Example sentences of "[noun] be [adj] to say that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although in this connection too the higher courts are likely to say that the terms used are matters of fact for the magistrates , it will be open to those courts to say that in certain circumstances , the reactions of the victim were not likely to be those of harassment , alarm or distress . |
| 2 | They were just a few suggestions on display at a Christmas food festival , and traders are proud to say that they 're all produced locally . |
| 3 | Freud is reluctant to say that there would not be unforeseen consequences if the restrictions on young people 's sexual activities were altered , for human beings seems to devise conventional restrictions upon sexual life in all cultures . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ( 74 ) McKinley was overhead to say that he would like to get the knife into Spencer 's possessions … |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | My hon. Friend is right to say that there has been an enormous improvement . |
| 13 | My hon. Friend is right to say that BT is one of the leading companies and has made an important contribution to our economy . |
| 14 | My hon. Friend is right to say that the ophthalmology specialty in Plymouth hospital has had excessive waiting lists . |
| 15 | Although my hon. Friend is right to say that budget-holding practices have been outstandingly successful and are now very popular with most doctors — |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | My hon. Friend is right to say that the Labour party has been closely associated with the development of those dogmas over many years . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps Terence is right to say that the most creative way to use psychedelics is in your own home , lying down in silence , ’ he continues . |
| 21 | I agree with the hon. Gentleman that every conceivable thing that can be done should be done to ensure that the applicant — the hon. Gentleman was right to say that he may be old and slightly confused — is assisted in filling out the forms . |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman was wrong to say that we had failed to consult on our proposals for the council tax . |
| 23 | Perhaps Upton people are right to say that because they have a tremendous history . |
| 24 | Therefore , while absence may spell the end of acquaintanceship , it will not in itself destroy friendship ; and while Dr Johnson was right to say that we should keep our friendships in good repair , the perpetual shoring up of friendship might suggest that it were less enduring than we had supposed . |
| 25 | If the Foreign Secretary is ready to say that he will veto such a treaty , I shall give way to let him do so . |
| 26 | Only a very small number of authorities were unable to say that some money was being directly spent on training or were unable to indicate a person or people at least nominally responsible for training ( see Chapter 3 for discussion of resources available for training ) . |
| 27 | Mr Lawson is right to say that deficits are more sustainable than they were in the 1970s . |
| 28 | Tam Dalyell is wrong to say that I have been predicting a total European ban on lead in petrol as from June this year ( Forum . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , Scholes is right to say that ‘ interpretation is not a pure skill but a discipline deeply dependent on knowledge ’ ; as much was conceded by Richards in Practical Criticism , a fundamental text of the New Criticism , when he acknowledged that those who had not already read enough poetry would read poems badly . |
| 30 | Others are ready to say that they were better off when Kuwait was Iraq 's 19th province . |