Example sentences of "[prep] saying [conj] [noun sg] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Really , this is another way of saying that capital is sunk , but for a short period of time , because whilst the plane is in use it is not available for alternative flights . |
| 2 | It could only be assimilated to it if ‘ I disapprove of prostitution ’ were treated as a tentative way of saying that prostitution is wrong , that is , as a tentative expression of an attitude against prostitution rather than as an expression of one 's awareness of one 's own disapproval of it . |
| 3 | However , there are various reasons for saying that man is the same grammatical element in 74a and b . |
| 4 | Let Dr McNab give his reasons for saying that cholera is spread by the drinking of infected water ! " |
| 5 | This very selectivity of what the scientist chooses to notice and work upon is another reason for saying that science is to some extent subjective . |
| 6 | There seems little point in saying that teething is a non-existent condition which has never reliably been shown to cause any distress . |
| 7 | It may well be in fact that there is a consensus about subjective taste , but this is quite different from saying that taste is objective ! |
| 8 | Thus , when we say that unemployment is caused by a general deficiency of the demand for labour , this is equivalent to saying that unemployment is caused by a general deficiency in the demand for goods and services . |
| 9 | We might attempt to complete La Rochefoucauld 's maxim by saying that hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue , in order to destroy it . |
| 10 | I will further provoke him by saying that anchor-man is a most fitting name for his role in the relay team . |