Example sentences of "be say [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing more had been said on that subject . |
| 2 | Rather a lot has been said in this chapter about the minor details of lava flows . |
| 3 | ( But note that , despite what has been said in this paragraph concerning the administration of funds , the fact that there was less political pay in the fourth century also helped to dilute the democracy . ) |
| 4 | Enough has been said in this paragraph to indicate that the justification of telescopic observations was no simple , straightforward matter . |
| 5 | M. Dupont went on : ‘ Many things of interest have been said in this house over the past days . |
| 6 | Like the previous speakers I greatly welcome the concessions er proposed by the Government er in the police aspect of the Bill , although I c ca n't refrain from commenting that I simply can not understand why they were surprised at the reaction to their original proposal , given what had already been said in this House and by everybody that they consulted , but welcome though these concessions are , er I myself find them falling short of the ideal in three respects . |
| 7 | What has been said in this section concerns consciousness itself , and hence , as remarked above , does not concern all of our mental life . |
| 8 | He went on to deny that they had amy political ends other than an end to discrimination : ‘ It has been said against this movement that its purpose is to unite Ireland and to unite the working class … |
| 9 | What I think we 're saying on this side of the house , I do n't know if we 're saying it loud enough or it 's going to have effect , is that we must reduce the number of rules and regulations , you do n't actually need the body which the honourable member 's talking about . |
| 10 | Gradually , each successive shot brings us closer to the action and eventually to the actions of individuals , allowing us to see their expressions and hear whatever it is they are saying to each other . |
| 11 | So when you compare what the politicians are saying in this election , ask yourself these questions . |
| 12 | In his paper , Beveridge repeated what he had been saying for some time , namely , that there was no general breakdown of the labour-market , instead there was an overstocking of individual trades which was due to ‘ inadequate labour information and local hindrances to labour mobility ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ It only proves what I have been saying for some time that this was nothing more than an arranged marriage . |
| 14 | Colleagues in local government have been saying for some time that the Government have said that , at some point , the revenue collection services in local authorities would be privatised and would go out to tender . |
| 15 | Well of course I 've been saying for some time now , for some time , and I want to underline that , and I hope the government are listening that we 've had twenty thousand troops on our streets , we 've twelve thousand armed policemen on our streets , we have the strictest security laws in Western Europe , and none of these things have solved our problem . |
| 16 | I think I 'm making my point , I have been saying for some time now that given the fact that all that security has n't produced the results , the logic of that is dialogue , and when I see the opportunity as I saw it , of dialogue , direct dialogue with Mr Addams that could lead to a total cessation of this violence , I felt it was my duty to do so . |
| 17 | There was no more to be said on that subject . |
| 18 | More will be said on that point later . |
| 19 | " Gentlemen , " interrupted the Collector , " it 's clear that the difference between you is a deeply felt and scientific one which none of us here are qualified for adjudicating To an impartial observer it seems that there 's something to be said on either side … |
| 20 | The er the er it has to be said on this side I suspect that the brevity of that speech was quite welcome , only because er I think er a number of us were n't altogether sure how how much time we would , we would get in this er debate after the front bench speaks , speeches . |
| 21 | The most that can be said with any certainty is that the revolt was led by two families who were to play a great part in the next generation of Aquitainian politics , two families with whom Richard was to become very familiar : the house of Lusignan and the house of Angoulême . |
| 22 | However , it could not be said with any certainty that because Mr. Wright had backed out , the dealer had sold one car less . |
| 23 | This could be said with some emphasis of Chatterton , but not of Eliot himself , who moreover survived , who grew to be famous , who did not kill himself , though he was to wonder how one might set about dying . |
| 24 | It should be said at this stage that the case for regulation in any situation is weakened to the extent that the institutions which will themselves be involved are imperfect . |
| 25 | Once the connection is made ( and it must be said at this point that the parallel connection is far and away the faster of the two possibles ) a program rejoicing in the highly descriptive name of ‘ FX ’ must be run at either end of the link . |
| 26 | ‘ More than can be said for that bastard Trentham . ’ |
| 27 | There are improvements that can be made but that 's to be said for all animal husbandry systems , from pets , to guide dogs for the blind , and every other every other type of system . |
| 28 | Would that the same could be said for another competition that takes place at this time of the year — England 's County Championship finals . |
| 29 | One thing that can be said for this type of control is that you only need a minimum of movement in the pot to switch between crunch and scream . |
| 30 | There is much to be said for this explanation . |