Example sentences of "a [adj] say [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While neither the National Union nor the peers could have a direct say in the choice of leader it was nevertheless thought desirable , if only for reasons of tact , to know their views . |
| 2 | The effect has been to deny the right of employers to a proper say in the educational process because their interest has been confined to recruitment after the event rather than as participants in provision . |
| 3 | We represent over four million levy paying members , the trade unions that is , and it 's only right that they should have a proper say in the election of the Lad Labour leader , not just the thirty percent as is being suggested here . |
| 4 | When activists like the Cape Town Sixteen fight this system of oppression and exploitation , they are demanding a democratic say in the running of their lives and and the right to determine their own futures . |
| 5 | Since 1976 the trend has been reversed , managerial values have again become predominant and the bureaucracy has expanded , albeit with some strengthening of the legislative role of the National People 's Congress and , since the Democracy Movement of 1978–80 , a strengthening of the role of ‘ workers representative congresses ’ to give workers a limited say in the management of enterprises ( White 1985 ) . |
| 6 | Dr Kristof Lis , Poland 's minister in charge of the Plenipotentiary for Changes in Ownership , is currently having to wrestle with the fact of real worker power — from the concept of actual ownership to the committees which have a large say in the running of industry . |
| 7 | These two populations were then brought together in the fraternal Orange Order and the Order had a major say in the composition and policies of the Unionist Party . |
| 8 | Parker developed a formula that gave the employees and local community a substantial say in the new company , with 47% of the equity going to employees , and 6% to local banks , churches and interested parties . |
| 9 | In addition to according the USSR a forceful say in the economic priorities of its trading partners , there is evidence that Soviet leverage over terms of trade has produced specific concessions in the foreign policy arena ( such as material and diplomatic support for Soviet policy in South Yemen and Angola ; offset costs for Soviet forces deployed in the Warsaw Pact ) . |
| 10 | Palace midfielder Gareth Southgate also had a big say in the result , his screamer ensuring victory . |
| 11 | Just now he 's working on a deal that could give him a big say in the life of a lady who 'll ‘ definitely ’ be in the Top Ten within weeks . |
| 12 | Gone were such controversial elements as the plans to abolish security of tenure for civil servants , to enable public-sector wages and state pensions to be reduced , and to give the federal government a decisive say in the finances of state and municipal governments . |
| 13 | It enables a voice to be given to interest groups which ought to be heard and , possibly , even exercise influence but which otherwise would lack a sufficient say in the affairs of the nation . |