Example sentences of "to say [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to say blatantly that this is allowed , is to my mind terribly wrong . |
| 2 | It does little for the already low standing of politicians in the public esteem for Major to say effectively that they did not have plans to raise taxes then and they only did it because it was necessary . |
| 3 | To say merely that ‘ things are different now ’ is hardly any consolation for the pain and bitterness of past experience and bears little assurance of a future political and military stability in Europe . |
| 4 | It is sufficient , in order to dispose of these appeals , to say merely that all the points which have been put to us by Mr. Ashworth and Mr. Harvey McGregor , for the health authorities , were put to Phillips J. by Mr. Harvey McGregor in De Martell . |
| 5 | I intended to say merely that we had done as he had instructed us in his letter , hoping that he would thereby confirm the letter as a matter of course . |
| 6 | It would be better to say perhaps that electoral systems reinforce existing tendencies , because such systems are themselves the product of diverse constellations of political interests and parties , and of changes in those constellations . |
| 7 | It was virtually impossible to say aloud that one welcomed the death of a fellow human being , but she believed that was how Ayling had felt . |
| 8 | To say aloud that God does n't exist is to thereby negate the Devil . |
| 9 | The Aldershot method because er it it sort of explained to me the most effect way of getting across whatever you want to say so that made me a feel a bit happier about that . |
| 10 | Last week , SCO 's European business development manager , Steve Spill , was able to say only that his company 's Open Desktop port to MIPS/ACE is ‘ continuing as of today , but we 'll be looking closely when the Intel P5 [ 80586 ] is launched . ’ |
| 11 | To say that the Crown had the right of appointment is to say only that it had at least the possibility of a voice , not that it necessarily exercised any real right of selection . |
| 12 | Er I ca n't really find , think of anything else to say only that it was thrift because mother was thrifty . |
| 13 | It is difficult to say conclusively that there are differences in the way in which teachers in the classroom interact with Afro-Caribbean pupils . |
| 14 | I wish to say further that it is important when considering applications under the Convention that it should be borne in mind that these are matters which affect the comity of nations . |
| 15 | His first public comment was to say dismissively that it fell ‘ well short of what would be required … |
| 16 | Indeed Roxburgh was moved to say yesterday that the only certainty was that not all of his choices would make Sunday 's squad gathering . |
| 17 | However Scotland 's largest education authority , Strathclyde Regional Council , was able to say yesterday that there had been none at all in its area since the establishment of the council in the mid-Seventies . |
| 18 | That type of change would enable one to say honestly that a redirection of the money already spent could do a great deal to improve the situation of farmers . |
| 19 | There was a reluctance among some teachers to say openly that a particular answer to a question was wrong . |
| 20 | Both ladies were to say later that they knew the young man by sight , but not by name . |
| 21 | It pointed out that , where parties seek to negotiate during the course of disciplinary proceedings and an agreed formula is worked out , it would be ‘ most unfortunate ’ if the mere fact that agreement was reached while the proceedings continued enabled the employee to say later that there was a dismissal . |
| 22 | As a male student once pointed out to me in a moment of inspiration , it does n't make sense to say both that women 's talk is trivial and that it is ‘ deep ’ compared to men 's . |
| 23 | ‘ There 's no doubt I can learn a lot about racing from Alain and I will be looking forward to that opportunity — but I have to say also that I am aiming to be my own man . ’ |
| 24 | I have to say also that the future looks even tougher for us . |
| 25 | I have to say though that it 's usually very embarrassing to see a group of professional dancers dancing in a club — because they are trained to be self-conscious , they ca n't let go of themselves . |
| 26 | Erm one has to say though that that does mean creating wealth . |
| 27 | Continuing that theme , would it not be right to say though that Plato only gave to come back into human form to those people such as philosophers and that most other people would come back as some other form . |
| 28 | It is easy to say now that the potential for cellular telephones made it easy to focus on that business . |
| 29 | What quite this comes to is a topic that will be addressed later , but it is safe to say now that they are not terms suited to actors ' autobiographies , nor terms easily accepted by historians . |
| 30 | They were speaking in favour of it , now here he comes along er and er we we 're I I find myself , regrettable I think because er er his er a minister very well informed in these areas with er who made in those committees a very powerful and effective contribution , now we find ourselves on the er opposite side but I have to say now that we are on opposite side that what is introducing today er is really er too little er and far too er too too late . |