Example sentences of "to say that [pron] do [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And how are we to make alliances with those women or are we to say that we do not wish to do so until they 've gone through a greater degree of learning process . |
| 2 | The point to Mr , the point of the reference back is simply to allow us to say that we do not accept the figures that we 're being presented with . |
| 3 | I am delighted to say that we do n't see any babies in this dream . |
| 4 | No , I 'm glad to say that we do n't do that . |
| 5 | But if you can raise that profile which I talk about , the of the ethics of of your trade , your profession and become , in effect , a pressure group , a pressure group for the public good , while we may not always agree with you , and indeed we 're going to say that we do n't agree with you and you must n't be afraid of that but we would rather hear from you , you 're the men and women at the sharp end , I hesitate to say ‘ experts ’ because ‘ expert ’ is a , a rather over-used word but we 'd much rather hear from you , at the sharp end , than the part-time politicians who , by the very nature of , of their role , and however well-meaning they may be , they have other priorities . |
| 6 | Non-Christians ( if they are honest ) have to say that they do n't know how the world and life was made ; they 've got loads of ideas ( which they call ‘ theories ’ ) but they do not and can not KNOW . |
| 7 | But who 's to say that they do n't redesign the standard valve ? |
| 8 | Why is Mrs O'Rea able to say that they do not need to hire labour to work on the farm ? |
| 9 | However , it would be fair to say that they do not have a long-term answer to the question : ‘ What is the appropriate level of funding ? ’ , except that of adding on an amount , based on the estimated shortfall , to existing expenditure . |
| 10 | That is not to say that they do not have particularities , for a particular instance of a shirt has to be of a certain colour , and have pockets or not , or it would not be a shirt . |
| 11 | This is not to say that they do not acknowledge the role played by sequential ordering in signalling the communicative function of an utterance . |
| 12 | Nor can teachers any longer be allowed to say that they do not know what will be required of their pupils three , six or eight years later . |
| 13 | ‘ Do you mean to say that you do n't know he was murdered ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Do you mean to say that you do n't know the name of the street your own garage is in ? ’ she says sharply , exasperation overcoming sensitivity to racial minorities . |
| 15 | An environmental change can ease this : it is much easier to say that you do n't have any sweets in the house than to say ‘ no ’ to a child who knows that they are in the cupboard . |
| 16 | Now then part of it is they ask me You do n't have to , but they ask me to ask people to sign erm to say It 's just to say that you do n't mind your conversation being used . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's difficult to say that you do n't take notice of criticism , because you ca n't avoid taking notice of it . |
| 18 | to say that you do n't want to read all those letters . |
| 19 | ‘ And just who dares to say that I do n't look after my son properly ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ I was going to say that I do n't know of anybody who could have killed my uncle . ’ |
| 22 | and to deal with problems of substance abuse , unemployment , illiteracy , rather than things which are fashionable and to my mind highly like opera and the ballet which is n't to say that I do n't love them both , but I think that you have to have a sense of complete reality about the social issues . |
| 23 | If I have , e I have to say that I do n't think that the particular version of the inner northern route had its junction with the southern bypass moved to the west . |
| 24 | ‘ I think you 're about to say that I do n't understand , but I assure you I do . |
| 25 | I have read the report of the guardian ad litem and such information as I have which would indicate her view of the local authority 's actions now on several occasions and I have to say that I do not understand what findings the justices believed that they were making or what reasons they were giving for their decision in that brief statement , which I have just quoted in full . |
| 26 | I am bound to say that I do not believe that this debate has reached the level of fizz that one might have associated with a Bill that was to be fought doggedly tooth and nail by the Opposition . |
| 27 | Suffice to say that I do not believe that human activity can be explained from or reduced to the ecological level . |