Example sentences of "say that [art] [noun sg] be " in BNC.

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1 The old zeks say that a man is weakest when he comes to the camps for the first time , when the desire for life is first squeezed from him .
2 Theorists say that a stockmarket is ‘ efficient ’ if prices take account of all information that is available that might affect a firm 's future cash flow .
3 They say that a release is on the cards this week er they make no mention of any ransom and they say Terry Waite is a priority for release ; he is at the top of a list of Western hostages about to be set free .
4 Plus they also say that a nurse is always
5 Do they really mean it when they say that a proposal is ‘ not negotiable ’ or conditional upon your acceptance within a very strict time limit ?
6 If the articles or the agreement say that a reference is to take place in every instance , a reference there must be , even if there is no dispute between the shareholders about the value .
7 When bankers say that a company is ‘ leveraged ’ , they mean that the company 's debt greatly exceeds the owners ' equity or share in the company .
8 We say that a sentence is factually significant to any given person if , and only if , he knows how to verify the proposition which it purports to express — that is , if he knows what observations would lead him , under certain conditions , to accept the proposition as being true , or reject it as being false .
9 They say that a restraint is " prima facie void " but " become binding " on proof of reasonableness .
10 But sometimes when we say that every person is only required to sacrifice a little we mean that the antecedently expected sacrifice is small , i.e. that the odds that he will have to sacrifice a lot are small .
11 You 're quite right , Karl , when you say that every seat was sold out last year for Gypsy Baron .
12 They say that the explosion was due to hitherto unknown chemical or physical events for which it can not be held responsible for failing to predict .
13 Failure to do so would confirm the fear of those who say that the Government is so hell-bent on pursuing ideology that it ignores the pressing needs of our industrial community in the build-up to 1992 .
14 They say that the Government is not even-handed . ’
15 He said : ’ When I say that the Government are not positive , that is because they have sought no undertakings on regional policy , growth policy or employment policy . ’
16 So a a a a as you say that the problem is that erm as this process gets under way and er i i s so , I , I think it 's , it 's not just absolute egalitarian in that everybody will get the same , I think there was an assumption that there would be enough for everybody becoming up to a middle peasant status .
17 Can you give an example when you say that the law is designed ?
18 If I say that the sky is yellow , they say , ‘ Yes , Sir , you are right ’ .
19 Will my right hon. Friend look again at some of the procedures for recording , note taking and keeping records , as some GPs say that the system is a little too cumbersome and bureaucratic ?
20 Well I think it was the maternity because I mean she had had eleven pregnancies so I think she she was very , very erm able to talk about it and I , I do n't , I know Dad had got a good job in the , well if you can call any pit job a good job , but say that the money was decent , but I know that she always had to have two doctors and it was , it was in those days we were , it was good we were in a doctor 's club because , you know , you had n't got any er the maternity and , and the , and the ante- natal and pre-natal and goodness knows what that we 've got today .
21 Lastly , I fear I may have to disappoint you when I say that the coin is more interesting than valuable .
22 Ss 384 and 385 of the 1985 Companies Act say that the auditor is appointed and his remuneration fixed by ‘ the company in general meeting ’ .
23 There are those who say that the PC is the best and most versatile ‘ meccano ’ kit ever invented .
24 By the same token , they say that the devil is actively at work as a supernatural force .
25 The council say that the ban is not necessary .
26 ‘ We recognise that there are forces in the EC who also say that the ban is unenforceable , ’ a US spokesman said .
27 I say that the alliance is temporary , because exchange of genes between plasmids is common .
28 With the economy still barely growing , despite two fiscal packages in the past nine months , Japan 's critics say that the country is once more exporting its way out of recession .
29 Fujitsu Ltd sources say that the machine being developed by Hal Computer Systems Inc in the US will be significantly more powerful than the 300 MIPS that has been reported — but 300 MIPS was for one of its Sparc chips .
30 SURPRISING : there are people in New York who say that the city is too rude .
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