Example sentences of "[adj] to say [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spiritual writer , Francois Fenelon , had this to say about Christian gentleness : |
| 2 | Unfortunately this is a calculation which can be made only very crudely since it is impossible to say with total accuracy ( even though we can make control sample comparisons ) ( a ) which clients would have been institutionalised in the absence of the project , and ( b ) whether they would have been admitted to a long-stay hospital or to residential accommodation . |
| 3 | ( Just occasionally I may be able to say with reasonable confidence that a particular advertisement or campaign is quantifiably better at generating sales than another . |
| 4 | She quivered , then his gaze travelled past her , and she was able to say with quick energy , ‘ Daddy 'll climb right up again , he always does . |
| 5 | So it is not yet possible to say with absolute certainty , using evoked potentials that are correlated with reports of conscious mental events , whether or not an individual external event has resulted in a particular mental event . |
| 6 | The fact was that the activity of town planning had little specific to say about urban reconstruction . |
| 7 | ' It is not , therefore , presumptuous to say with quiet confidence , ‘ I know that I belong to Christ . |