Example sentences of "[be] say [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Again , explain what 's been said to a close friend and keep reminding yourself that in God 's eyes you are a successful , important and useful person .
2 It is a pity that the same could not have been said of the United Company of Undertakers and the Worshipful Company of Upholders .
3 Whilst a number of writers have commented upon his contributions to debates upon current policy problems , little has been said about the theoretical basis of these contributions .
4 MAINTENANCE — Part ( a ) reinforces what has been said under the general heading wear and tear .
5 Now , bearing in mind all that has been said regarding the emotional influence of colour , the rhythm of pattern and the energy of texture , create two paintings which are totally opposite in mood and atmosphere .
6 At this point the community adviser suggests narrowing the scope of the post but Chris Cousins , the Deputy Head Community , takes the opportunity to challenge what has been said by the other deputy when he remarks :
7 i will fill in a little on Frank 's ( at lot has already been said by the new norwegian on the list … ) performance later with excerpts from Dagbladet of yesterday .
8 I do n't therefore understand what you 're saying about the single star .
9 In case anyone should think that some of our commentary on IBM Corp and its problems is a little apocalyptic , hear what they are saying on the other side of the Atlantic : ‘ With IBM , there 's a question in my mind whether the company is going to exist five years from now , ’ Kenneth Heebner of Boston fund manager Capital Growth Management commented to the Wall Street Journal .
10 Cos the various things you 've been saying about the rich peasant economy , I mean
11 CHC had been saying for a long time , and it seemed to be falling on deaf ears that a date should be set for the closure of Friern and that money should not be spent on the hospital but on services in the community .
12 It shows what we 've been saying for a long time , how fragile the markets in this recycling are , and I still stick to what I 've thought all along , that marketing comes first and making the product comes second .
13 Yes , but I mean erm excuse me erm there are a lot of people who have been saying for a long time , the council are dragging their heels and they 're not doing anything .
14 Although this was the exact opposite of what they had been saying in the previous year , it was consistent in suggesting that there was a conflict between leaders and members .
15 The other two syllables will normally be much less prominent , and be said on a level pitch .
16 It used to be said with a considerable amount of justification that you could get as far as Inspector on your own bat but after that ‘ No ’ , you needed somebody pushing you — city councillor , anything .
17 It appears to me that the arguments which I have heard involve the consideration of three separate questions , namely : ( 1 ) does the ex turpi causa maxim and its related rules ( which I will refer to as ‘ the ex turpi causa defence ’ ) afford a defence to a claim for contribution under the Act of 1978 ? ( 2 ) If the ex turpi causa defence is capable of so applying , can it be said , with the degree of certainty necessary for a striking out order to be made , that the defence will exclude any contribution from the third party in the circumstances of this case ? ( 3 ) Leaving aside the ex turpi causa defence , can it be said with the necessary degree of certainty that the court will , under section 2(1) and ( 2 ) of the Act of 1978 , exempt the third party from liability to make contribution even if he has been negligent in the performance of some duty of care owed to the plaintiffs ?
18 Finally , there may be something to be said for a non-exhaustive list of situations in which consent will be negatived .
19 There 's a lot to be said for the modern falconry centres — anything that helps people to appreciate birds of prey is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned — although it 's a shame they have to be turned into tourist attractions .
20 For all its faults , it can at least be said for the modern world that it has produced a substantial body of articulate opinion that blends passion with compassion in its concern for the impoverished and starving peoples of the world .
21 The same can not be said for the Labour party which fought the previous two elections on a programme that the hon. Member for Walsall , South ( Mr. George ) said was disastrous and should have been consigned to the rubbish heap .
22 Eighteenth-century politics have long had an unsavoury reputation , and although in the case of Scotland much of that reputation can be traced to the persuasive , but not strictly accurate , writings of Henry Cockburn and other Whig reformers of the early nineteenth century , it must be conceded at the outset that there is something to be said for the received account .
23 The same could not be said for the pre-tournament favourite , Jose Maria Olazabal , who added a 75 to his opening 76 .
24 Which is more than can be said for the other engine .
25 There is perhaps something to be said for the continued use of the term student from the motives that led the Greeks to call the Furies the Eumenides , " the kindly ones ' , in the hope that the use of a flattering name might induce them to live up to it .
26 The trouble is that charity work never ends and the same can be said for the constant need for money to pay for research work , buy new hospital machinery or vehicles for disabled youngsters .
27 There is something , at least , to be said for the old order : ‘ Educational injustice enabled people to preserve their illusions , inequality of opportunity fostered the myth of human equality . ’
28 In instrumental terms there is much to be said for the informal approach .
29 The hon. Gentleman spoke for himself , which can not be said for the hon. Member for Rugby and Kenilworth ( Mr. Pawsey ) , who is not in his place , the Back-Bench chairman of the Conservative party education committee .
30 The same can of course be said of a great novel , for if houses are like stories , stories are also like houses .
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