Example sentences of "say [conj] it [was/were] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she says that it was not necessarily an easy step to take , her community was behind her , and the reactions she has had from friends and teachers have convinced her that the step she took was an important one , challenging stereotypes in the West about what it means to be a Muslim girl , and bringing her a great sense of identity and of no longer being at odds with herself . |
| 2 | The mother says that it was not a wrongful removal and that , even if it was , she has a defence under article 13 in that there is a grave risk that the return of the child would expose him to physical or psychological harm or otherwise place him in an intolerable situation . |
| 3 | Like Cobbett , many suffragettes would have said that it was not so much the vote for its own sake that they sought as the improvements in the status and conditions of women which they believe would be achieved as the result of women 's enfranchisement . |
| 4 | As the Court of Appeal put it : ‘ Somebody was not telling the truth and it could not be said that it was not a relevant matter for the jury to be told that one man had been dishonest in the past . ’ |
| 5 | Then she remembered that her therapist had said something about that , had said that it was not for Camille that Scarlet grieved in expectation but for herself and her own pain , implying by her tone that it was really most foolish . |
| 6 | Though I thought the above observation worthy of a mini-publication , it might be said that it was not all that surprising . |
| 7 | Earlier , in June , the Finance Minister , Theodor Stolojan had said that it was not possible suddenly to remove controls on prices without creating an inflationary spiral in the ensuing price-wage explosion , although he agreed that the current pricing mechanism distorted prices and adversely affected supply and demand . |
| 8 | One night , long after the senator had chartered Wavebreaker , I had defended him to Ellen , saying that it was not Crowninshield 's fault that he had been born to wealthy parents , and that he had used his wealth well . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sure my husband wo n't mind me saying that it was not his wealth which made us all respect him — although I 've heard my husband say many a time that the wealth of Mr D'Arcy of Moss Side by Manchester was of an enormity to make the sultans and pashas of the East take note — but it was not for that , not at all , that we , all of us who knew of him … ’ |
| 10 | Listening to the hon. Member for Islington , South and Finsbury ( Mr. Smith ) saying that it was not the Government who had thought of the citizens charter but Mr. Herbert Morrison reminded me that old habits die hard — in particular , the old habit , much beloved of socialist Governments everywhere , of rewriting history . |
| 11 | LORD JUSTICE DILLON said that it was not in doubt that if the copy was privileged in relation to the employee 's then claims because obtained for the purpose of advice in relation to those claims , it retained its privileged condition in respect of the subsequent claims now being advanced by the bank : Pearce v Foster ( 1885 ) 15 QBD 114 . |
| 12 | Mr Chope said that it was not appropriate to discuss Westminster security , but the agency already contracted out most building work , including work with a high security content for the Defence Ministry . |
| 13 | The Court said that it was not easy to see in the circumstances what other inquiries Savory Milln could have made . |
| 14 | In its reply , in a memorandum to HM Treasury , the Institute said that it was not convinced that the proposals were needed . |
| 15 | However , having considered the arguments , Lord Bingham said that it was not a subject that lent itself to absolute rules . |
| 16 | Most recently , the Cadbury Committee said that it was not persuaded by those who called for such a limitation . |
| 17 | While appreciating the situation , he said that it was not altogether surprising considering the tragic circumstances . |
| 18 | The Japanese Ministry of Education 's National Institute of Fusion Science says that its NEC Corp SX-3 Model 24 supercomputer successfully fulfilled all the requirements specified in the initial contract bid : the contract was concluded last June , and was the subject of a challenge by Cray Research Inc late last year , and Cray was permitted to observe the operation of the new computer ; according to the Nikkei Industrial News , Cray complained that it was unable to obtain sufficient data on hardware issues such as NEC magneto-optical installed with the SX-3 , which NEC claims are the fastest in the world , and on the ultra high-speed HIPPI channel linked to them ; on the software side , Cray said that it was not able to obtain information on the efficiency of the automatic parallelising function ; for its part , NEC announced simply that the supercomputer was in full operation . |
| 19 | At the beginning of the hearing the committee chairman , Sir Herbert Duthie , said that it was not a trial of alternative medicine or of the provocation-neutralisation test . |
| 20 | The policewoman shot her a look which said that it was not for her to say so , even if she , herself , had been thinking it . |
| 21 | The county court said that it was not , this interpretation being opposite to that reached by a different county court . |
| 22 | ‘ Your friend Kafka — I 'd have lobotomized him , speaking personally — he said that it was not only Budapest but the whole world that was tragic . |
| 23 | The Government complained about the cost and said that it was not a matter for them or that matters were not that bad . |
| 24 | On May 15 the Kurdistan Front said that it was not possible at present to issue a list allowing Turkoman inhabitants of the region to elect candidates but that " at the first available opportunity " Turkoman candidates would be elected to the National Assembly . |
| 25 | Over 50 people were killed in unrest across the country in the period Aug. 2-4 , although police said that it was not clear whether all the deaths were related to the strike . |
| 26 | The court said that it was not intended in Seymour to cast doubt on Venna which had used the Cunningham definition ( but was pre-Caldwell ) , and Venna was approved in DPP v Majewski [ 1977 ] AC 443 and seemingly by Lord Diplock himself in Caldwell . |
| 27 | The lawyer said that it was not possible to say that the young people had suffered any permanent effects as a result of their experience . |
| 28 | LORD Justice Clerk Ross , delivering the opinion of the court , said that it was not disputed that there was sufficient evidence if the jury accepted it to establish that the appellant Low ( the first appellant ) was guilty of charge 3 , the murder charge , on the basis of his own actings . |
| 29 | Robin McKendrick , president of the Scottish Office branch of NUCPS , said that it was not until security staff had taken the package from the Engineering , Water and Waste Directorate in Perth Street to offices in James Craig Walk that police and a bomb disposal team were called . |
| 30 | Johnny returned after lunch with his knee bandaged up but the hospital said that it was not really too serious but this meant that he was unable to take part in the afternoon 's activities . |