Example sentences of "[noun pl] say that [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The rate of ozone depletion in the Antarctic has slowed in the past few years , but the researchers say that their model predicts " a return to more rapid depletion during the next four years as the solar minimum is approached . "
2 Researchers say that there 's no evidence for this , although it may be some conscious or subconscious nutritional knowledge at work .
3 I have seen magazine articles in which experts say that there never were any salmon pink Fenders , yet I know there were , because I had one .
4 His notes say that it was in 1924 , but it must have been sooner , probably 1921 or 1922 , because he was back in South Africa in time to get married in 1923 .
5 The Tokyo water authorities say that there is a rapidly growing environmental threat and that the public needs to be educated about water matters and conservation .
6 Contemporary accounts say that it could reach quite high speeds on the rails and that it saved fuel .
7 Its defenders say that they will always keep its price high and carefully screen potential owners , as a way of protecting it .
8 The Germans say that they can not absorb that number , and country after country is saying the same .
9 Most groups say that their patients are not conscious of the stimuli but some have reported that their patients are conscious of them ( Barbur et al.
10 I say that with some feeling because , in the three years , that I have been doing this job I have not heard so many well-qualified solicitors and barristers , people from the legal community and inquests and from pressure groups say that there are areas of deep concern .
11 The guidelines say that there should be no treatment given to cause death , at the request of a patient who is unable to make rational decisions for himself .
12 The authors say that they are " aware that all such information must be interpreted as indicative rather than hard and fast " ( p. 58 ) : such caution is certainly necessary .
13 The injured parties say that their livers are ‘ not good ’ ( we would say we were feeling depressed ) , they ‘ miss their spouse ’ .
14 The other thing on that sort of erm side is that this is the first survey which we 've had since we started doing the survey in nineteen eighty eight when the first numbers were compiled , it 's the first survey which we 've had where the majority of regions ' manufacturers say that their unit costs have already fallen , erm we have n't seen that before , so the majority of regions said that the costs had fallen .
15 ( The interior , too , is aluminium , but the manufacturers say that there is no danger of the aluminium ‘ leaching ’ into the water . )
16 All the books say that there are only 400 left , in India , Bangladesh , Burma and Indonesia .
17 Well its supporters say that it 's it 's justified on the grounds of democracy .
18 Nowadays , there are so many people applying for college research fellowships that if one of the candidate 's referees says that he does not know him , that is the end of his chances .
19 A couple of years ago he wrote to several of our authors saying that he was dying , their work meant a lot to him , could they write something for him .
20 Tall and slim , without the usual broad shoulders of the pace man , he had excelled at athletics as a youngster , with the result that he was a fast bowler like virtually no other ; his approach to the wicket was so soft and silky that he hardly seemed to touch the ground at all , and several umpires said that they were not able to hear him running in .
21 The inspectors said that there was poor provision in certain aspects of teaching children with reading difficulties .
22 She welcomed him into bed , pressing herself tight against him , running her fingers through is great leonine mane and sending him signals to say that she was ready to do her duty as a wife .
23 Following this decree , a meeting of representatives of 130 opposition parties said that they would not participate in the conference unless it had sovereign powers .
24 Some readers said that they would welcome four copies a year but most said they would like to receive Nonesuch twice a year .
25 Then the dream suddenly changes to nightmare when you hear voices say that they wo n't be able to look after your health because you 're not really worth it : that the treatment you need is not cheap enough so you 'll have to do without : that they would love to provide care for you in the community , but the price is n't right .
26 NATO countries say that they do not want a ‘ dual key ’ arrangement , in which an officer from the US and the host country have to turn their keys simultaneously before a weapon can be launched .
27 Germany , the Netherlands and Belgium are supporters of the British plan but other EC countries say that they can not afford to build the new plants required for waste disposal .
28 Many countries say that they have to make arms to give the population jobs .
29 Miners say that they indicate the whereabouts of the ore by tapping on the shaft walls with their antler-picks , hence the name .
30 Depth of sleep Many parents say that they think their child wets the bed because of being in such deep sleep .
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