Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's [adj] say that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It , it depends on , on your individual circu , if your sister has a baby for you , she 's unlikely to say that I would be recompensed for my loss of earnings . |
| 2 | benefits , not knowing where to find out about benefits , and I think it 's right to say that benefits agency staff are there to give information and there is a |
| 3 | Er , overall I think it 's right to say that we 're disappointed by these results but we 're not downhearted . |
| 4 | It 's easy to say that the smashing of a guitar is a loss to some potential player or other , but very few guitars are smashed compared with , say , the thousands of great instruments that are stored away in collections , in bank vaults etc . |
| 5 | It 's easy to say that a bustling street is a sign of economic recovery , but how many of the people in your picture were actually spending money ? |
| 6 | It 's easy to say that when you 're 20 and you 've never needed much money . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's easy to say that now he 's dead , is n't it ? |
| 8 | He said , still with his back to her : ‘ It 's ridiculous to say that I forced you . |
| 9 | I should , I should warn you that it 's best to say that only witnesses perhaps have problems with their sight , not that they are senile . |
| 10 | It 's safe to say that every child in every culture will go through a period of saying that the pencil which has been moved up is now longer or bigger or big now . |
| 11 | It 's safe to say that in a few years time they will be playing Las Vegas . ’ |
| 12 | She says it 's wrong to say that only Mrs Maxwell lost her pension . |
| 13 | It 's tempting to say that the bigger model was just more of the same , with added reverb , but that would n't be true . |
| 14 | It 's sufficient to say that Clyde thanks you for saving his family , but then finds out there 's one Demon left . |
| 15 | Perhaps it 's sufficient to say that Diana , herself a Romanian , was deeply shocked and did not realise that children were living in such awful conditions in her own country . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's difficult to say that you do n't take notice of criticism , because you ca n't avoid taking notice of it . |
| 17 | I think it 's fair to say that the only significant report from the Operations Information Officer during this tour has been the dates of the first flights bringing Swedish holidaymakers to Larnaca . |
| 18 | Perhaps it 's fair to say that magic was more important to Rupert than science . |
| 19 | Yes , it costs a lot of money , but I think it 's fair to say that that cost is within reach of the serious working player , and it could well be the answer for aspiring rock guitarists who need ‘ that ’ sound . |
| 20 | A DoT expert says : ‘ The breathalyser had a dramatic effect on people 's behaviour but it 's fair to say that people got used to it and began to take various avoiding actions . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's fair to say that we liked the thought of it going to somewhere like Embsay , which does n't have any other big engines , because it will do a good bit of flag flying for us there . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ On average I suppose it 's fair to say that they are down here once every three months so we know exactly what they want and how to give it to them . ’ |
| 23 | Erm I think th as far as lorry drivers are concerned Stan and I both go around various companies and you are dealing with car drivers , van drivers , large goods vehicle drivers such as yourself , and er it 's fair to say that erm there are different levels of ability in each case . |
| 24 | Roger : Our colleagues in TEED are working this out but it 's fair to say that people will be encouraged to take courses they can complete in 12 months . |
| 25 | But I think it 's fair to say that the changes in the n nine , early nineteen eighties particularly those which gave the unions a predominant position in choosing the leader , were not of the unions ' making , certainly not of the G M B's making , as I know from personal experience at the time . |
| 26 | I think it 's fair to say that the Secretary of State has accepted that the special character of North Yorkshire , require a balance to be struck between environmental protection and development in the county . |
| 27 | It 's certainly true that government guidance is far more guarded erm in its support for new settlements erm the guidance has has of course been touched on but I would adem emphasize the dates of this guidance , er P P G three , housing , March nineteen ninety two , P P G twelve , development plans and regional planning guidance , February nineteen ninety two , and draft P P G thirteen , May nineteen ninety three , just looking briefly at P P G three , erm P P G , and I think it 's fair to say that P P G three takes up far less welcoming stance than did the previous erm P P G erm it recognizes that new settlements are controversial , and that the scope is likely to be limited . |
| 28 | I think it 's fair to say that know more about it than I do , but there has been a High Court case recently which has , seems to have er torpedoed the er prospect of er including affordable housing in new housing deals , so I 'm informed . |
| 29 | And finally just in terms of er public transport , I think it 's fair to say that there there 's probably little in it between them all because they 're all very poorly served by public transport . |
| 30 | Jobs will be found in Harrogate as elsewhere , and if we 're thinking of lumping in the B one office use and the other B uses in with the manufacturing , I think it 's fair to say that office uses are going to be far denser in terms of number of jobs per hectare than manufacturing , and therefore the allocations may not seem to be as great as otherwise might have been demanded . |