Example sentences of "say [conj] it was too " in BNC.

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1 I imagine it might be said that it was too insistent on formal academic instruction , that it took things like examinations very seriously and prided itself on its academic record ; yet in fact the education it gave was surprisingly wide and varied …
2 But he said that it was too early to make firm forecasts about demand .
3 But he said that it was too early to make firm forecasts about demand .
4 ‘ The trial lasted six days and in his summing up , the judge said that it was too difficult to determine the age of the dogs and that he did not believe a breeder would know her own stock — so basically the ‘ coincidence ’ was too strong .
5 Speaking after the election Greiner said that it was too early to assess " why I did n't get it right , and why almost no one in the community got it right " .
6 Richard Erb , Deputy Managing Director of the IMF , said that it was too early to say whether Russia could meet inflation or budget deficit targets for 1992 .
7 On Aug. 21 Nikolai Zhurbenko and Pavel Creanga , the heads of the commission monitoring the Dnestr ceasefire , reported that large numbers of arms had been surrendered and that warring groups had mostly disbanded , although Zhurbenko said that it was too soon for peacekeeping forces to be withdrawn .
8 CORPORATE bankruptcies in Japan rose only 2.7 per cent in January and their resulting debt fell more than 40 per cent from a year ago , but analysts said that it was too soon to say the worst was over .
9 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 .
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