Example sentences of "[be] say [prep] [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | There is also the problem , common to courses with high-recurrent frequency , that the guide does not remember exactly what has been said to each particular group . |
2 | Enough has been said about this whole thing now and I just want to forget about it . ’ |
3 | Mr. Speaker : I am sure that the Leader of the House has listened carefully and will have noted what has been said on this important matter . |
4 | Perhaps the hon. Gentleman will contrive to listen to what I am saying on this complicated matter . |
5 | He is less intense than Abbado , and sometimes by that much the less effective ; but his tactful phrasing , his light , well-balanced response to what the characters are saying at any given moment , and perhaps most of all to the expressive colour in the scoring , is wholly admirable . |
6 | It may be that there is something to be said for this composite view . |
7 | There is , it must be said , a lot to be said for this robust view . |
8 | But the same thing can be said of any major city in the world . ’ |
9 | Unfortunately , the same can not be said of British primary legislation , where ascertaining the date of commencement can be a substantial problem . |
10 | The breakdown of English intellectual insularity is welcome in principle , but a few things need to be said about this new turn to France . |
11 | Is it really any better to be saying to another religious tradition what John Hick presumably says , namely : ‘ Your God is really my God ’ , than to be saying with Polycarp and the Proconsul : ‘ Your God does n't exist ’ ? |
12 | The words were said with such good humour and aggressive sureness that it would have been impossible to take offence . |
13 | That is not being said by any other country or Government in the Community . |
14 | So as I say there is clearly a substantial er factual dispute between the parties as to what was said on these relevant telephone conversations . |
15 | It was said by one snobbish acquaintance that — ‘ There is no honour in dining with Piper for he invites everyone . ’ |