Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] say [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think , I mean , it 's probably to say as we are ourselves struggling , for example with the issue of general welcoming . |
| 2 | Erm I know it 's easier said than done sometimes but er it has to be your decision because even if you went ahead and were confirmed , we were tal talking about the idea of sometimes parents bring pressure on them on you to go ahead and do it and be confirmed , erm when perhaps you 're not do n't feel ready for it and it takes a lot of courage to stand up and say No I 'm not ready . |
| 3 | It 's easier said than done , but I would if I could go back over it again . |
| 4 | Yes it 's easier said than done |
| 5 | ‘ I know it 's easier said than done , but if Liverpool can get one or two more players , I think we 'll be right up there . |
| 6 | Oh that 's what you told me , I know , but it 's easier said than done , in n it ? |
| 7 | Now then part of it is they ask me You do n't have to , but they ask me to ask people to sign erm to say It 's just to say that you do n't mind your conversation being used . |
| 8 | It 's just to say that I 'm going to Norwich for a couple of hours to buy some materials . |
| 9 | It 's just to say that it 's not going up as much as they thought . |
| 10 | It 's always said that Oppositions rarely win elections , Governments lose them . |
| 11 | In fact it 's sometimes said that it 's one of the very great privileges of the public is that they can , by dint of writing something , and putting it in an envelope with a stamp on it , get it to arrive on an editor 's desk , and have the editor at least give a cursory glance if not a more serious glance at what 's going on , so it 's a privilege and it 's an opportunity in that case . |
| 12 | He 'd walk me home from school and it 's often said that he carried my ballet shoes , which sounds kind of romantic , but he actually did sometimes , if I was carrying a whole load of things . |
| 13 | See so it 's just by learning the pattern it 's like say if you were you were playing football every time somebody every time the ball came towards you you had to learn all about the way the ball goes Oh it 's you know it 's slowing down cos the grass is wet and it 's curling and things like that . |
| 14 | It 's project engineering Roger but it 's actually saying that the project manager needs to be trained to ferret out certain information . |
| 15 | This is not to say that PGCE ( and in-service ) tutors do not attempt to develop ‘ professional ’ rather than ‘ craftsman ’ knowledge and attitudes , it is rather to say that the professional knowledge is built on shaky foundations . |
| 16 | It is normally said that as one goes further up this ascent of languages , the code becomes progressively more like a natural language such as English . |
| 17 | Yet it is normally said that it is a breach of an agent 's duty to act for competing principals . |
| 18 | Although it is repeatedly said that at common law a man must keep his fire ‘ at his peril , ’ research shows that we can not be sure that at any period in the history of the common law a man was absolutely liable for the escape of his fire . |
| 19 | Now it is frequently said that the development of skilled movement ‘ lags ’ a long way behind that of skilled perception , and in one sense this is certainly true : young babies have excellent visual acuity as revealed by their behavioural discrimination of , and neural responsivity , to gratings and chequerboards — but we do n't see them playing darts ! |
| 20 | It is frequently said that you can make statistics say what you want them to say . |
| 21 | It is frequently said that most herbs do best if they are growing in well-drained soil , somewhat short of plant food , and in a position which is sunny and sheltered . |
| 22 | It is frequently said that the question of absurdity can not influence a decision in any type of case except the one just stated . |
| 23 | On a second or subsequent marriage it is frequently said that a wedding speech should make no reference to previous spouses , nor children of earlier marriages unless they are junior pages and need to be acknowledged and welcomed , or even the fact that either party has been married before . |
| 24 | It is frequently said that like changes have not been seen since the invention of the printed book but a good argument can be made for comparing the IT revolution with the invention of writing itself . |
| 25 | It is also said that he leaves the defence undermanned , but neither charge was proved on Saturday as Barcelona rode adversity in an absorbing match that emphasised , as one knew it would , how hurried and imprecise so much of the British game has become and how necessary it is that we cherish such exceptions as Liverpool , Norwich and Nottingham Forest if the art is not essentially to be driven out . |
| 26 | It is also said that Hinduism believes in an impersonal rather than a personal Deity . |
| 27 | It is also said that the Vikings introduced the finchback characteristic to Normandy in the ninth or tenth century and , according to a detailed history of the Gloucester breed by Adam Stout , there could be a common ancestry with the finchbacked Longhorn of Lancashire through Scandinavian cattle brought to Shetland , Ireland and Lancashire by the Vikings . |
| 28 | It is also said that Moorcroft was shocked to find that his co-professor was wholly ignorant of all veterinary matters ; yet Moorcroft and Coleman had negotiated the terms of their joint appointment , and it is inconceivable that Moorcroft could have remained unaware of his future colleague 's lack of veterinary knowledge . |
| 29 | It is also said that in times when Russia has need of strength in battle , these horses will awake their masters and carry them to where they are needed . |
| 30 | It is also said that girls are more verbally adept and can express complex concepts more readily than boys . |