Example sentences of "[modal v] say it [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wonderful music , but in the theatre — well , I must say it is not to my taste . |
| 2 | I must say it is quite astonishing how the Ryder Cup has captured the imagination of the U.S. golfing fraternity . |
| 3 | I must say it 's pretty funny that a chap like him ends up playing a Jesuit priest having doctrinal disputes in the rain forest . |
| 4 | And of course she 'll say it 's all right and she 'll manage but she 's just being brave . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Getting back to Winter Garden , ’ George said confidently , no longer needing to invoke Miss Tuckey , ‘ you might say it 's up my street . |
| 6 | For these proud owners you could say it 's just a case of puppy love . |
| 7 | Outside the courtroom , one of the defendants , Elizabeth Brimelow , a former director and head of compliance of County NatWest , said : ‘ Only a judge could say it is too soon two-and-a-half years after you were arrested . ’ |
| 8 | I 'd say it 's not Tech was , yes . |
| 9 | I 'd say it 's not on now . |
| 10 | I 'd say it 's not too bad compared to this fucking thing ! |
| 11 | There are those who 'd say it 's still too early to think about Christmas . |
| 12 | I 'd say it 's still not bad . |
| 13 | I dare say it 's simply a case of getting one Monday mixed with another . |
| 14 | I used to say it 's not fair ! |
| 15 | ‘ There are those who would say it is n't in the public interest and would lead to a diminution in standards of pleading . |
| 16 | Oddly enough I mean it 's so far away from the yellow I would say it is n't wrong . |
| 17 | With the St Petersburg Philharmonic , I would say it is even more difficult to improve the situation — to improve what 15 years ago with Mravinsky was normal , high quality . |
| 18 | Now Charles , the 9th Earl , inherits a sound historic property — some would say it is too spick and span with Raine 's bright colour schemes and shining new curtains — at the top of the stately home league with between 40,000 and 50,000 visitors a year . |
| 19 | If , and some would say it is quite a big if , other policies can be used to get the right balance of activities in the economy , we can confine our attention to the narrower questions : are firms more likely to attain the lowest possible cost curve in the public or the private sector ? |
| 20 | If that goes up I would say it is highly probable — in fact think I should use the word inevitable — that both the thermal plume and the temporarily quiescent earthquake zone along the tectonic fault would be reactivated . |
| 21 | Er I 'd just like to come back on three fairly brief points that er one of which was mentioned by Michael Courcier , two of which er relate to that , and were helpfully stimulated in discussion during the tea break , erm Michael Courcier , I think if I got him right , said , he did say we ca n't produce demographic forecasts for post two thousand and six but I think he was fairly guarded in saying it it would n't be wise or or whatever , erm I would suggest in this context , and in the context of , and I use the word emerging and I look for advice as to when emerging regional planning guidance , and when will be the end date of that regional planning guidance , I say we should be looking beyond two thousand and six , I say we can look beyond two thousand and six , and I would suggest we do it in the way of arrange , which would be highly appropriate way of doing it , not too dissimilar to road traffic forecasts , low medium and high growth , and if , to put the point simplistically , if we have arrived at a requirement figure of nine seven for Greater York for a specific period , if we were to either project that forward by five or ten years , obviously we could n't just simply go rata , but if you took a low figure and you halved it on the basis of the make up , the demographic make up , of how the nine seven had been arrived at it would be possible to produce a range , that then relates to the question of a new settlement , and the alternatives during the period to two thousand and six , and beyond , of that new settlement , and I go back again to the greenbelt , it is vitally important to do that in the terms of a long term defined greenbelt , therefore again in that context , I would say it is highly desirable , if not necessary , to revisit the periphery of York , it has not been examined in a local plan , it has not been examined in terms of environmental impact , with all due respect to the Greater York working party their , the level of analysis of those peripheral blocks of land was fairly cursory , on a limited number of planning criteria , if a new settlement is to be assessed alongside expansion of Greater York we have to revisit it in much much greater detail . |
| 22 | Erm but I would say it 's mostly maintenance trades . |
| 23 | ‘ I would say it 's probably somewhere between six and 12 months . ’ |
| 24 | Very , I would say it 's not depressing that 's the wrong word , there 's no there 's a sense of , of reward and achievement , but , there ai n't no thanks in it , no gratitude about it |
| 25 | It is a temporary , I would say it 's more temporary than permanent . |
| 26 | I would say it 's more expensive . |
| 27 | ‘ I would say it 's doubly necessary . |
| 28 | They would say it 's really affected you . |
| 29 | ‘ I would say it 's quite a while since you did any exercise . ’ |
| 30 | As , Lloyd Grossman would say it 's quite novelty . |