Example sentences of "[adv] says that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Dallas daily says that General Motors and General Electric have met several times in recent months to examine ways to increase their influence over the likes of IBM Corp , Compaq Computer Corp , Dell Computer Corp and Apple Computer Inc , quoting executives involved in the talks and industry analysts and the pact could create a consortium with a requirement as many as 100,000 desktop personal computers annually . |
| 2 | But the narrow idea of bindingness does not in itself take us to a real ‘ ought ’ , to a genuine obligation ; it only says that if you are going to play the game of law this involves taking the rules and decisions as mandatory or non-optional . |
| 3 | It pointedly says that the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh had been supportive and sympathetic to the couple . |
| 4 | In common with the Minister from the Scottish Office , the Minister rightly says that the institutions are best equipped to know the needs of their students . |
| 5 | Writing in Inspire , Elizabeth Innes rightly says that the house-to-house collection is the least popular task of the Week , but she is also right when she tells how a word of thanks from a housebound person , grateful for the opportunity to give , compensates for previous rebuffs . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , if his discovery is less original than he claimed , he rightly says that his novel analyses the mechanism of involuntary memory in unique detail . |
| 7 | The first reference merely says that ‘ It 's all about man before birth , during life and at death — very deep and it never does what you expect it to ! ’ |
| 8 | ( Luke and Matthew : Luke , who does not follow Mark 's timing to the letter , merely says that the two festivals were drawing near ( Luke 22:1 ) . |
| 9 | But this conclusion is not particularly illuminating as it merely says that children come into local authority care when no one else can care for them , a repetitive statement we call a tautology . |
| 10 | As the provisions are framed , they are not quite defences ; the section merely says that the offences can not be committed when they represent a fair and accurate report . |
| 11 | Ibn Hajar merely says that alter having served as kadi of Bursa for a while , " he went to Konya and settled there " . |
| 12 | But this merely says that the government must determine how much is produced . |
| 13 | That wording is much more common than one which merely says that the referee is to act as an expert , omitting " and not as an arbitrator " . |
| 14 | The writer means that she or he has discussed the poem 's meaning , but the sentence literally says that the next stanza discusses the poem 's beginning ( an unintended meaning ) . |
| 15 | It effectively says that these computers understand English . |
| 16 | A statement from R U C headquarters tonight says that no words can fully convey the feeling of the force and all decent people at the manner of the murder . |
| 17 | The Council declared that the Church of Christ is to be found here , but it no longer says that it is not to be found anywhere else as well . |
| 18 | It just says that some parts of the business will throw off cash surpluses , that it may well not be worth investing further in those businesses , and that , in that case , the funds can be used to further investment elsewhere . |
| 19 | No it just says that it 's basically to the effect of that the answering machine is quite reliable |
| 20 | It just says that we have to make the the call for nominations so long before we put out the selection ballot . |
| 21 | About fish , a matter of great symbolic and economic importance in Norway , the government bluntly says that if the EC asks for more fishing rights in Norwegian waters there will be no question of Norway joining . |
| 22 | Usthinks the company doth protest too much : despite the fact that the countdown to its flotation has been under way for some weeks now , and Quality Software Products Plc has finally formally announced that ‘ following last week 's successful launch of Universal OLAS ’ it ‘ has decided to begin the process of seeking a listing on the London Stock Exchange , ’ it still says that ‘ no final decision will be taken for some time , ’ making it sound as if the company is signalling frantically that it would prefer to be acquired if only someone would come forward offering more money than it could raise in a public flotation . |
| 23 | The law still says that men accused of rape can be bailed unless they have a severe psycopathic or psychiatric disorder . |
| 24 | Early in his career he toured with Ken Campbell 's Roadshow , and still says that his times with the former Liverpool Everyman director are among the most memorable . |
| 25 | Well do you want that Littlewood 's shirt that I 've got , still says that we 're going , I get up on Sunday and go to and , no we 've got to go to with that coat , take that coat over |
| 26 | So , to say as people like says that , incest is part of , is natural as it were , and incest avoid avoidance is cultural is , is really wrong . |
| 27 | One usually says that the energy is stored in the electric field . |
| 28 | Tony always says that you can tell a happy motorcyclist by the flies on his teeth . |
| 29 | David ( Narcizo ) always says that we trust this music more than we trust our own bodies . |
| 30 | ‘ She always says that on the court she is n't a mum for me and I ca n't imagine that she is n't my mum . |