Example sentences of "can say [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In more senses than one we can say with the Creed , ‘ I believe in the Holy Spirit , the Lord , the Lifegiver . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I can say without a shadow of a doubt that he was one of the most popular people in the club , very straight and down the middle . ’ |
| 3 | In the sense of working together on common tasks partnership is a banal truism — of course both central and local government are involved in education , housing , transport , social services etc. but having said that there is little else one can say under the umbrella of partnership . |
| 4 | All one can say about the legend of Mu is that it was invented recently and has no scientific backing whatsoever . |
| 5 | Recent criticism has become increasingly interested in the institutions which seek to impose controls on what we can say about the Renaissance . |
| 6 | All I can say about the cuntona incident is why is he still walking ? |
| 7 | The best that I can say for a personality explanation is that it prevents executives from thinking about changing their behaviour , because it understandably makes little sense for them to undergo some kind of therapy . |
| 8 | ‘ Which is more than I can say for the rest of this wretched world . ’ |
| 9 | For example , one can say of a brain process that it occupies a particular point in space or that it can be displayed on an oscilloscope screen ; whereas neither of these things could be said of , for example , the subjective sensation of the colour blue or of the thought that I hate Monday mornings . |
| 10 | Perhaps the most that one can say of the bureaucracy is that it is a force for inertia in public spending since , once created , agencies programmes and projects are very difficult to dismantle . |
| 11 | THE WORST THINGS YOU CAN SAY TO A HAIRDRESSER |
| 12 | You can say to the secretary . |
| 13 | Probably if you 're having a new home built or something like that you may not have to recourse to those because while you 're having , you 're having your home built you can say to the electrician , alright I want X number of power points here . |
| 14 | can say to the individual , This training course is gon na help you do your job better in this , this |
| 15 | Well , what I think Chair , all , all that you can say to the Policy Panel then is , they take their recommendation on |
| 16 | without protest from a parent , without a protest from a hunter without a protest from er a anyone else , that is a shame , because I tell you what , if you go drag hunting , you can keep the jobs the people are still going to have to shoe the horses traders and people like that are still going to have to produce the carriages to take the horses with them and the only people job jobs are in jeopardy are not the kennel staff it 's the terrier men and to be quite honest , ladies and gentlemen , it 's the terrier men who have actually ruined your sport , cos of what they get up to in nineteen ninety three is a disgust and at the end of the day your P R has been absolutely wrong and I hope this afternoon that Conservatives and Liberals can join with us and I 've got to thank a certain Liberal because he 's he 's put his head on the block on several occasions on this when we stood on the platform as individuals , not as politicians , as individuals on this and I think that this afternoon we 've got a way forward , we can say to the hunt , come and talk you change , we 'll give you access . |
| 17 | I can say to the governor that you misunderstood the order and tried to defend yourself . |
| 18 | Iago 's exploitation of trust enables him to make Othello kill Desdemona : all that Othello can say at the end is , ‘ Will you , I pray , demand that demi-devil/Why he hath thus ensnared my soul and body ? ’ |
| 19 | All I can say at the moment is not less than about six hours , not more than a couple of days . " |