Example sentences of "say that they do [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NATO countries say that they do not want a ‘ dual key ’ arrangement , in which an officer from the US and the host country have to turn their keys simultaneously before a weapon can be launched . |
| 2 | No inhumanely produced veal need be eaten in this country if consumers say that they do not want to touch the filthy stuff . |
| 3 | Hon. Members may say that petrol stations are to be found in residential areas everywhere in the country and I do not dispute that , but in the area in question there is no shortage of petrol stations and the local people say that they do not want another one damaging their environment and that there is no need for it . |
| 4 | The chief executive and British Rail generally reportedly say that they do not see themselves as being in the business of transporting goods that need to be moved fast . |
| 5 | Conservative Members say that they do not wish to pursue people or insist that their will should be enforced . |
| 6 | On the other , members often say that they do n't feel involved ; that committees do all the work without reference to them . |
| 7 | They say that they do n't understand why the police had to be so heavy handed . |
| 8 | He says that they do n't want a confrontation , but it could happen . |
| 9 | She says that they do n't yuet know what caused the fire . |
| 10 | Against launderettes it also has to be said that they do not fit the media image of the perfect housewife . |
| 11 | Let me put one final er , question to the vote , well it 's , ninety two of you said you welcomed advances in reproductive technology se se several people have said that they do n't think women , every woman has a right to have a child . |
| 12 | Rentakil have said that they do n't consider that the guarantee covers us . |
| 13 | The two kinds of reason for saying that they do not matter need to be kept distinct . |
| 14 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the very people of whom Labour Members complain , saying that they do not give a service in Government Departments , almost always belong to unions who support the Labour party ? |
| 15 | In other words , not only do we not have in front of us an exact cost for the works that are being voted through in this Bill — we have to go on the basis of an outdated figure of £1.4 billion , which is in itself an enormous amount — but the Government are saying that they do not have the foggiest idea whether the amount involved will accord with their investment criteria . |
| 16 | Knitters often ask me about knitting double jacquard , saying that they do n't like the floats on single-bed Fair Isle fabrics . |
| 17 | As described by one character , this catch-all phrase is ‘ a short way of saying that they do n't claim to find either the ultimate cause or the ultimate cure , but they do know exactly how it functions , and can prescribe accordingly ’ ( 149/151 ) . |
| 18 | It goes without saying that they do n't deserve it , but considering how much the Beeb fall over themselves to shower praise on them , I thought it was a certainty . |
| 19 | It is a threat because the Government have sat back willingly and said that they do not care if another 30 million tonnes of coal is taken out of the take and if there are to be gas-fired power stations . |
| 20 | And then I said that they do n't hang about with us enough . |
| 21 | Non-Christians ( if they are honest ) have to say that they do n't know how the world and life was made ; they 've got loads of ideas ( which they call ‘ theories ’ ) but they do not and can not KNOW . |
| 22 | But who 's to say that they do n't redesign the standard valve ? |
| 23 | Why is Mrs O'Rea able to say that they do not need to hire labour to work on the farm ? |
| 24 | However , it would be fair to say that they do not have a long-term answer to the question : ‘ What is the appropriate level of funding ? ’ , except that of adding on an amount , based on the estimated shortfall , to existing expenditure . |
| 25 | That is not to say that they do not have particularities , for a particular instance of a shirt has to be of a certain colour , and have pockets or not , or it would not be a shirt . |
| 26 | This is not to say that they do not acknowledge the role played by sequential ordering in signalling the communicative function of an utterance . |
| 27 | Nor can teachers any longer be allowed to say that they do not know what will be required of their pupils three , six or eight years later . |
| 28 | ‘ My children might say that they do n't want to live with me because I send them to bed early . |
| 29 | They will say that they do n't have the courage to stay emotionally alive , particularly if they are serving a long sentence . |
| 30 | ‘ My reasons for so soon destroying my drawings were these ; though I dare say that they do n't appear so rational to any one but myself : I was obliged to limit the work — in order to get more subscribers — & to erase the drawings — because the expense is considerable for keeping them on , & I have pretty great difficulty in paying my monthly charges , — for to pay colourer & printer monthly I am obstinately pre-possessed — since I had rather be at the bottom of the River Thames — than be one week in debt — be it never so small . |