Example sentences of "say [prep] absolute [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You 're going to remain here , ’ he said with absolute finality .
2 ‘ In my book , it is , ’ she said with absolute certainty .
3 So it is not yet possible to say with absolute certainty , using evoked potentials that are correlated with reports of conscious mental events , whether or not an individual external event has resulted in a particular mental event .
4 I can not say with absolute certainty that Clare Mallender did not possess a photograph of me , but I can say that there was no reason why she should have done . ’
5 This is an inherently vague and flexible concept and its uncertainty causes difficulties for the drafter , who can not say with absolute certainty that any particular clause will be effective .
6 Yes — there , look , a hairline , but I could n't say with absolute certainty that it 's a fracture . ’
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