Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [adj] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone has a different pain threshold but how much of that is due to what is going on in the mind is hard to say . |
| 2 | Whether the end result will lead to better governmental accounting is impossible to say , but it seems clear that major steps are being taken and will continue to be taken at least to understand the commonalities and differences between accounting for businesses and accounting for governmental units . |
| 3 | When asked if she thought Outdoor Action readers were being petty in writing to complain about blocked paths , her reply was forceful to say the least . |
| 4 | How far Outram 's hostility to Bradwell stemmed from a feminist critique of his chauvinist behaviour , how far from the conflicting claims of expert and parent is impossible to say . |
| 5 | If this is so , Quine is wrong to say that one can not be an empiricist in one 's theory of meaning unless one accepts his brand of verificationism , centred on MP . |
| 6 | Hall is right to say that current Labour and Liberal parties can not take on the task of realignment , but would be equally correct in saying they ca n't be by-passed . |
| 7 | What do you think : 1 The mother feels like ? 2 The mother is saying ? 3 The child feels ? 4 The child is likely to say in reply ? |
| 8 | In addition , the schoolmaster was obliged to say Mass each Sunday and holy day , and at least twice a week , at the altar of St John the Baptist in the parish church . |
| 9 | How much effect this had on the final outcome of the war is hard to say . |
| 10 | When exactly this act of depaganisation took place is impossible to say , but the crosses would have been made much easier to carve before the removal of the stones , which show no sign of damage and were , therefore , meant for re-use . |
| 11 | Whether local government would be allowed to go through the same process is difficult to say . |
| 12 | Even if this did not happen , the idea that in the ‘ new Europe ’ envy , rancour and resentment can be abolished by a Europe directive is optimistic to say the least . |
| 13 | Fonda was able to say that he had first tried LSD a couple of years earlier , and had also been a spasmodic user of marijuana — in between more prolific bouts of drinking vodka or scotch — since 1962 when he was turned on by Jim Mitchum at the Carlton Towers Hotel , in London . |
| 14 | There are still 8 of the original 14 cells with fully working locks , but its security record was poor to say the least . |
| 15 | Indeed , there was a lot of ‘ shoe ’ put about at Kingsholm , and the end product was unfortunate to say the least . |
| 16 | His ideas of organisation are elementary to say the least . |
| 17 | In the case of drugs , would the court be able to say that the risk was worthwhile given the benefits that the drug would bring ? |
| 18 | Half the patients who require heart surgery are dealt with immediately , but the hon. Gentleman is right to say that some patients have to wait . |
| 19 | My hon. Friend is right to say that we live in an increasingly competitive environment and that much in the social action programme would damage that competitiveness within the European Community — to the interests of the Japanese , the United States and our other competitors . |
| 20 | My hon. Friend is right to say that the local income tax is not an alternative to council tax which commends itself to Conservative Members — or even to most Opposition Members , and he is right to say that anybody interested in knowing why local income tax will not work could do no better than to read the report of our proceedings in Committee . |
| 21 | My hon. Friend is right to say that there has been an enormous improvement . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend is right to say that BT is one of the leading companies and has made an important contribution to our economy . |
| 23 | My hon. Friend is right to say that the ophthalmology specialty in Plymouth hospital has had excessive waiting lists . |
| 24 | Although my hon. Friend is right to say that budget-holding practices have been outstandingly successful and are now very popular with most doctors — |
| 25 | My hon. Friend is right to say that the Labour party is increasingly losing credibility with patients , the public and the NHS staff because we are seeing concrete achievements by the NHS as the reforms work out in practice . |
| 26 | My hon. Friend is right to say that the Labour party has been closely associated with the development of those dogmas over many years . |
| 27 | I know that that caused some concern , but , broadly speaking , my hon. Friend is right to say that standards in our schools are very good . |
| 28 | My hon. Friend is right to say that British Rail needs to use available modern technology to reduce further the incidence of accidents involving loss of life and injury on the railways . |
| 29 | Some of them leave the impression that they are really too busy to deal with media enquiries and unless the journalist can use the name of a well known programme or a national daily the service is grudging to say the least . |
| 30 | Knowledge of the addressor in a given communicative event makes it possible for the analyst to imagine what that particular person is likely to say . |