Example sentences of "be say [prep] [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | For example , if all syllables are said with low pitch except for one said with high pitch , then the high-pitched syllable will be heard as stressed and the others as unstressed . |
2 | Mr Petrakov is one of the band of influential economists who have made the mental leap to the market ( ‘ We need a normal , civilised market , ’ he says ) , and have been saying with growing urgency that Mr Gorbachev must join them , and bring the country with him . |
3 | It can already be said with virtual certainty that lamb will never be as cheap again . |
4 | We 're in a mess and nothing is going to pull us out ; I am not a socialist ; I 'm not impressed by your little man in Rome ; I do n't like ultra-nationalists ( I 'm not one of those who 'd follow the general ) ; I think there is something to be said for constitutional monarchy but in France that cause is as dead as mutton ; I have not much faith in the League , nor in democracy as an up-to-date technique of government . |
5 | Seisin is a root of title , and it may be said without undue exaggeration that so far as land is concerned there is in England no law of ownership , but only a law of possession . |
6 | A good deal is said about nuclear proliferation and Goldschmidt staunchly defends France 's uncompromising stance on trading in uranium . |