Example sentences of "say of the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , features er a female university lecturer who 's who says of the Victorian novel that it comes out right by marriage , er either marriage , legacy , or I ca n't remember what the other one was , there were three categories . |
| 2 | Bede says of the episcopal authority of Bishop Wilfrid in the reign of Oswiu that it embraced Northumbrians and Picts as far as the power of Oswiu extended ( HE III , 3 ) , and the Life of Wilfrid that in the reign of Ecgfrith it widened still further so that Wilfrid was bishop of the Saxons ( that is , the Northumbrians ) in the south and the Britons , Scots and Picts in the north ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 21 ) . |
| 3 | ( Gabriella 's family would retain close links with Iran ; her brother Vittrio Emanuele represented Bell helicopters and other companies in the says of the great boom ) . |
| 4 | ‘ There 's a lot of method here ; it 's not as arbitrary as it seems , ’ David says of the heady mixture of pattern and texture . |
| 5 | Lienhardt says of the similar Dinka way of conceptualising ‘ self ’ : ‘ Thus in the use of bodily imagery , the Dinka ( and probably other African peoples ) , and one of the most reformist of modern English philosophers , come together — the Dinka never having been entangled in the ‘ entities and quidities ’ of European metaphysics , the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy in Oxford having determined to get rid of them . ’ |
| 6 | Writing with hindsight , one expert on French space policy says of the French Diamant and the ELDO — Europa rocket experiments of the 1960s and early 1970s : Judged in terms of their operational capacity , the results were nonexistent . ’ |
| 7 | If what Tillich says of the Buddhist concept of compassion were taken to apply also to the Hindu concept of compassion , then his assessment is equally inaccurate in that context . |
| 8 | They hired him after research proved he was more popular than Rik Mayall and Rowan Atkinson among the young drinkers they were targeting He 's already appeared in US adverts for Shell Oil , Ford and Coors beer , but says of the Red Rock series : ‘ This is a different kind of thing because it 's comedy and fun . |
| 9 | The worst that can be said of the new minister is that he " undoubtedly possessed a definite political programme , but he was too cautious and too indecisive to carry it out " . |
| 10 | Again , it 's hard to describe the tones , but imagine this treble pickup as a cross between a Strat and a Les Paul and you 're getting the idea , and the same could probably be said of the front humbucker . |
| 11 | Also in 1935 , the men were given permission to mark cards for the Ladies , but nothing is said of the reverse procedure . |
| 12 | True , Dr Clarke might well reply , but the Treatise was an attempt to resolve theoretically an urgent political problem : the same could not plausibly be said of the General Theory . |
| 13 | This can not be said of the colourful house , which turns out to be as likeable as its architect . |
| 14 | It is often said of the Prime Minister that he retains all the instincts and skills which were politically honed during his time in the Whips ' Office . |
| 15 | Much the same can be said of the widespread use of ‘ suggestion schemes ’ , which although not compulsory are so widespread that employees feel obliged to participate in them . |
| 16 | It is a pity that the same could not have been said of the United Company of Undertakers and the Worshipful Company of Upholders . |
| 17 | This can not be said of the relational algebra and it is more ‘ user friendly ’ than a straight relational calculus language such as QUEL or SCL . |
| 18 | Unfortunately the same could not be said of the bad weather ruling which reared its ugly head too often . |
| 19 | That could not be said of the Cuban missile crisis which could be seen as President Kennedy 's determination to uphold the Monroe doctrine . |
| 20 | If the same could be said of the English army ( with this difference , that the nobility was totally committed to Henry V , who had complete control over it ) matters were to change under the rule of the duke of Bedford , acting in the name of the young Henry VI . |
| 21 | As McFarlane so aptly and untruthfully said of the Saudi contribution , ‘ the concrete character of that is beyond my ken . ’ |
| 22 | Hankin said of the young midfielder , who can also play in defence : ‘ It is a big opportunity for the lad in front of a crowd of 13,000 or 14,000 . |
| 23 | Mr Jan Sekera , director of Prague 's Stredoceska Galerie , one of the city 's leading contemporary galleries , said of the new tax law , ‘ I 'm afraid that there will be no great movement as the relief is limited to only two per cent . |
| 24 | James Sandoe , a fine American critic of crime fiction , once said of the typical private-eye that , although there was no specific reason for it , somehow he always had to have a shabby office with " shabby restaurant nearby serving leaden eggs and greasy bacon " . |
| 25 | ‘ I think she is going to be a real danger this year , ’ she said of the talented Russian . |
| 26 | Suter chairman David Abell said of the Chemoxy operation : ‘ The skills of its management and flexibility in adapting to difficult market circumstances have enabled it to seize opportunities . ’ |
| 27 | He said of the Nicaraguan literacy campaign : ‘ literacy only has meaning in a society undergoing revolutionary change ’ . |
| 28 | They said of The Old School House : ‘ The food is refreshingly simple in concept , but is cooked with originality and flair . ’ |
| 29 | Johnson said of the royal burgh of Nairn , ‘ If once it flourished , [ it ] is now in a state of miserable decay . ’ |
| 30 | He said of the American stylist : ‘ I 'm not interested in him . |