Example sentences of "[vb mod] not be [adj] say that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should not be too much to ask them to forgive the miserable uncertainty of a young man at Oxford 23 years ago , and it should not be impermissible to say that they are in the wrong if they refuse . |
| 2 | And so it would not be right to say that we 're not looking after the local element of the population . |
| 3 | The usual instruction was to ‘ provide what is customary ’ , though this attitude led to extreme financial hardship for the poorer classes , though it would not be unreasonable to say that it was they who helped to perpetuate the meaningless and elaborate ritual well into the early decades of the twentieth century . |
| 4 | It would not be unfair to say that God , far from being superhuman , appears to be inhuman . |
| 5 | It would not be true to say that they were well received at Holywell Haugh that evening . |
| 6 | It would not be true to say that Death smiled , because in any case His features were perforce frozen in a calcareous grin . |
| 7 | The teapot , milk jug , sugar basin and tongs will require cleaning with Goddard 's powder before midday , so that all will be proper , and the visitors will not be able to say that this house is a slum inside , even if there is one outside . ’ |