Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [adv] say [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concept of equisignificance can now be easily explained , for to say of two symbols that they have the same meaning is merely to say that they both express the same species of thought . |
| 2 | The person is implicitly saying that he or she subscribes to the network of rules of the discipline in question . |
| 3 | The research is being conducted within the theoretical context of ‘ discourse models ’ — the mental representations which a listener constructs on the basis of what he knows about the world in general , what the speaker is actually saying and what he thinks the speaker is intending to say . |
| 4 | I 'm afraid going on an economy drive is easier said than done . |
| 5 | We can also recognise , as we did , at an , on an earlier paper that it is national government policy and increasingly so , to encourage the development of capital schemes , borrowing , we noted that in relation to transport and the availability of S C A's I think it 's also right to say that the government does set down the level of borrowing which can be entered into in in any one year , that is the credit approvals are controlled by the government and they do make them available to the County Council and to district Councils , so in a sense , the government is both saying that we expect borrowing to be a feature of a budget and also that we want to control , and restrict the amount of money that can be borrowed through the amount of credit approvals . |
| 6 | ‘ The UK Government is now saying that by 1995 all bathing waters will comply with the EC bathing water directives . |
| 7 | My first , er , but sad duty is simply to say that Sir Kenneth , our President , had hoped to be here , but he 's had er , an operation and er , he is not really quite well enough , so I was asked as a Vice-President , whether I would stand in for him , at the weekend , and er I shall do my best , and erm , I 'm glad to have to opportunity of doing one or two things , but we 'll come to those in due time . |
| 8 | Th the motion 's basically saying that we want to continue er our demands for harmonization of conditions pe irrespective of what peop jobs people do er in terms of negotiating , negotiating agreements . |
| 9 | The Board is simply saying that its own policies will also be explicitly only for companies . |
| 10 | ‘ Removing ’ part of the brain is easier said than done . |
| 11 | Managing to be positive when you are in pain is easier said than done , but the way in which you handle it could have a lot to do with your own personality . |
| 12 | However , for the majority of women , planning intercourse to coincide with ovulation and predicting their most fertile time is easier said than done . |