Example sentences of "one [vb mod] say [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wittgenstein says : ‘ Instead of ‘ I know it ’ one may say in some cases ‘ That 's how it is — rely upon it ’ . ’ |
| 2 | His orcs use a kind of gunpowder at Helm 's Deep ( II , 142 ) ; thirty pages later the Ents meet at Isengard , or ‘ Irontown ’ , a kind of napalm — perhaps one should say with closer reference to Tolkien 's own experience , a Flammenwerfer . |
| 3 | Moreover , it is one of the founding presuppositions of sociology , one might say of social science more generally , that individuals are related to each other rather than isolated . |
| 4 | One might say with little exaggeration that in this view the progress of science made philosophy redundant , except as a sort of intellectual laboratory assistant to the scientist . |
| 5 | And one might one might say in six , erm perhaps not avoid but minimize the best and most versatile land in accordance with the provisions of P P G seven . |
| 6 | the flat in , in London , the flat we came from and so we had accumulated a little more furniture than one would usually have in two rooms and the kitchen and we got here and were allowed to spread ourselves , if there 's one criticism that one could say about this house , is that the size of the rooms confines you to what you put in them , they 're square , that the , the division between the living room and the dining room is through a pair of glass doors , where perhaps that could of been arranged with either sliding doors or some other feature so as not to separate it yet again into two square boxes and erm |
| 7 | No one could say for sure if Robert of Gloucester would support Stephen , or if he would remain in Normandy to throw the considerable weight of his position , wealth and experience behind his half-sister . |
| 8 | In practice if there are beneficiaries who are capable of being consulted , it 's likely that one will say to those beneficiaries Right we need to raise some money , there 's only the shares to do it with , we 're proposing to sell them do you agree with that or would you prefer to have the shares and gives us some money ? |
| 9 | In summary , one can say beyond reasonable doubt that if one were asked to choose which of Slade 's apprentices is most likely to have made the harpsichord on which Handel rests his elbow , the evidence weighs very heavily in favour of William Smith . |
| 10 | The kindest thing one can say of this is that , one day , we may come round to liking it . |
| 11 | All one can say with any certainty is that the Pounds ( and probably the Yeatses also ) paid at least two visits to Sicily in these years , and that on at least one occasion — probably on more than one — they stayed there for some weeks , if not months . |
| 12 | You know I mean you er er it 's al I , I think the same would happen if you put a five note in inside it would get thrown out with the rubbish but erm the thing is that obviously some , some early day , if one can say in inverted commas early day publicity erm from the Northumberland side of things could a and I mean my view when , when Ros was telling me what happened at the last meeting erm was that was gon na be acting as an icebreaker as opposed waiting till the last minute somebody 's gon na and they think erm as it were , a and build up from , from that because there 's obviously gon na be one or two other things coming directly from national level . |