Example sentences of "[is] say [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When giving orders , much of the impact of What is said is derived from the stage management of the Whole procedure . |
| 2 | But , on the other hand , the informant who sees the interviewer making no record of what is said is just as likely to wonder why notes are not being taken . |
| 3 | If what is said is contradicted by what is seen — that is when the words do not ‘ match ’ the facial expression — then , to the astute observer , it is the words which will be disregarded , and what is seen will a believed . |
| 4 | The validity of what is said is often judged by the expression of the eyes . |
| 5 | His analysis of doctrines as expressions of the religious consciousness leaves a fair measure of uncertainty whether what is said is in any sense true about God , or only about our understanding of God . |
| 6 | Rarely , they might talk more coherently , but what is said is seldom sensible . |
| 7 | Part of the process of analysing discourse in terms of ‘ topic ’ is an attempt to make explicit the basis for our intuitive ability to recognise why what is said is appropriate in a particular discourse fragment . |
| 8 | However , I am assured by those who know that public persons — premiers in particular — do not become reconciled to criticism , and despite affecting not to be , they remain immensely conscious of what is being said and are troubled if what is said is not to their liking . |
| 9 | what is said is generally grammatically complex and well-structured , with an abundance of function words , prefixes and suffixes ; |
| 10 | In some such patients , speech production is not eliminated , but what is said is usually entirely meaningless and incomprehensible ( this syndrome is known as transcortical sensory aphasia ) . |
| 11 | What is said is that mention was made of the ‘ so-calledrevolt of certain ministers ’ . |
| 12 | What the experienced communicator recognises is that the effectiveness of what is said is as dependent upon how it is said and perceptions and impressions others have of the person presenting the argument as it is upon the quality of argument itself . |
| 13 | The " something " which is said is called by Guillaume an " import of meaning " ( 1984 : 120 – 2 ) and corresponds on the linguistic level to the lexeme or non-grammatical part of the word 's meaning . |
| 14 | I think ( actor 's voice ) people who are not in this great business of ours think the idea of electronic messages flying around is really odd and they may get freaked if some of what is said is a bit inflammatory- maybe more so than if they saw it printed . |
| 15 | So what is said is this . |
| 16 | That 's what is says is n't it ? |
| 17 | His specific professional concern is to have been with Aspects of Modernism , which is says is a loose name which covers the creative disruption of all certainties about what reading is , what writing is and what words can do . |
| 18 | They are different from the views that he is saying are ours , and I wish that he would retract that . |
| 19 | What it is saying is in fact very simple . |
| 20 | What the doctor is saying is that he had to continue treatment , because it was right to do so as a matter of public policy . |
| 21 | And they do for 5–10 minutes , then he speaks out of the silence , ‘ and I know what he is saying is of the Holy Spirit — it resonates so clearly in me and rings true ’ . |
| 22 | What Mrs Gamp is saying is that Mrs Harris was told , to reassure her , that the howls she could hear ( which were , in fact , being emitted by her husband ‘ bein' took with fits ’ ) were the noise of barrel-organs in the street . |
| 23 | What is appropriate is first to desire to love your local church ; second , get alone with God and see what he wants to say to the church ; third , to begin to express this in your housegroup : ‘ I feel what God is saying is … . ’ |
| 24 | Knowing enough of the language to understand what everyone else is saying is a decided plus . |
| 25 | What Sinclair is saying is that type descriptions of language knowledge based on intuitive impression and not grounded in actually attested data do not provide an adequate source of reference for language teaching . |
| 26 | What he is saying is that he always wanted to drive , his family was against it and he defied them and did it |
| 27 | What Jesus is saying is that there is no need for marriage at the resurrection . |
| 28 | What she is saying is that there are hundreds of millions of people out there who can let life go by without trying to relate themselves to the big issues . |
| 29 | What Go what Jesus is saying is do n't cut God out . |
| 30 | He states : ‘ What Hale is saying is that for the purpose of the law of rape the consent given at the time of the marriage ceremony can not in law be revoked . ’ |