Example sentences of "[not/n't] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Salim states that he was having a rough time , and was tired and suspicious of Yvette : he does not say that a tribal god commanded him to leave her . |
| 2 | It is true that some local authorities will not say whether you are eligible or not until a place has been put on offer to you , but it 's still very much worth your while to find out all you can from your local education authority . |
| 3 | But the bishops ' statement does not say so . |
| 4 | Henry Tyler would not have described her as a happy woman , but afterward he could not say that she had seemed at all unwell . |
| 5 | ‘ We will not say that ! ’ |
| 6 | Whether Leonard shares the old belief that the spice-box also honours Adam , who was supposed to have been bestowed with a ‘ higher soul ’ on the Sabbath , we can not say . |
| 7 | ‘ For them to claim ’ would not have jarred the ear in the same way , she thought , but did not say . |
| 8 | But Susan could not say . |
| 9 | I would not say that the developmental view is a consequence of the thoughtaction analogy exactly , because there could be constructivist theories that do not mention development . |
| 10 | So why not say , then , that in development perception ‘ teaches ’ action , that as the information delivered up by the input systems becomes progressively ‘ richer ’ the infant becomes better able to direct his own movements , rather than saying that cognisance develops out of action ? |
| 11 | His is in some ways a tragic case : a man of immense talent and massive erudition , gifted with profound insights , who could not say the things he most wanted to say but who , nevertheless , has gone on to say them . |
| 12 | No , Professor X , Pound does not say that Landor , or Landor at his best , is better than Keats ; and no , sir , he does not say that Chaucer is better than Milton . |
| 13 | No , Professor X , Pound does not say that Landor , or Landor at his best , is better than Keats ; and no , sir , he does not say that Chaucer is better than Milton . |
| 14 | Whether the government , which is collecting the money from the sale of the villas , was hoping Prince Sihanouk would come back , or whether no one dared to take over the house , Mr Sok Hay would not say . |
| 15 | Police could not say if charges would be brought . |
| 16 | Rupert Murdoch did not say that his Sky company and its associate Eurosport channel were ready yet to go head-to-head in rights fights with BBC when he announced a joint contract with them for England 's Test series in the West Indies this winter . |
| 17 | Her captain , Commander Colin Fearbrache , described the talks as positive , although he would not say when the operations would begin or how often they would take place . |
| 18 | Mr Patten 's new policy guidance does not say the South-east 's housing provision can be held static , and it reminds planners that their job is to provide an adequate flow of land into new housing . |
| 19 | Mr Clarke , however , would not say whether — as seems likely — the legislation putting the Government 's plans into effect will ‘ require ’ regional health authorities and family practitioner committees to keep to their drug budgets . |
| 20 | The verification process is going on , but we can not say whether it 's going to be completed by any particular time . |
| 21 | Wapping : I can not say , my Lord . |
| 22 | They did not say sorry . |
| 23 | Dr Clark Brundin of Warwick University said : ‘ We did not say at our meeting in Leeds — and this is where we have shot ourselves in the foot — that no government is going to meet the cost of higher education . |
| 24 | He reiterated that Vietnamese boat people considered to be ‘ economic migrants ’ must be sent back to Vietnam , but did not say when . |
| 25 | ‘ What good are hints when they do not say when , how and what will ever get better ? ’ one East Berliner asked Western journalists . |
| 26 | How long-term those viewing and listening habits were we can not say . |
| 27 | Ramsey could not say he was a pacifist . |
| 28 | He could not say that he had scruples of conscience for not joining in the military training . |
| 29 | But we know something else about the bishop 's motive which he could not or would not say to Ramsey . |
| 30 | If Churchill recommended Ramsey to the new young Queen who had never before been confronted with the situation , and the Queen asked the archbishops whether they objected , they could not say that they did . |