Example sentences of "say it [is] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people who designed the drill say it is capable of drilling for oil in almost any direction , and will penetrate deposits that today 's drills can not reach . |
| 2 | Many China-watchers say it is impossible to be as specific as that . |
| 3 | Some say it is good for the Prime Minister to mix with the crowd and others that for a Prime Minister it is less than dignified . |
| 4 | Senior sources say it is appropriate for Whitbread to move away from being a family-dominated group , saddled with an arcane share structure , in 1992 , its 250th anniversary . |
| 5 | They say it is unjust for the publicans and bad for the pubs . |
| 6 | Erm and the difference in appraisal between the groups of people that knew about the speaker before and those that did n't know anything , they say it is important to the similarity attraction . |
| 7 | Professor Alan Smithers and Pamela Robinson , of Manchester University , say it is vital for Britain 's economic future that more young people are persuaded to stay at school after 16 . |
| 8 | They say it 's good for children to grow up with pets around them . |
| 9 | But the Mohammedians say it 's impossible for Jesus to be the son of God because did n't have a wife , and it 's as simple That 's ex that 's exactly how the Islamics view it . |
| 10 | The firm says it 's providing peace of mind for a growing number of women — opponents say it 's unfair to male taxi drivers . |
| 11 | with some , some things to write a few words in , some things to tick , some things to make a mark on one of the numbers and so forth so erm er you know it 's erm but as I say it 's difficult to er |
| 12 | An inquest has been told how an elderley man died from the treatment he was taking for his athletes foot.John Ellis took a revolutionary new drug for his condition , after years of suffering.But within a couple of months , he died from liver failure.But the makers of the drug say it 's safe for most people , and it wo n't be withdrawn.Chris Moore reports . |
| 13 | Quote of the week is from Don Johnson : ‘ They say it 's lonely at the top , but it 's lonely at the bottom and in the middle too . ’ |