Example sentences of "say is [that] [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some are so widely separated that their motion relative to each other is too small to be measured at all , and all we can really say is that they are travelling through space together , at the same rate and in the same direction . |
| 2 | If so , all I would say is that you are not a child now . |
| 3 | But all I can say is that I am certain that there is , as I speak , an extraterrestrial presence in the area . |
| 4 | ‘ All I can say is that I am nearly there , but I do lack experience . |
| 5 | I think we could promote ourselves , Mr Chairman , but what I can say is that I 'm against contributing to all these West Midland bodies that probably wo n't , wo n't give us any help at all . |
| 6 | ‘ All I can say is that I 'm reasonably confident about my cricket again and should I get the chance of a Test I will stand up to it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ All I can say is that I 'm reasonably confident about my cricket again and should I get the chance of a Test I will stand up to it . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Before you continue , Sir John , ’ Fitzormonde spoke up , ‘ and you start speculating on where I was , all I can say is that I was in my own chamber but no one saw me there . ’ |
| 9 | " I do n't pretend that medical science has yet found a method of treating cholera that 's quite satisfactory , I do n't say there is n't room for improvement , ladies and gentlemen … but what I do say is that it 's the duty of a member of the medical profession to use the best available treatment known and accepted by his fellow physicians ! |
| 10 | ‘ All I can say is that it 's wonderful to come to Virginia and receive such an incredibly warm and encouraging welcome . |
| 11 | Well my first reason would be that it 's fun but if you want a justification then all I can say is that it is still useful to be able to produce your own programs that do exactly what you want . |
| 12 | In some ways that was the classic sound that I had with Whitesnake , but that sound was n't usable in later , more AOR versions of either that band or even other things that I 've done ; all you can say is that it was right for that particular music . |
| 13 | What he characteristically does not say is that it was he who kept the Pythons together . |
| 14 | All I can say is that it was edited by two women , it 's being promoted by a third , it 's being marketed by a fourth , the rights were sold by a fifth , and in Britain the serial rights were bought by a sixth . |
| 15 | All I can say is that it was for the best of reasons . ’ |
| 16 | All that one can say is that he was better than the current Labour party leader . |