Example sentences of "[pron] be [adj] [adv] say that " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are inclined therefore to say that again presupposes , rather than semantically entails , that some event referred to happened before as well ( see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 2 | It 's absurd really to say that because of automation there is less and less work when you see how much there is that needs doing in the community . |
| 3 | You , you apologized for lateness the only thing I wonder on there is er you know it 's ea it 's easy enough to say that you did n't actually sort of clarify the time that you were gon na be there , you just accepted that you were late erm but I mean that 's a you know ju just a point I wonder that rather than apologizing straight of all , straight , straight away if you knew you were late then that was one thing that perhaps you could 've got that in the initial greeting . |
| 4 | But I do actually , I do actually think it 's fair enough to say that the parish council can be , and should be , more clear , more direct in telling people what it 's doing . |
| 5 | However , it is good enough to say that light entering one end of the fibre will reflect repeatedly along its length and eventually emerge at the other end ( see Fig 4 ) . |
| 6 | It is true enough to say that we would have no conception of it . |
| 7 | But he was honest enough to say that he was ‘ fascinated ’ by it too ; as he was by all forms of physical violence . |
| 8 | You yourself were good enough to say that I had earned some leave , and I want to take it . " |