Example sentences of "say it [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some time it has had career breaks to help women ( and occasionally men ) with family needs and he says it has been successful . |
| 2 | Despite anecdotal reports of serious bugs in Microsoft Corp 's new MS-DOS 6.0 , PC Week Labs says it has been unable to reproduce in a controlled laboratory environment any of the data-threatening errors specifically attributed to MS-DOS 6.0 or its DoubleSpace component , adding that it believes that many of the reported data-destroying errors can be attributed to the sudden introduction of SMARTDRV , the MS-DOS and Windows cache program , onto previously uncached systems — SMARTDRV caches disk writes , and any sudden power-down can cause unrecoverable file and disk errors — but be that as it may , Microsoft is taking the reports of data loss sufficiently seriously that it has pledged to do whatever it takes to track down and purge any serious flaws , although it has found none , and InfoWorld reported it found several problems , including one in the DoubleSpace data compression — but Microsoft said two of its engineers looked into but could not replicate the problems InfoWorld saw . |
| 3 | Following the earlier reduction of similar size Amdahl says it has been able to restructure or consolidate a number of operations and the new cuts represent a further streamlining . |
| 4 | The company says it has been able to generate high levels of repeat income from long term contracts in the financial services area and is keen to collaborate with other suppliers to expand its service and product range . |
| 5 | Following the earlier reduction of similar size Amdahl says it has been able to restructure or consolidate a number of operations and the new cuts represent a further streamlining . |
| 6 | Labour MP Terry Lewis , who sponsored the Bill , says it 's been successful in New South Wales , Australia , where alcohol related accidents have dropped by a third . |
| 7 | Severn Trent says it 's been aware of the problem , but the money was never available to carry out the upgrading . |
| 8 | She admired his courage in clouting the skinhead but he spoilt it by saying it had been instinctive and now he wished he had n't . |
| 9 | I 'm not saying it has been easy . |
| 10 | Police in Cambridge said that the explosion was minor , adding : ‘ To say it exploded is correct but putting it strongly — it apparently fizzed . ’ |
| 11 | Today I 'm glad to say it 's been dry and we 've even seen the sun . |
| 12 | While S & N has announced itself ‘ perfectly happy ’ with the way things have gone since the switch and said it had been successful , some observers are convinced that operating costs have increased substantially and cite political rather than cost or environmental reasons behind the decision . |
| 13 | He said it had been vital to keep Operation Beehive secret from the Soviets and the Yugoslavs , so many people within V Corps had not known about it . |
| 14 | They said it had been captive but had escaped . ’ |
| 15 | A week before the wedding the sickness stopped and my mother said it had been psychological , she said that ‘ deep down inside ’ — I 'm quoting her-I longed for marriage and once I knew I was really going to get married I stopped worrying . ’ |
| 16 | It said it had been unable to establish with sufficient certainty which of the inconsistent statements made by Mr Clark was not true . |
| 17 | Little over FFr 250,000 sold , and some dealers said it had been difficult to get collectors to concentrate on highly priced items , let along sign cheques , in the crowded conditions of the George V basement . |
| 18 | Stockton vet Jackie Paterson , who clambered into the drain and injected the foal with sedatives , said it had been petrified when she had gone down . |
| 19 | I wo n't say it 's been perfect , it can never be perfect . |