interest in the partnership premises , also he has not been able to acquire a partnership premises and he he , doctor mentioned to me that to the actual conveyance of the partnership premises he 's , he tells me was only produced I think thirty and er that er it was only then that he realized there might be a chance that he could acquire the premises for himself , but he says that er because of the general , I think the case is , because of the general conduct of the plaintiffs in delaying the trial of the action one way or another , er the practical effect has been that the plaintiffs have had the benefit of use and occupation of the premises at which he erm , a main view , has a lot of that interest and that they are getting benefit of the kind from that occupation and he is not getting any money in res in respect of that , at least nothing like any market rent because it maybe that there is a fairly small er payment being made , but I 'm not too entirely clear whether that is the case or not , but the stock bond is suggesting that the plaintiffs have been obtaining benefit of the use of the premises at his expense and in those circumstances it is unfair er in , in , or otherwise not appropriate that the plaintiffs should be entitled to obtain interest on their bill of costs , in respect essentially of the period of delay , and when I say period of delay included that the period during which the forward of Mr Justice remained erm unprotected . |
| 23 | The report says that the methods used by scientists at the Department of the Environment to calculate future acid rain damage are " flawed " . |
| 24 | He says that the kids pulled together as a team . |
| 25 | Commenting on some much-improved figures ( see page seven ) , Borland International Inc says that the results reflect the introduction during the quarter of Paradox for Windows and dBase IV version 2.0 : ‘ With the release of Paradox for Windows , and sales of our award-winning Quattro Pro for Windows spreadsheet and Borland C++ programming language , sales of Borland products for the growing Windows marketplace accounted for more than half of fourth quarter revenues . ’ |
| 26 | Mrs Zamzam is correct when she says that the villagers put tree trunks on the road but she seems to have forgotten why this was done . |
| 27 | Mr Morris says that the firefighters prompt action saved the rest of the farm buildings from being destroyed . |
| 28 | He wrote month after month with fearful haste , and yet the Soviet editor only exaggerates slightly when he says that the manuscripts reveal ‘ immense , most rigorous work , literally over every phrase ’ . |
| 29 | She says that the police did n't offer the level of protection she felt locals needed . |
| 30 | Kerry says neighbours have also suffered at the hands of thieves , but says that the police seem to be taking little interest . |