Example sentences of "say [conj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You all say that but the truth is , the theory and the practice are worlds apart . |
| 2 | Elean : Some people say that since the Namibian independence agreement and the lessening of Botha 's power in the government the situation in South Africa has gotten better ; that there are renewed hopes for an amicable settlement with the liberation forces . |
| 3 | They say that before the first human was born the seven celestial sisters — the Nymphs of the Pleiades — using their sarongs as wings , used to descend to a sacred pool in Bali to bathe naked in the waters of the world . |
| 4 | And every residential social worker knows that I am not exaggerating when I say that after a death has occurred — often alone or with one of us holding the dying resident 's hand — the family will descend like vultures , demanding a complete inventory of all their belongings , ransacking their personal clothes for valuables , and insisting on receiving all that is left of the petty cash . |
| 5 | They say that after the age of thirty , or marriage , whichever comes first , one can write no more poetry . |
| 6 | ‘ And they say that after the Conablaiche would come the Lad of the Skins , ’ said the soldier , and a sudden silence fell , because everyone knew about the Lad of the Skins and the Knife of Light , and how , if you fell into the Lad 's clutches , he would take your soul and you would be thrown for ever into the Prison of Hostages . |
| 7 | The country 's nuclear lobby has argued that alternative energy sources are either not available or too expensive and Semenyuk told a parliamentary debate on the government 's economic reform programme that : " Experts say that after the introduction of safety measures the plant is among the safest , and not only in Ukraine . " |
| 8 | I think that , more , not sort of say a general question like that , but say that after the collection has happened that you want returns for the number of people in Oxford that have benefited from the number of groups in Oxford that have benefited . |
| 9 | Some people say that once the car is adjusted I should alternate between leaded and unleaded petrol ? |
| 10 | They say that as the meeting was drawing to its conclusion , everyone was waiting for a certain person to utter a few graceful words by way of a thank-you to the summit host , Mr Mitterrand . |
| 11 | ‘ I say that because the true liberation of women will never come about until proper respect and value is placed upon their role as nurturers . ’ |
| 12 | They say that because the chalk 's porous , dangerous chemicals could seep into groundwater below . |
| 13 | The old zeks say that if a man has a nightmare then he should not be disturbed because the awakened life of the camps is more awful than the pain of any dream . |
| 14 | Er you get , sa instructor and they say that if a training course which is gon na start at half past eight on February the tenth , erm yeah well that 's what we got ta do then you got ta start looking to the planning towards have n't you ? |
| 15 | But Hull also say that if the pair decide to change codes it will be for realistic sums of money . |
| 16 | Industry watchers say that if the SQL Access Group survives and successfully markets completed specifications by the summer , then the two products can co-exist . |
| 17 | Yet many bakers say that if the yeast is not left to develop , the resulting bread has a lot less flavour and structure . |
| 18 | But hotels and garages along the route say that if the bridge is n't repaired soon , many of them will go out of business . |
| 19 | Trade unionists say that if the allegations are true , it 's an alarming situation . |
| 20 | The fire service say that if the attacks continue sooner or later someone will be killed or seriously injured . |
| 21 | Yes , but your normal sale of goods rights , John , say that if the vehicle is n't in reasonable condition , bearing in mind it 's age , previous history , price paid , then you have a claim under the Sale of Goods Act , so where are you taking us beyond that ? |
| 22 | You then say that when the hotelier went to wake up everyone for breakfast he had a big surprise , for in one bed was all the kings , in another was all the queens , in another all the aces and in the other all the jacks . |
| 23 | They say that when the decision was made to transfer the spinal unit at Harlow Wood to Nottingham 's Queens Medical Centre about a third of the hospital 's work was removed and no new contracts were negotiated to fill the gap . |
| 24 | The reason why the Opposition do not like Question Time and try to drown my right hon. Friend out is that they know that we are right in everything that we say and that the country will not support them on their policies . |
| 25 | Basically erm I agree with what you say but that the County Council itself of course is a landowner of erm some quite attractive erm areas of land that could be used for below cost housing , but the problem in the past has been that they always had to sell erm at the market price . |
| 26 | Mahmoud Talhouni says that since the last elections , television and communications have increased the electorate 's awareness . |
| 27 | Second , although there is no reason to expect any model to be other than linear and additive , there is an argument , presented by Flowerdew ( 1988 ) , which says that since the response variable compromises count data , the appropriate regression model should combine a Poisson error distribution with an identity link function ( see Aitkin et al. 1989 ; 217 ) . |
| 28 | The AA says that since the law about 85 to 95 per cent of people are wearing seat-belts . |
| 29 | Labour MP Peter says that since the bill contains measures to help the battered insurance forty four Tory MPs who stand to gain should n't be allowed to vote . |
| 30 | The company 's spokesman , Paddy Carson — a verbose Irishman with an impressive lay command of environmental issues — says that since the row over Probe 's involvement , Loblaws has been deluged with letters of support from concerned consumers . |