Example sentences of "which be say that " in BNC.
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1 | It is said that the pattern is mentioned in records dating back to the fifth century BC , which is to say that it was known well before the Roman invasion . |
2 | These embellishments are crucial , for they give rise to the two forms of the Shakespearian Equation : ‘ In the first form , the tragic form , the hero rejects the Goddess and is killed by the boar ( arriving as madness ) , which is to say that he is transformed by it . |
3 | Wittgenstein is here opposing our natural inclination when we start philosophising , which is to say that what matters is not the use of the expressions ‘ I know ’ , ‘ I remember ’ , ‘ I hope ’ , but a mental phenomenon — or process or activity — of knowing , remembering , hoping . |
4 | None of which is to say that Galway 's anguish is not fully justified . |
5 | Ackroyd pastiches Dickens in form rather than style — which is to say that this book is very long , Dickensianly long ( the main text signs off at page 1084 , where it gives way to a fat coda of source notes , bibliography and index ) . |
6 | There is ‘ unity of command ’ which is to say that each member of the organisation only has one direct supervisor . |
7 | Ruth Lowinsky 's book is a true period piece , which is to say that in its time it was bang up to date . |
8 | Further ( 7 ) the causal circumstance is dependently necessary to the effect , which is to say that the effect dependently necessitates the circumstance . |
9 | The objection involves the feeling or perhaps the conviction that we can never state or explicitly describe such a thing as a causal circumstance is said to be , which is to say that we can not do something like give a complete enumeration of its elements : we can not give particular or individuating descriptions of all of them . |
10 | As specified , a causal circumstance includes no more than was needed to necessitate the effect , which is to say that it included just a set of conditions or events such that if the set existed , so did the effect , and still would have even if certain other conditions or events had also existed . |
11 | To remedy this , he suggests that arts education must be shown to be " vocational " , which is to say that arts should be shown to provide education for living , acting , doing , knowing , thinking , and enjoying . |
12 | I am childless ; but the Jews are my children and I love them as a parent should , which is to say that I do n't love them for their qualities ( remarkable as these seem to me to be , naturally ) , and only wish them to exist , and to flourish , and to have their right to life and love . |
13 | ‘ The secret was kept in the way most secrets are kept , which is to say that although the truth did not get out , something got out . |
14 | ‘ Which is to say that the idea of being married to him offends you ? ’ |
15 | Which is to say that defences are being erected to protect the integrity of Western culture , of the Western idea . |
16 | Which is to say that directions are better than sentences . |
17 | Prior to requesting the client to sign such a letter , the firm must be satisfied that the client can properly be regarded as a corporate finance client and place a note on file to this effect ( which is to say that there are no grounds for believing that it would be more appropriate to treat the client as a normal investment business client ) . |
18 | Nevertheless , ( 219 ) is the equivalent of " Postulate AB = CD " , which is to say that let is an instruction to anyone reading this sentence to conceive AB as equal to CD . |
19 | Accurate reports of certain public occasions are " privileged " — which is to say that any defamatory statements arising from them can not be made the subject of a successful libel action . |
20 | Rincewind relaxed slightly , which was to say that he still made a violin string look like a bowl of jelly . |