Example sentences of "[not/n't] say [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even with this limitation , however , and even given the fact that the Court in this case says by way of principle little that it has not said in previous cases , one should not underestimate the impact of this new illustration of the Court 's conception of the reach of the Directive in terms of the nature of the activities it covers . |
| 2 | ‘ Whilst it was the physician 's opinion that she had not had carnal relations for some two years , he could not say for certain . |
| 3 | While I can not say for certain that the aquarium located at the Oceanographic Institute , Monaco boasts this title , it does contain some stunning displays of tropical freshwater and marine fish and is well worth a visit . |
| 4 | Mrs Ayers , who is still recovering from the shock , said at the moment she could not say for certain anything had been taken . |
| 5 | So far , McDevitt has been questioned and fingerprinted , but the FBI will not say for sure that he is a suspect . |
| 6 | Kaplan can not say for sure , but he hopes that his work ‘ will encourage those conductors who say they are devoted to finding out Mahler 's true interpretive intentions to reassess their own respective approaches ’ . |
| 7 | I can not say for sure that there is any risk to the carp 's health , but that is a classic case of playing around with things we do not understand ! |
| 8 | ‘ Having parted with my dear flock ’ , he says , ‘ I need not say without mutual sense and tears , I left Mr. Baldwin to live privately among them and oversee them in my stead , and visit them from home to home ; advising them , notwithstanding all the injuries they had received and all the failings of the ministers that preached to them and the defects of the present way of worship , that yet they should keep to the public assemblies and make use of such helps as might be had in public , together with this private help … ‘ ( i.e. r.Baldwin ) . |
| 9 | I can not say with absolute certainty that Clare Mallender did not possess a photograph of me , but I can say that there was no reason why she should have done . ’ |
| 10 | This is an inherently vague and flexible concept and its uncertainty causes difficulties for the drafter , who can not say with absolute certainty that any particular clause will be effective . |
| 11 | Danny O'Dell shook his head , and Ruth prayed that her son would not say with devastating candour : ‘ Your cake tastes funny ’ — then breathed again as he said politely , ‘ No more , thank you , Mrs Kleiber . |
| 12 | When he read stories about Balder , Adonis and Bacchus , he was prepared to ‘ feel the myth as profound and suggestive of meanings beyond my grasp even tho ’ I could not say in cold prose ‘ what it meant ’ . |
| 13 | There the wee man goes and spoils it all by sayin' he 's not an ice man and if we get ourselves into a really bad pressure ridge he could n't say fur sure what would happen . |
| 14 | The oth , the other 's do n't say except continuous surveys anyway , do they ? |
| 15 | Until now she had n't taken much notice of him , so she could n't say for certain whether he was handsome or not . |
| 16 | In fact I ca n't say for certain that it ever arrived . |
| 17 | Something in the atmosphere of the room seemed to have changed in the course of the last few moments , and Liston could n't say for certain what it was . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't say for certain . |
| 19 | I could n't say for certain what our smallest listed building is , but I suspect that some old wall-mounted pillar boxes will be strong candidates ! |
| 20 | He could n't say for sure ; when I mentioned a shot , he said he would n't have noticed it particularly . |
| 21 | I ca n't say for sure ; I mean , I was only there for a second or two … |
| 22 | He ca n't say for sure , but he thinks that one of the fillings looks like Continental work , using a technique that 's not widely practised in Britain . |
| 23 | ‘ Could n't say for sure . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ When I think back , knowing what I know now — and I have been so many places , and looked into the windows of other people 's lives , and I have seen so much — I still ca n't say for sure what Gittel really wanted . |
| 25 | First of all , as I say , we only deal through motor traders anyway , and there is this liability that the motor trade have anyway , and obviously if if something like that has happened it 's going to occur fairly rapidly , but certainly within three months or three thousand miles , and obviously the owner of the vehicle has a redress to the dealer and obviously if there 's one of our policies on it we would probably accept liability on that , although I ca n't say for definite . |
| 26 | They 're also , Mr Mayor , interestingly coming out in favour of the individual but I must admit I applaud that and at long last in some , admittedly very modest way , er they are moving , I wo n't say to fiscal responsibility , but at least they 're learning the lessons of the recklessness of the past of their policies . |
| 27 | Yes — there , look , a hairline , but I could n't say with absolute certainty that it 's a fracture . ’ |