Example sentences of "say that [conj] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That there was no canopy may be part of why I say that if it 's raining the balcony is wet , but it is not part of what I say . |
| 2 | He says that although it 's a large company the other young men preferred other parts . |
| 3 | He says that although it 's a high price to pay , he hopes it will help keep the lad out of trouble when he 's older . |
| 4 | Mark says that if it 's a fuel leak I can chuck down a lighted match , but I can tell he 's only joking . |
| 5 | He says that if it 's given regular pruning there 's no reason why it should n't live for a few hundred years more . |
| 6 | He says that if it were rats which were passing on TB to cattle there would be no hesitation : the rats would be killed . |
| 7 | Brutus compares Caesar to a snake and says that as it is bright day which brings forth the adder it will be Caesar 's crowning that would bring out his bad personality . |
| 8 | Alternatively , it might be said that since it is unreasonable of a person to respond to such a threat by unlawful violence , it can be said that the conduct is not ‘ likely ’ to have such a result . |
| 9 | There have been commentators who have said that if it were introduced , it would be much more effective if it were introduced throughout the island . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I should n't have said that because it is n't the issue here . |
| 11 | We 've said that when it 's a baby inside its mum , does n't have to control its own temperature , and in actual fact it 's several days after birth , after the baby 's born that it can effectively produce its own heat and its metabolism functions efficiently . |
| 12 | I did their first demos with them , and took the opportunity of telling them a few facts of life , saying that while it was nice to play guitar , if at the end of the line they were all broke then they were going to be very unhappy musicians who had missed their chance to be big , and so they had better take care of certain realities and do it right away . |
| 13 | ‘ You are saying that if it were possible to remove a fertilized egg cell from a woman after she had conceived , you could examine it and say what the resulting child would be like ? ’ |
| 14 | Compton Mackenzie truly said that while it is easy for a woman to behave like a man , it is impossible for her to behave like a gentleman . |
| 15 | A tie-up with a foreign major is now on the cards — Siemens has long-standing ties with Fujitsu Ltd , and the company said that while it is not presently in co-operation talks with other companies , such a move is likely if industry problems persist . |
| 16 | He said that while it was difficult to give exact prices , an average funeral cost £932 . |
| 17 | DG said that while it was n't satisfied with its overall results , it was encouraged by the continued success of its AViiON family of Unix computers , which showed significant growth over the year-ago quarter , and it remains cautious for the short-term because of the weak worldwide economy and because it sees no evidence that industry-wide pricing pressures will abate in the near future . |
| 18 | It also said that while it was committed to the IBMulator business , it plans to expand its open systems products line because demand is increasing in that field . |
| 19 | Commenting on its reduced second quarter loss ( figures , page seven ) , Data General Corp said that while it was n't satisfied with its overall results , it was encouraged by the continued success of its AViiON family of Unix computers , which showed significant growth over the year-ago quarter , and it remains cautious for the short-term because of the weak worldwide economy and because it sees no evidence that industry-wide pricing pressures will abate in the near future ; the Westboro company is able to shrug off the small but steady and grinding losses because it still had $196.2m in cash and marketable securities at the end of the quarter . |
| 20 | Amdahl Corp is not known as an IBMulator for nothing : it too is cutting its dividend — to five cents a share this year from a dime last year , in an effort to conserve its capital base : the company , which reported a first quarter $240m loss after a $243m restructuring charge — figures , page seven — said its revenues were lower than expected because of soft economic conditions and competitive pressure on prices ; it also said that while it was committed to the IBMulator business , it plans to expand its open systems products line because demand is increasing in that field ; it is also enhancing our Huron applications development and production system , which creates applications that run without change in both proprietary and open environments and on both large and desktop systems , the company added , saying that its objective is to turn Huron into an industry standard and to develop a growing business in open systems for large-scale computing . |
| 21 | He said that while it was in the wrong place it would have hindered Liam 's breathing . |
| 22 | A spokesman for the Scottish Office said that although it 's really a matter for the Health Board , Mr Peterken , under his contract has the right of appeal to the Scottish Secretary . |
| 23 | One year later she and her husband were expressing their thanks to the Home Support Project for helping them to go on looking after Mrs Cummings at home , and said that although it was still a strain it was ‘ nowhere near as hard as it has been , now that we 've got other people to help us ’ . |
| 24 | Mr. Collins said that once it was accepted that Lautro operated in the public domain in the public interest , then certain consequences had also to be accepted . |
| 25 | A Belgian cycling union official confirmed that an unnamed rider had tested positive and said that if it were Yates , he would receive a 10-minute penalty that would lose him the race . |
| 26 | Compaq Computer Corp 's first quarter earnings were better than the highest of Wall Street estimates and some analysts said that if it were not for a negative impact from currency translations , profits would have been a bit higher still . |
| 27 | Clara , when the idea was broached , declared instantly that it was not worth her while to ask her mother 's permission , whereupon the school embarrassingly said that if it were finance that were in question , then help might be forthcoming . |
| 28 | No , no , you said that it was , you said that because it was not always in there maybe because the socket 's too shallow |
| 29 | To say that if it were raining the balcony would be wet is to say this : among possible worlds where it is raining , the one which overall is most like our actual world is also one in which the balcony is wet . |
| 30 | Therefore I am not able to suggest to you , and have n't been able to in my evidence which district even a new settlement er ought to go in , but I have to say that if it were part of your deliberations that you should choose a particular district , er then it is not part of my submission that you should not choose a particular district , but my bottom line is that the policy wording should at least ensure that there is commitment to a new settlement and it is inescapable on behalf of the district planning authorities , the last thing that we would want is the possibility of going round the districts , and the last one to produce a district wide plan is the one that has to get the new settlement , that seems to be a gen , fairly unsatisfactory way of proceeding , and each one should have to consider that as part of their certification process . |