Example sentences of "it is [adv] [adj] say [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is however true to say that in most countries the hotel and leisure industry remains staffed by expatriates , as do the more senior positions in the contract services sector . |
| 2 | It is equally true to say that the advent of the impending change has caused the behaviour in just the same way as an itch causes a scratch . |
| 3 | If you intertwine your fingers together , it is equally true to say that your right hand is in your left , or that your left hand is in your right . |
| 4 | It is equally true to say that for many applications open-loop control is entirely adequate , and to opt for a closed-loop system would be an expensive luxury . |
| 5 | It would be arrogant to suggest that the West no longer tells the story , but I think that it is not untrue to say that the Devil is not as central to that story as he was . |
| 6 | So — strictly speaking — it is not correct to say that it ‘ happened ’ in the seventeenth century and to leave it at that . |
| 7 | It is not correct to say that the Government Select Committee on Health has recommended a continuation of the current system of voluntary agreements on tobacco advertising as opposed to an EC ban . |
| 8 | This is an extremely bold theory , but in the present stage of historical and anthropological knowledge it is not possible to say whether Marx of Engels were clearly wrong , as they were over primitive promiscuity , or by and large right , as they were over the gentile constitution . |
| 9 | However a worrying trend is the sharp rise in the number of accidents involving cyclists , but without further research it is not possible to say whether this is a consequence of the doubling of the number of cyclists in Buxtehude in four years , a trend encouraged by the introduction of environmental traffic management . |
| 10 | On the basis of these observations , it is not possible to say whether or not one of these tests provides a more useful assessment tool than the other . |
| 11 | So , until the decision is made again , it is not possible to say whether the loss would not have been suffered but for the illegal decision . |
| 12 | It is not possible to say whether a substantial report is more likely to make an impact than a slim report . |
| 13 | His successor was his cousin , Eadberht , the brother of Archbishop Ecgberht , but it is not possible to say whether his powerful relatives brought pressure to bear on him to resign . |
| 14 | It is not possible to say whether the apparently symbolic objects had any sacral meaning , although the story of Merovech 's birth provides some reason to think that the authority of the Merovingian kings in this period may have been bolstered by pagan tradition . |
| 15 | It is not possible to say that the material as to the second audit must be irrelevant . |
| 16 | It is not possible to say that all agents owe the same duties to their principals : it is always necessary to have regard to the express or implied terms of the contract . |
| 17 | Thus it is not possible to say that drivers attend to information differently for different road types . |
| 18 | The major limitation of the measure is that it is theoretically open-ended — it is not possible to say that there will be no further citations to a particular thesis in the future . |
| 19 | It is not possible to say that these families were typical of all Caribbean families in London . |
| 20 | ‘ Until that investigation is complete it is not possible to say if any prison rules have been breached . ’ |
| 21 | As Merton ( 1957 : 141 ) sees some corporate misbehaviour , ‘ it is not easy to say whether it is an instance of praiseworthy salesmanship or a penitentiary offence ’ . |
| 22 | However , it is not true to say that it is dangerous to apply the opposite rudder in an incipient spin . |
| 23 | Admittedly , it is not true to say that Esau is not blessed by God . |
| 24 | It is not true to say that a menstruating woman is unclean — she has a status of tameh , a word which has been wrongly translated for years as ‘ unclean ’ but which would be much better translated as ‘ impure ’ . |
| 25 | It is not true to say that anything is justified in a good cause : vulgarity , exhibitionism and ugliness are things to be avoided . |
| 26 | But it is not true to say that a legacy or institution made in terms other than these was unquestionably void . |
| 27 | So , although it is not true to say that all tortoiseshell cats are females , it is true to say that they are all feminine — even the rare males . |
| 28 | While political organization among lesbians and gays may be taking a low profile , it is not true to say that the clocks have been turned back . |
| 29 | ‘ It is not true to say that because we are not meeting EC directives absolutely that the water is poisoned , ’ said Mr Byatt . |
| 30 | This suggest that , in many cases , it is not true to say that lobby correspondents slavishly follow the Downing Street line on a story . |