Example sentences of "[conj] it goes without saying " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Dishonesty and partiality are never mentioned in expert clauses as factors whose presence the parties agree would be sufficient to upset a decision : it is so obvious that it goes without saying , and is therefore an implied term .
3 And it goes without saying that Wild is a Lisztian of the finest order .
4 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 .
5 Matri , patri , fratri , soroi , uxori and it goes without saying
6 By Southerness , she was back to her considerable best and it goes without saying that it will be interesting to see what this most confirmed of amateurs will make of 1990 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 As we have already pointed out a number of times , the predicative position is the surface structure which marks assignment of the property of the adjective to the entity of the subject ; but it goes without saying that the subject of a sentence can not be merely a relation between two parts of itself ; therefore an adjective which is specialized to qualify the relation between entity and description is automatically excluded from predicative position for that reason .
10 I wanted specifically to address myself to one rumour which seems to be a circulating dilemma , a great deal of enthusiasm and I heard that at er Chichester Railway Station today erm the staff at Chichester Railway Station seem to be under the impression that the erm the emergency planning authorities er have imminent proposals to breach the railway line south of to allow the flood water to escape to the sea , with the result so I was quite earnestly and er without any doubt that the railway will be closed for six months erm the , the Chairman of the County Council just raised this issue with the Emergency Planning , I understand that this is er an unsubstantiated rumour and er that there be a an immediate er destruction of the railways is not imminent but er I think perhaps it shows that erm probably due to the the great media interest and all sorts of stories are er doing a round but it goes without saying of course that the railway was n't closed for six months to the railway , but I do n't think there is any er any prospect to that , but I think the Chairman Council feels that .
11 ‘ I do not want to view any of what has happened in a negative light , though it goes without saying that I could have done without the loss of our first-pick forwards for a game of this type . ’
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