Example sentences of "it [vb mod] not be [adj] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dent Town is really no more than a village , although it may not be prudent to say so in the hearing of the residents . |
| 2 | There are things about irony which it may not be possible to say ironically ; so an ironic essay on irony will fail to address such issues . |
| 3 | Like Mexican cuisine , it should not be difficult to say no to the rather sweet and sickly Indian desserts . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | However the picture is not absolutely clear , as will be obvious from Figure 6.8 , since some of the ellipses are rather large and some overlap : without additional information it would not be possible to say which of the pair ( or more ) of overlapping quarries was the true source . |
| 7 | And so it would not be right to say that we 're not looking after the local element of the population . |
| 8 | It would not be unkind to say this movie revels in despair . |
| 9 | It would not be unfair to say that God , far from being superhuman , appears to be inhuman . |
| 10 | It would not be true to say that they were well received at Holywell Haugh that evening . |
| 11 | It would not be true to say that Death smiled , because in any case His features were perforce frozen in a calcareous grin . |
| 12 | It will not be possible to say whether validation has been effective in ensuring that the Council 's courses are truly fulfilling their aims until the first graduates start entering industry but we have already started to review the operation of the validation process . |
| 13 | The approach taken in the Act can lead to difficulties because , in many cases of works produced with the aid of a computer , it will not be possible to say with any certainty whether the work has a human author . |
| 14 | It is exceptionally difficult to make predictions about the effect of the DR-shift with any accuracy ; and it is a matter of concern to the University that even when the shift has been completed it will not be possible to say ( either at this University or , probably , at any other university ) how much is being recovered as additional direct costs . |