Example sentences of "be [adj] say [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Just occasionally I may be able to say with reasonable confidence that a particular advertisement or campaign is quantifiably better at generating sales than another . |
| 2 | Unfortunately this is a calculation which can be made only very crudely since it is impossible to say with total accuracy ( even though we can make control sample comparisons ) ( a ) which clients would have been institutionalised in the absence of the project , and ( b ) whether they would have been admitted to a long-stay hospital or to residential accommodation . |
| 3 | We are hopeful these figures show the numbers are reducing but it 's hard to say for sure . |
| 4 | In those days — we 're talking 1890 to about 1915 — there were hundreds of different brands and varieties of guitars being made in the United States , but it 's hard to say for sure that any of them were actually distributed in Hawaii — it was kind of off the beaten track . |
| 5 | Ted would sometimes wonder if he had n't made Pete into a kind of surrogate son to fill the hole that Shaun had left … it was impossible to say for sure , and nothing to be ashamed of anyway . |
| 6 | Thus Major was able to say amid Tory cheers : ‘ That help will be additional to the future increase in pensions and other benefits which will take place automatically . |
| 7 | She quivered , then his gaze travelled past her , and she was able to say with quick energy , ‘ Daddy 'll climb right up again , he always does . |
| 8 | He thought Cattini must be in his mid-thirties , though it was difficult to say for sure . |