Example sentences of "to say that [pers pn] have " in BNC.

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1 So that was to say that we 'd w
2 When my colleague to my right here , Roger and myself put forward a motion at last council on this issue ably led by our glorious leader to my left I would like to say that we 've set up .
3 We write to them normally within seven days , ask them to read it , clarifying exactly the policy they 've got , give them the option to pull out if they should so wish , and in fairness I have got to say that we 've been doing that now for the last eighteen months .
4 It does n't need me to say that we 've got a long way to go .
5 I think it 's fair to say that we 've gone a long , long way in Oxford to breaking down barriers with regard to the inspection priorities , and we are in a position within the city where we have nature of , if you like , technicians and staff that are doing jobs that in many other surrounding areas , and indeed throughout the country are the prerogative of E H O , and these include areas specified as high-risk by MAFF , and include a great bulk of all customer and consumer complaints .
6 I was glad to be able to say that we had something for them in return — we were bringing a distinguished visitor in the person of George Turner , a Llangollen stationmaster in BR days , before the line was closed .
7 Then a ripple of information came down the queue to say that we had been ordered back to the station because there obviously was n't sufficient bus capacity .
8 The hon. Gentleman was wrong to say that we had failed to consult on our proposals for the council tax .
9 I hope that the reconciliation achieved by the cross will provide the basis for us all to say that we have no grounds for making fresh divisions which make a witness to a needy world more difficult than it is already .
10 ‘ A very good point ’ , he said ‘ and I am glad to say that we have the whole matter under constant study . ’
11 At the end of our days let us be able to say that we have tasted life and found joy in it ; that our enthusiasm never waned but increased throughout life and that we regret nothing :
12 It is a truism to say that we have not yet come to terms with it , or with the changes in relationships it has brought .
13 ‘ Mr deputy mayor I am pleased to say that we have been successful ’ , said the proposer .
14 Another way to express this motivating power of individualism is to say that we have a tremendously strong interest in explaining at least some social phenomena in individualist terms , since this enables us to explain ourselves to ourselves ; to see what it feels like to be in someone else 's shoes .
15 One common reply to the first two sceptical arguments is to say that we have no reason to worry ourselves about them .
16 This is not to say that we have to fall back on Old Testament catastrophism .
17 He was incorrect to say that we have fewer national holidays than any other European country — the Netherlands has fewer than us .
18 Is not it more sensible to say that we have responsible people out there with whom we have developed partnerships ?
19 I am sad to say that we have a different record on pedestrian deaths .
20 What we did was we based our forecast , which I think Mr raised that point , we based our forecast on the admissions that we did at the Department of Social Security and I 'm glad to say that we have been significantly under that level and partly I think because er we 've had people who have genuinely diverted into home care and who 've been able to which is why we 've put the pressure on home care and on the occupational therapy services and partly because erm the , there were some inappropriate admissions I must say that .
21 Er , before we start , I would like to say that we have received a request er , I think it was from Longman Dic tories er Dictionaries to have er , one of our meetings recorded , and er , after discussing with the leader of the Council , er and er we decided that that this may be the best committee to record .
22 Er and I again I have to say that we have not come to any conclusions about the new settlement , but certainly if there is to be a new settlement , then generally people would like more certainty .
23 The progress towards our erm , compliance with our ethical investment policy though , has been achieved while considering the need to secure the best returns possible on our investment , and we have done it through a series of progressive sales of investments at the appropriate times according to the market conditions , and so I 'm happy to say that we have been able to achieve both our responsibilities as trustees , our responsibility both to secure the best return on investment and , to consider wider policy implications of our investment policy .
24 I can say to my honourable friend , the member for Rydale who takes such a close interest and is so well informed er on these matters , er I 'm very grateful to him for the welcome he 's given for the orders here , he 's absolutely right to say that we have gone beyond er what restrictive called for by Bingham , we have extended it to other sectors in the financial we welcomed the honourable gentleman from Edinburgh Central that these er orders are in some way timid , they are what was called for by the treasury select committee , they are what was proposed er by Bingham and we have er introduced them er here tonight .
25 ‘ Whatever the source of this material I am glad to say that we have been successful in seizing large amounts and bringing those who broke the law to book , ’ Mr Atkins said .
26 And the honourable gentleman has the nerve to say that we have rigged the market against coal .
27 ‘ Indian restaurants are always contacting us to say that they 've had celebrities in , and more often than not they turn out to be MPs . ’
28 But I have to say that they 've been the major percent of them er we think if only they would knuckle down to it they would do it .
29 And they , it basically says , there 's erm , replenish , or rotate stock , and they sort of tick or sign to say that they 've done it .
30 We tend to think of the reptiles as somehow past their ‘ prime ’ , but it would be more accurate to say that they had been displaced from the top jobs in nature , while more than holding their own in the shop floor .
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