Example sentences of "say [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What you say during a political campaign is the concrete foundation of it . |
| 2 | In the past , the study of onomatopoeia , and of imitative effects generally , has been vitiated by a tendency to assume that there is a direct evocative connection between a particular sound and a particular reference , say between an /s/ sound and the sighing of the wind or ( here ) the hiss of a steam-engine . |
| 3 | ‘ You see , ’ I overheard her say through the half-closed door , ‘ I told you he could be useful . ’ |
| 4 | Now the police authorities a and the local authorities and the magistrates may be thought to be indulging in special preening , but I do assure Your Lordships that they really are not alone in expressing their anxieties er about the er er er this bill and what it proposes , for example , if I may , I would like to refer to a letter which I received from Justice , chaired by my Noble Friend Lord Alexander of and with his Vice-chairman er er Lord and er they say as an all-party human rights organisation , Justice considers that the composition of police authorities is an important constitutional issue effecting the independence of policing . |
| 5 | Well , that 's good if it 's working well , it 's working well , but here , if you 're here , say for a late afternoon meeting or something , and you 're wondering what these screaming bells are , they 're the night bells , and you can pick them up by picking up your handset and pressing 8 and that is it , and you 're through to the outside world . |
| 6 | We may also consider the value to A and to B of a bet , say for a simple example a 50 per cent chance of £0 and a 50 per cent chance of £1000 . |
| 7 | If you continue working , say for an additional five years , your pension will then be 45 per cent higher than if you had started taking it at the normal age . |
| 8 | Now if our estimates , say for the marginal to consume or the incoming elasticity of demand , right if our estimates are based on a regression in which the real or the underlying marginal propensity to consume or income elasticity demand is varying from plus four to minus two , you know , is our point test generate from , from regression analysis they are going to be completely meaningless . |
| 9 | Police say against the wrong victim , the stun gun could be deadly . |
| 10 | One must be a little careful with the word ‘ translation ’ here : it is fairly innocuous in the present context of WALK , translated into the string of sub-functions , but much less so in the earlier use of the relation of a program in LISP , say into a lower-level program in machine code . |
| 11 | We 're there for , to give the help and advice that people need on the day to day living , er because a person with say with a respiratory illness , er would need a lot of benefits er they , their lifestyle has to change , and often their home and adaptation has to change with , around it . |
| 12 | Experts say with the right help , the problems are easy to overcome ; both mother and child benefit . |
| 13 | She 'll go and talk to people , sort things out for herself , say with the Social or something . |
| 14 | With His Spirit we are enabled to praise God and say with the heavenly host , ‘ Glory to God in highest heaven ’ . |
| 15 | With his Spirit we are enabled to praise God and say with the heavenly host , ‘ Glory to God in highest heaven . ’ |
| 16 | If this file is fully inverted , the resultant file will contain as many records as there are unique descriptor values — say V. The inverted file will be made up of variable-length records . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , if a good sleep is imperative , say before an important meeting , then a short-acting hypnotic might be helpful ( it needs to be short-acting or its effects might last into the next waking period ) . |
| 18 | Once upon a time , say until the late 1960s , advertising and public relations were skills that called for good writing ability , a flair for commerce , art talents , a large degree of personal charm and verbal fluency , and a sociable nature . |
| 19 | But let's have a look , as they say in a certain quiz show , at what he turned down . |
| 20 | It is possible to provide motivation and to see that students are actively involved , say in a practical exercise during which they receive feedback as to their progress . |
| 21 | What it is le let's just sort of get things , as I say in a new build situation if you were having a new house built |
| 22 | Say in a locked room with no witnesses . |
| 23 | They heard her say in a bright voice : ‘ Good morning , James . |
| 24 | each the same sort of components , the same components are each colour say in a red individual they 'd all be pinky red colours and in a blue individual they 'd all be a blue colour |
| 25 | Say in a five-seat district 100 votes are cast : Blue 38 , Red 32 , White 17 , Green 13 . |
| 26 | Strangle the fury and say in a sweet , gentle voice : ‘ Thank you very much for ringing me . ’ |
| 27 | The corporation was allowed no say in an authoritative international arena in its own demise . |
| 28 | ‘ I could run a club like this , ’ they say in an expansive sort of way , leaning back as they enunciate every word ever so carefully . |
| 29 | The opposition , a diverse and mostly respectable group of people who have been clamouring for a bit of say in the new Kuwait , did not get even a token position . |
| 30 | Parker developed a formula that gave the employees and local community a substantial say in the new company , with 47% of the equity going to employees , and 6% to local banks , churches and interested parties . |