Example sentences of "[pron] is not [adj] to say that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be arrogant to suggest that the West no longer tells the story , but I think that it is not untrue to say that the Devil is not as central to that story as he was . |
| 2 | So — strictly speaking — it is not correct to say that it ‘ happened ’ in the seventeenth century and to leave it at that . |
| 3 | It is not correct to say that the Government Select Committee on Health has recommended a continuation of the current system of voluntary agreements on tobacco advertising as opposed to an EC ban . |
| 4 | It is not possible to say that the material as to the second audit must be irrelevant . |
| 5 | It is not possible to say that all agents owe the same duties to their principals : it is always necessary to have regard to the express or implied terms of the contract . |
| 6 | Thus it is not possible to say that drivers attend to information differently for different road types . |
| 7 | The major limitation of the measure is that it is theoretically open-ended — it is not possible to say that there will be no further citations to a particular thesis in the future . |
| 8 | It is not possible to say that these families were typical of all Caribbean families in London . |
| 9 | However , it is not true to say that it is dangerous to apply the opposite rudder in an incipient spin . |
| 10 | Admittedly , it is not true to say that Esau is not blessed by God . |
| 11 | It is not true to say that a menstruating woman is unclean — she has a status of tameh , a word which has been wrongly translated for years as ‘ unclean ’ but which would be much better translated as ‘ impure ’ . |
| 12 | It is not true to say that anything is justified in a good cause : vulgarity , exhibitionism and ugliness are things to be avoided . |
| 13 | But it is not true to say that a legacy or institution made in terms other than these was unquestionably void . |
| 14 | So , although it is not true to say that all tortoiseshell cats are females , it is true to say that they are all feminine — even the rare males . |
| 15 | While political organization among lesbians and gays may be taking a low profile , it is not true to say that the clocks have been turned back . |
| 16 | ‘ It is not true to say that because we are not meeting EC directives absolutely that the water is poisoned , ’ said Mr Byatt . |
| 17 | This suggest that , in many cases , it is not true to say that lobby correspondents slavishly follow the Downing Street line on a story . |
| 18 | The Government 's response was : ’ it is not true to say that the reserves are lost forever if pits currently accessing them are closed . ’ |
| 19 | It is not true to say that Freshfayre contacted Compact and neither were the staff of Compact aware until much later of Mr Bell 's interests in the company . |
| 20 | It is not unfair to say that some turn out not to mean quite what everyone thought but nevertheless because they represent government policy — seldom of a direct party kind — they are useful . |
| 21 | So it is not sufficient to say that the blood " screens " the offender . |