Example sentences of "not be [adj] say [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will not be possible to say whether validation has been effective in ensuring that the Council 's courses are truly fulfilling their aims until the first graduates start entering industry but we have already started to review the operation of the validation process . |
| 2 | The usual instruction was to ‘ provide what is customary ’ , though this attitude led to extreme financial hardship for the poorer classes , though it would not be unreasonable to say that it was they who helped to perpetuate the meaningless and elaborate ritual well into the early decades of the twentieth century . |
| 3 | And so it would not be right to say that we 're not looking after the local element of the population . |
| 4 | For example , a defendant will presumably not be able to say that he injured the complainant intending to have sexual intercourse with her but she then consented . |
| 5 | The teapot , milk jug , sugar basin and tongs will require cleaning with Goddard 's powder before midday , so that all will be proper , and the visitors will not be able to say that this house is a slum inside , even if there is one outside . ’ |
| 6 | It would not be true to say that they were well received at Holywell Haugh that evening . |
| 7 | It would not be true to say that Death smiled , because in any case His features were perforce frozen in a calcareous grin . |
| 8 | It would not be unfair to say that God , far from being superhuman , appears to be inhuman . |
| 9 | It should not be too much to ask them to forgive the miserable uncertainty of a young man at Oxford 23 years ago , and it should not be impermissible to say that they are in the wrong if they refuse . |
| 10 | Most people would not be afraid to say if they preferred tea or coffee , a vegetarian or a steak meal . |