Example sentences of "it is [adj] to say that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is accurate to say that the 80486 and Pentium processors use many of the same implementation techniques as RISC processors , but there is nothing in either processor that can be called a ‘ RISC integer unit ’ without distorting the term beyond any usefulness . ’ |
| 2 | It is accurate to say that the 80486 and Pentium processors use many of the same implementation techniques as RISC processors , but there is nothing in either processor that can be called a ‘ RISC integer unit ’ without distorting the term beyond any usefulness . ’ |
| 3 | It is right to say that the applicant asserts that since that time Mr. Tee has not been associated with the running of Winchester 's business , although of course on his own evidence he was the majority shareholder in that company . |
| 4 | … At the same time it is right to say that in her evidence … she repudiates the notion that any influence was exerted or any pressure put upon her , or that her husband made any misrepresentation to her . |
| 5 | It is right to say that I have heard from Mrs Paul 's classroom assistant during the last academic year , she appears virtually to have acted as an enabler , but she was by no means dedicated to Paul as a one to one enabler and of course the extent of the attention of which she had to give to Paul detracted from her ability to give attention to other pupils . |
| 6 | It is simplistic to say that one should recognise Slovenia or Croatia . |
| 7 | This quadratic form is not , as previously , a sum of squares ; but provided it is not zero we could choose di to make the element unity , when we should have ( with X for Xd ) unc On account of the properties established here , it is usual to say that the modes of a system are orthogonal to each other . |
| 8 | ‘ It is impractical to say that we should set some timetable for ending discharges without any idea whether it can be achieved or not . ’ |
| 9 | From the later middle years onward , there is some decline in the body 's production of the male hormones and this will begin to have marked effect in the seventies ; but , again , continued sexual activity will serve to keep hormonal levels up , so that it is legitimate to say that sexual activity in the man can continue — provided his health is good and the system is not impaired by disability — well into the eighth decade of life or even longer , provided he keeps in practice . |
| 10 | it is legitimate to say that all the cognitive processes which have been considered , from perceiving to thinking , are ways in which some fundamental ‘ effort after meaning ’ seeks expression . |
| 11 | These examples demonstrate that it is absurd to say that the Cox Report does not advocate the teaching of grammar . |
| 12 | It then becomes impossible to rank societies as more or less aggressive than one another , just as it is impossible to say that one society is more or less evil than another . |
| 13 | In our judgment it is impossible to say that the barrister acted unreasonably . |
| 14 | It seems to me that it is impossible to say that in carrying out that exercise he misdirected himself or came to a conclusion to which he could not reasonably have come in the exercise of his discretion . |
| 15 | In my judgment , it is impossible to say that that decision is wrong and this appeal will be dismissed . |
| 16 | Without them , it is impossible to say that a country has a constitution in the current international sense of the word . |
| 17 | The hon. Gentleman suggests that the orders have failed , but the main order , to break the tie , is not yet in effect , so it is premature to say that the proposal has failed to introduce competition . |
| 18 | But the complication of such an operation would be considerable ; and it is reasonable to say that the entire population of the Pacific nations , even if they inhabit the Atlantic seaboard , can make use of the goods that are carried across the Pacific Ocean . |
| 19 | There are situations , it seems , where it is reasonable to say that there are two or more causal circumstances for a single effect . |
| 20 | So it is misleading to say that camp is the gay sensibility ; camp is an invasion and subversion of other sensibilities , and works via parody , pastiche , and exaggeration . |
| 21 | It is easy to say that the time spent considering the Matisse is time better spent than that spent considering a Gerasimov , let alone a Bouguereau . |
| 22 | With the wisdom of hindsight it is easy to say that they should not have tried to raid there in the first place , but success had bred a certain arrogance . |
| 23 | It is easy to say that the years of Unionist rule were a travesty of what democracy is , or ought to be . |
| 24 | It is easy to say that all should be treated equally , but as the paper by McKerlie well illustrates ‘ equally ’ may carry a variety of different interpretations and outcomes for different individuals . |
| 25 | We are not told this but it is easy to say that the plot opens up in the Deep American South between the two world wars , from the way the coloured people are treated , the fashions , and the descriptive backgrounds . |
| 26 | ‘ Mr Taylor has completed ignored the fact that Catholics have been under the jackboot of the IRA and loyalists for over 20 years and it is ridiculous to say that they have not been living in fear . ’ |
| 27 | It is ridiculous to say that all males are basically evil while females are n't , and in view of that , girls would also have degenerated on the island into cruelty . |
| 28 | It is possible to say that their pas de deux are completely uninhibited . |
| 29 | Though Isaac turned out not to be God 's new Adam , it is possible to say that Joseph did . |
| 30 | It may be impossible to draw up a fitness league table but it is possible to say that complexity has increased during evolution . |