Example sentences of "[verb] it say [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suffice it to say that the desert landscape was no doubt encouraged by his enthusiasm in 1922 and 1923 for the work of an author whom he placed with James and Conrad — C. M. Doughty , whose ‘ great work Travels in Arabia Deserta ’ he recommended , mentioning also that a good essay on Doughty 's prose , including quotations from it , was contained in Middleton Murry 's recent book Countries of the Mind . |
| 2 | Suffice it to say that if the wind is going your way , get yourself a pair of skis — which must have a metal edge , and a fixed-heel binding — and a chute . |
| 3 | Suffice it to say that this discourse is generalising and intemperate , and lacks depth and clarity . |
| 4 | Suffice it to say that the DTI was the supervising authority for such fringe banks . |
| 5 | Suffice it to say that after two centuries of higher and lower criticism we just can not approach the Bible in the way that former Christians did . |
| 6 | Suffice it to say that there are very few people who are at present at their full potential for good health and good looks . |
| 7 | Suffice it to say that Devon Loch gave Dick Francis a dream ride , as the jockey related in his autobiography The Sport of Queens : ‘ I have never ridden another horse like him . |
| 8 | Suffice it to say that ammonium nitrate-fuel oil is now the standard explosive for blasting and quarrying ; the nitro-organics industry has shrunk and readjusted to a restricted role as a supplier of initiators and specialist explosives ; and ammonium nitrate is now available in a kaolin-free ‘ explosives grade ’ . |
| 9 | The treatments that were thus superseded have been touched upon in Chapter 2 , but suffice it to say that there was general and unqualified relief from both doctors and patients that they had passed . |
| 10 | Suffice it to say that such is the complexity of this area of the law that one case on the subject , discussed in Chapter 13 , has already reached the House of Lords ; it is unlikely to be the last . |
| 11 | Suffice it to say that some people are better built at the beginning . |
| 12 | Suffice it to say that Demons have now completed their worst season for a long time and that Admirals ‘ B ’ , with a match in hand , are only 99 points behind Borderers and are favourites for promotion . |
| 13 | Suffice it to say that at the point of commissioning it is a good idea to know which you are planting ! |
| 14 | Suffice it to say that if you are cutting calories in order to shed weight at a speedy pace , every calorie counts . |
| 15 | Suffice it to say that there are still parts of the Highlands awaiting primary survey and some of the structural problems are not yet completely solved . |
| 16 | Suffice it to say that Jim Marshall appears on merit and I , for one , hope that he returns in five years ’ time with yet another superb anniversary amp series . |
| 17 | I wo n't bore you all with the technical details ; suffice it to say that the alloy truss rod previously fitted to Warwick basses just is n't man enough for the job — a classic case of a nice design let down by choice of materials . |
| 18 | Suffice it to say that a Labour bureaucracy developed that accepted some basic tenets of bourgeois ideology more wholly than the bourgeoisie itself . |
| 19 | How much of the liquor in this anthropoid coffin was body fluid will have to be left to the imagination ; suffice it to say that owing to the construction of such coffins it would have been practically impossible to have introduced much liquid preservatives . |
| 20 | Suffice it to say that I reached this estimate on the basis of the preservation of a vestige of the uterus and as a result of obtaining a chemical reaction for blood from periosteum . |
| 21 | Suffice it to say that the offence can now be committed in many more places than before . |
| 22 | Suffice it to say that all attempts to evict Dicky from his rightful home have met with considerable misfortune , and disturbance of such a nature that he has quickly been restored to his home . |
| 23 | Suffice it to say that if I could afford it , there would be pieces of bogwood where I have shown rocks at the back ! |
| 24 | Suffice it to say that it is likely to be difficult — if not impossible — for each school to maintain a balance of consultants . |
| 25 | Suffice it to say that very few come to Italy only once — most are more than happy to return time and time again . |
| 26 | The Second Symphony is a work that wears well and suffice it to say that this newcomer can hold its head high in this company . |
| 27 | Suffice it to say that there is good reason to believe that the original censuses in Numbers 1 and 26 set out the numbers of each tribe , somewhat in this form : |
| 28 | For now , suffice it to say that the present state of the art is such that while some areas are capable of producing meaningful output measures , it is proving difficult to develop appropriate measures in other areas . |
| 29 | Suffice it to say that we think that at least one important human right can be described as a right — belonging equally to each human individual — to maximum ‘ positive freedom ’ , by which we mean the ability of people to make effective choices about their lives . |
| 30 | Suffice it to say that the applicant asserts Mr. Tee was in no way concerned with the running of Winchester 's business . |