Example sentences of "is say [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huh , er just , please help us , you know we get on much better , of course you can give an explanation , all Mr wants , you requested is said whether you did raise it , of course you could say , we did n't , I did n't because erm of so and so , because there was n't an opportunity or whatever , but do tell us whether yes or no whether you raised it surely that 's possible Mr is n't it ? , is n't it ? , am I trying to assist you , during my people are just not answering the questions , put it again in blunt form Mr would you please |
| 2 | Often no more is said than that the brain is the ‘ organ ’ or ‘ seat ’ of the mind . |
| 3 | You may then decide to give a copy of the list to your practice partner and try to spot which one is said when in random order . |
| 4 | Er I would like to k to know more about what Michael is saying before I got involved in any discussion of that . |
| 5 | I understand what Morrissey is saying because he lives his life like me . ’ |
| 6 | What a voter is saying when he gives his first-preference vote to a particular candidate of a particular party is , " I want this candidate , of this party , to be elected " . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's what everyone round here is saying as well , ’ the convener agreed . |
| 8 | Two of the expressions cited , however , are more problematic : ‘ I wish my estate to be Titius ' ’ , no doubt on the ground that it contains no words of transfer such as restituere ; scio , because it is not a request to pass on property , but an assertion of a conviction ( and who is to say whether that is justified ? ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Accountability ’ entails that a government must continuously test its representative Ness , that is to say whether its claim that it is ‘ derived from public opinion ’ is still valid . |
| 10 | This is because there is no equivalent of group relief for capital losses , that is to say although group relievable items as defined in s403 TA 1988 can be set against a claimant company 's profits , including chargeable gains , there is no facility , in the inverse situation , for surrendering capital losses against profits of another group company . |
| 11 | Overwhelmingly for economic reasons , that is to say because they were poor . |
| 12 | And until that changes — which is to say until human nature does — the opinion polls , spot on as they frequently are , will continue to experience gratifying humiliations such as last week 's . |