Example sentences of "let us say that " in BNC.
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| 1 | And suppose that in a previous existence you had suffered a particularly unfortunate fate — let us say that you met your death in a burning building . |
| 2 | Let us say that in the first place man is a creature responding intelligently or stupidly to his surroundings , much as an animal does . |
| 3 | Let us say that the meaning of a statement is cognitive if and only if there is a certain belief such that one is speaking either insincerely or incorrectly if one makes that statement or assents to it as uttered by another without having that belief . |
| 4 | And let us say that the meaning of a statement is valuational if and only if there is a certain attitude to which it is related just as a cognitive statement is related to a certain belief . |
| 5 | Let us say that this critical level is at point A in Figure 4.3 . |
| 6 | Let us say that it occurs to you that a story in which a husband kills his wife without any apparent motive would be " a marvellous idea " . |
| 7 | Let us say that we have gone to see the Parthenon in particular , reputedly the greatest building ever conceived by man . |
| 8 | Let us say that we get 40 miles per gallon overall , and pay nearly £2 a gallon . |
| 9 | But let us say that this is not the case and you are off on your own . |
| 10 | Let us say that we decide to change the ‘ unit-points ’ allocated to the Basic category of ‘ status ’ in the modules from 8 to 6 , it becomes a simpler matter in the TNF module . |
| 11 | Either , that time was substantially different in those days , let us say that a minute then , would be equivalent to an hour and a half now ; or that somehow Shakespeare had ‘ time on his side ’ . |
| 12 | Let us say that our goal is to find the highest scoring1 interpretation spanning the utterance . |
| 13 | ‘ Let us say that for you , and your beautiful green eyes , ’ he inserted with a sincerity that made her heart stop , ‘ I will think about it . ’ |