Example sentences of "it goes without saying " in BNC.
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| 31 | It goes without saying that any original drawing for an illustration by an esteemed artist ( see frontispiece ) is likely to fetch a large sum . |
| 32 | ‘ It goes without saying , sirrah ! ’ |
| 33 | It goes without saying — the fireside chair |
| 34 | It goes without saying that any infringements of these new restrictions will imperil what is already an extremely sensitive access agreement . |
| 35 | On second thoughts , it might be better to say that it goes without saying that linguistic communication is a matter of conveying ideas or thoughts . |
| 36 | It goes without saying that the museum now needs hard currency in order to add to its collection . |
| 37 | It goes without saying , however , that not all works of art made since the beginning of this century will be available for export ; a list of unexportable items will be drawn up . |
| 38 | It goes without saying that almost invariably the instances of animal behaviour that we find ourselves discussing involve adult creatures . |
| 39 | It goes without saying that both sets of institutions have benefited enormously from this symbiosis : the former from its continued popularity and support and the latter from a continuous stream of royal copy which appears to ensure increased sales . |
| 40 | As it is inevitably the biggest , toughest Orcs that become more important it goes without saying that it is the big Orcs who get bigger ! |
| 41 | It goes without saying that it is not £75,000 in respect of each but the total earnings ’ figure which must not exceed £75,000 . |
| 42 | It goes without saying that a huge range of factors play some part in shaping the course of human affairs , and there are obvious advantages in a division of labour . |
| 43 | It goes without saying that once the primary structure has failed there must be provision for the failure to be detected by some means before the redundant structure itself is weakened by continuous flight loads . |
| 44 | It goes without saying that there should be an independent official investigation , inquiry , inquest — call it what you will — into the cause of an unnatural death ; but is it not time that ancient laws and practices were brought up to date to deal with modern circumstances ? |
| 45 | It goes without saying that while all this is going on the engineering investigator will be on the look-out for any indication of a pre-crash failure or fracture of any part of the structure or aircraft components since , although the wreckage will inevitably include very many broken units and pieces of structure , any serious defect that was present before the aircraft struck the ground is likely to be significant , if not fundamental , to the cause of the accident . |
| 46 | But it goes without saying that a person presenting a potential employer or insurance company with unsolicited evidence that he does not carry the genes predisposing for various ailments will have a definite advantage . |
| 47 | It goes without saying that his accomplishments did not match his campaign rhetoric — taxes were increased , the state budget more than doubled while he was in office and there were no significant reductions in the size of the state workforce yet his ‘ record in Sacramento is generally regarded as favorable ’ . |
| 48 | It goes without saying that Frohnmayer 's resignation has solved nothing . |
| 49 | It goes without saying that financial conglomerates must not use information prohibited by law . |
| 50 | In the Nineties , it goes without saying , it was another England — de-industrialized , post-industrial , an England whose representatives were , by and large , strangers to the dingy side-streets and the scurrying wind — who had gathered under a rotunda at the National Portrait Gallery to watch a portrait of one of the heroes of ‘ 66 and many people 's idea of the Greatest Living Englishman , Bobby Charlton , being unveiled . |
| 51 | But it goes without saying that their refined phrasing and shading is infinitely preferable to the garish exaggeration often forced on these endearing Czech mood-pictures . |
| 52 | It goes without saying of course that the music itself is impeccable , sixteen mythical bolts of lightning vindicating all those who believe that R.E.M . |
| 53 | It goes without saying , perhaps , that the feared deterioration of the nation 's youth and the manufacture of supposedly ‘ new ’ forms of outrage and violence provided a gathering focus for these anxieties . |
| 54 | It goes without saying that accurate records must be kept , supplemented with graphs designed to show trends and thus provide early warning . |
| 55 | Similar advice was apparently given by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party , i.e. that ‘ the gate to victory is a disciplined and powerful Bolshevik Party ’ and it goes without saying that in Stalin 's Russia deviation by small and not exactly successful communist parties abroad was not encouraged . |
| 56 | It goes without saying that he did not serve scrambled eggs with smoked haddock , he cooked the haddock first , flaked it , and mixed it with the beaten eggs before cooking them . |
| 57 | It goes without saying that old birds can , equally , be used for potting , but they are much less delicate , need very long slow and thorough cooking , a larger proportion of fat ham ( or pickled pork but not smoked bacon ) , and must be carefully drained of their cooking juices before they are prepared for chopping and pounding , otherwise sediment seeps through , collects at the bottom of the little jars and causes mould . |
| 58 | Concentrated , clear meat juice , must , it goes without saying , be added . |
| 59 | Although , of course , it goes without saying another outcome would have pleased them better . " |
| 60 | It goes without saying that the TD must hold regular surgeries , or in the euphemistic Irish expression " hear confessions " which will of course turn out to be requests for assistance . |