Example sentences of "[verb] to say that it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At p. 117 , he expressed doubts as to whether money paid in response to an unlawful demand by the Crown could not be recovered in the absence of some threatened action or inaction , but he considered that English authority seemed to say that it was not recoverable . |
| 2 | My hon. Friend seemed to say that it was too easy to obtain the certificates , and that they were handed out with packets of cereal or like confetti . |
| 3 | I think erm you 've got to say that it is not easy to find people to give the commitment to local government work these days and I think a partial remuneration of the expense that they incur is a very reasonable thing for the public to have to meet . |
| 4 | We need not bother with the details , save to say that it is quite certain that all the contemporary accounts of Balboa 's triumph — which mention that he first saw the Pacific at 10 am on Tuesday , 25 September — are wrong . |
| 5 | Well I 'd like to say that it 's not only adults who have an interest in this subject and have been watching what the county council is going to do about it . |
| 6 | We feel drawn to say that it is not . |
| 7 | ‘ It is a very sensitive area which needs careful consideration because we ca n't afford to say that it 's too expensive so we will forget about standards . ’ |
| 8 | erm its but I think to say that it is n't happening in schools is a bit unfair , because I do think it does happen in many schools erm and but there 's a great deal of work to be done . |
| 9 | Galileo had his reasons ; for he wished to say that it was up to his clerical opponents to prove that the Copernican system had not been demonstrated . |
| 10 | He had to say that it was neither suitable nor adequate for a paying patient … any extras had to be brought in by friends . |
| 11 | While the application of procedural checks to licensing activities has therefore increased it would be mistaken to say that it is now accepted that any licensing function should be subjected to such safeguards . |
| 12 | But nevertheless , we have to say that it 's so . |
| 13 | I wanted to say that it was not a question of ‘ letting ’ Aunt Louise do anything ; I wanted to say I should like to see anyone trying to stop her from doing anything she had set her heart on . |