Example sentences of "say [that] it [is] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You say that it 's July , nineteen forty . |
| 2 | Speaking to The Art Newspaper of his client as ‘ an important , refined , knowledgeable collector ’ , he says that it is Lloyd Webber 's intention to ‘ buy only world-class art already in Britain with the aim of keeping it here ’ . |
| 3 | Nokia Oy , Helsinki says that it is increase its capital base with an international placing of about $100m of new preference shares ; no details yet . |
| 4 | Taking an existentialist approach , he says that it is God who delivers us into freedom , which is not something which we can accomplish for ourselves . |
| 5 | He says that it 's part of the town 's heritage . |
| 6 | He says that it 's rubbish — the recession is n't over , and anyone can see this just by looking at the number of failed businesses . |
| 7 | He says that it 's rubbish — the recession is n't over , and anyone can see this just by looking at the number of failed businesses . |
| 8 | British Rail management has said that it is time to start thinking about the passengers — ‘ customer-orientation ’ — but does not seem to have any other ideas for improvement . |
| 9 | It 's afternoon keep saying that it 's afternoon it 's morning to me this afternoon pick up your phone and give me a ring now O nine O four six four one six four one . |
| 10 | Well actually I live just outside Shilton. erm they keep saying that it 's Shilton airfield , actually it 's not on the airfield at all — as you will know , Mr. Hayworth 's got planning permission for a golf course on the airfield — it 's Scrubs Lane , Shilton , and actually they 've already the Council have already turned down two applications for caravan sites there anyway erm because it 's unsuitable and yet they think that they you know that it 's going to be suitable for gipsies to live down there . |
| 11 | Yes , well , we do have a housing crisis , there is no doubt about that , but to say that it 's government created is just another ploy of the Labour Group and the Liberal Democrats who , as Michael has said , are usually incohesion ; that is why we are a small group of ten on Council fighting probably about thirty five . |
| 12 | A simpler way of describing its position would be to say that it is part of the transitional zone between the Oriental and Australian regions . |
| 13 | Poulantzas goes on to say that it is ignorance of these writers , and the provincialism of the French intellectual arena , ‘ which allows these most hackneyed of ideas to be presented as something new . ’ |
| 14 | However , it hardly seems satisfactory to say that it is conscience which tells us that conscience should be at the controls , for presumably self love would say the same of itself if given its head . |
| 15 | Suppose for instance you see some visibly sighted person make a phone call in broad daylight , and hear them say that it 's pitch dark . |
| 16 | If we go to any local government official and talk to him about local government finance and how the council tax might work , he will say that it is nonsense and a case of trying to muddle through and paper over the cracks simply to make the package a little more presentable for electoral purposes . |
| 17 | I can quite honestly say that it is ages since I have had an evening of such delight ; and the personal interest of reading a friend 's work had very little to do with it . |
| 18 | Some may say that it is efficiency or effectiveness . |
| 19 | Given the detail of the account recorded here , we can safely say that it is time to move on , to pursue other routes for harnessing fusion . |