Example sentences of "say [conj] they do " 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 | If we say that they do have something in common with other things that look white we must remember that their having something in common simply is their looking white . |
| 3 | On the other , members often say that they do n't feel involved ; that committees do all the work without reference to them . |
| 4 | The observer must distinguish between what people actually do and what people say that they do ; that is between normal custom as individually interpreted on the one hand and normative rules on the other . |
| 5 | No inhumanely produced veal need be eaten in this country if consumers say that they do not want to touch the filthy stuff . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Conservative Members say that they do not wish to pursue people or insist that their will should be enforced . |
| 9 | say that they do this so they can get money for fireworks for Guy Fawkes night . |
| 10 | They say that they do n't understand why the police had to be so heavy handed . |
| 11 | The police say that they do monitor car boot sales , but they believe the vast majority of people using car boot sales are honest . |
| 12 | Talk to the next person but really you 're talking to there say and they do it back to you , but erm Oh so he did n't , he wo n't be going again then ? |
| 13 | She also left a diary with names of clients , and police say if they do n't come forward voluntarily , they 'll be visited at home . |
| 14 | Figures taken from an American survey indicated that ‘ learners retain about 10% of what they read , 20% of what they hear , 30% of what they see , 50% of what they see and hear , 70% of what they say as they talk and 90% of what they say as they do a thing ’ . |
| 15 | He says that they do n't want a confrontation , but it could happen . |
| 16 | She says that they do n't yuet know what caused the fire . |
| 17 | In fairness , it must be said that they do point to other influential factors as well — to the need to raise the status and public worth of the teaching profession , to improve leadership skills among school principals , to restructure the curriculum , and so on . |
| 18 | Against launderettes it also has to be said that they do not fit the media image of the perfect housewife . |
| 19 | ( i ) As a result of the progress of medical science certain conditions are now so easily diagnosable and treatable , that , although they once carried a mortality , it can no longer be said that they do , unless that mortality is brought on as a result of some wholly unexpected and exceptional circumstance , for example gross negligence on the part of the doctor treating the patient . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Rentakil have said that they do n't consider that the guarantee covers us . |
| 22 | Having said that they do . |
| 23 | Knitters often ask me about knitting double jacquard , saying that they do n't like the floats on single-bed Fair Isle fabrics . |
| 24 | The two kinds of reason for saying that they do not matter need to be kept distinct . |
| 25 | 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 ) . |
| 26 | Having said that , however , most left academics and activists when it comes to the electoral crunch do vote Labour , excusing their commitment by saying that they do so " without illusions " but perhaps signalling by their actions that they do see some kind of meaningful choice at the polls . |
| 27 | 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 ? |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | That 's what I 'm saying if they do n't |