Example sentences of "say [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Responding to what they say are inaccurate press stories — which we have not seen — Micro Focus Plc has issued a statement with Microsoft Corp 's concurrence , saying that their current agreement between will expire on September 30 , but that both want to continue their business relationship into the future and are exploring the terms for the new agreement ; as if to emphasise the point , Microsoft yesterday announced shipment of Microsoft Cobol professional development system version 5.0 for Windows , with support for the Visual Basic programming system for Windows and embedded structure query language ; it says the new release incorporates the latest version of the Micro Focus compiler , and creates executable files faster and smaller than previous releases ; it is $900 , now . |
| 2 | When we get to the ones that we say are awkward alright , we 'll er let you think of erm a way out , okay ? |
| 3 | The hospital says it 's sorry for the delays which health watchdogs say are appalling . |
| 4 | If they 're knocked over , the paraffin leaks and ignites , causing what firefighters say are some of the worst fires . |
| 5 | Other pastas suppliers say are popular include gnocchi , cannelloni , garganelli , torchietti , and frappe . |
| 6 | The move follows their dissatisfaction with what they say are deteriorating services throughout the area . |
| 7 | Think the only thing you can do is as I say be honest and say that , you know , you 're very worried about your fingers |
| 8 | The atmosphere may as they say be electric but it 's nothing compared with the nervous energy being generated in this box . |
| 9 | Yeah their their funding tends to be they 'll they 'll fund something like a production or they 'll say at you know if you put our name up were give you so much or General Portfolio perhaps will will fund a particular show or a series of show 's or say were prepared to put a thousand pounds could you name six shows and we 'll put our name on those show 's when they 're advertised but no company or other Council 's actually prepared to come along and say were prepared to put money on a regular basis . |
| 10 | ‘ And if one man did just what you say is impossible and slipped in on the darkside ? ’ |
| 11 | What it means , of course , is that very often we have different definitions of experience and reality from men , and that much of what we say is critical of men and about what they have done to women . |
| 12 | That , that I , I say is reserved for Parliament . |
| 13 | What is this free will that we say is such a vital part of our lives ? |
| 14 | He now has some movement in his arms and shoulder which Doctors say is encouraging . |
| 15 | ‘ What you say is close to the truth . |
| 16 | I know , that 's what pe people say is disgusting |
| 17 | An international team of astronomers estimated that the distance to Supernova 1987A , and therefore the LMC , is 169 000 light years , a figure which they say is accurate to within 5 per cent . |
| 18 | and the hand does n't sneak out afterwards and starts popping out and then it 's useless , then the rest of all this stuff you just get it out of the way under the arm , it 's all gone , right , this bit comes up between the two shoulder blades , do n't make the mistake of bringing it across there , a lot of people do that , that wo n't do , you have to come round the back and between these two shoulder blades to get maximum support , you 've got to hold this elbow up and then you tie it near the hand , now I recommend that you tie it and talk to your casualty , half tie it and say is that supporting you enough ? |
| 19 | You could walk on to your site and say is that the job how much ? |
| 20 | But I I do n't erm from the nature of Mr Justice in the Midland Bank that there 's a a well known but w what I say is that in this case er what your Lordship will be dealing with are essentially what are matters of practice for conveyancing solicitors when faced particularly with clients er making financial arrangements to enter into this and the duties of in that particular situation . |
| 21 | Oh no no no no but if the situation is such that er you what you say is that is the s the six months has now started has it ? |
| 22 | Then you say is that right ? |
| 23 | Oh it said in the , in the book when I read about it , it said it had green flowers , you say is that green flowers |
| 24 | I think it 's impossible to explore why there is a difference , it does not explain why the matters we have already discussed , like vacancies , households and death rates why there is a difference between what the County Council say is one hundred percent , and what the H B F and others are advocating which is considerably more . |
| 25 | On the other hand , your reader will be interested in your writing only to the extent that what you say is convincing ; and while a film reviewer or a famous literary theorist may be able to rely on their position or fame to guarantee the authority of what they say , you will need to rely on the quality of your argument . |
| 26 | The man as I say is all Raskolnikov . |
| 27 | How else is the good reader to learn the difference between what others — critics for example — say is good , and what is personally judged to be good ? |
| 28 | I 'm not really doing that right because I mean I should n't agree I What you say is right whether I agree with it or not . |
| 29 | At worst , if what you say is true , we 'll both be fried ; but what a way to go ! ’ |
| 30 | If what Pascal , Butler , Newman and Browning say is true , then there will always be a degree of uncertainty about whether God exists that reflects an absence of proof . |