Example sentences of "not be [adj] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | But how sad that she had not been able to say that to the one person who really longed to hear it . |
| 2 | Counsel in support of the application this morning has not been able to say that that claim or allegation has been abandoned . |
| 3 | If I want to talk personally with my father about something and am admitted to him , he talks for an hour about something or other and then the time of the talk is over and I have not been able to say what I had wanted to say . |
| 4 | However the picture is not absolutely clear , as will be obvious from Figure 6.8 , since some of the ellipses are rather large and some overlap : without additional information it would not be possible to say which of the pair ( or more ) of overlapping quarries was the true source . |
| 5 | It will not be possible to say whether validation has been effective in ensuring that the Council 's courses are truly fulfilling their aims until the first graduates start entering industry but we have already started to review the operation of the validation process . |
| 6 | The approach taken in the Act can lead to difficulties because , in many cases of works produced with the aid of a computer , it will not be possible to say with any certainty whether the work has a human author . |
| 7 | There are things about irony which it may not be possible to say ironically ; so an ironic essay on irony will fail to address such issues . |
| 8 | It is exceptionally difficult to make predictions about the effect of the DR-shift with any accuracy ; and it is a matter of concern to the University that even when the shift has been completed it will not be possible to say ( either at this University or , probably , at any other university ) how much is being recovered as additional direct costs . |
| 9 | The usual instruction was to ‘ provide what is customary ’ , though this attitude led to extreme financial hardship for the poorer classes , though it would not be unreasonable to say that it was they who helped to perpetuate the meaningless and elaborate ritual well into the early decades of the twentieth century . |
| 10 | It would not be unkind to say this movie revels in despair . |
| 11 | And so it would not be right to say that we 're not looking after the local element of the population . |
| 12 | Continuing that theme , would it not be right to say though that Plato only gave to come back into human form to those people such as philosophers and that most other people would come back as some other form . |
| 13 | Dent Town is really no more than a village , although it may not be prudent to say so in the hearing of the residents . |
| 14 | We may not be able to say no to those people ourselves , because we imagine that they are as susceptible and sensitive to rejection as we are . |
| 15 | IT IS probable that , unless your particular county was involved , you will not be able to say which county won the Refuge Assurance League of 1988 or 1990 , to take two years at random . |
| 16 | They shall not be able to say it . |
| 17 | For example , a defendant will presumably not be able to say that he injured the complainant intending to have sexual intercourse with her but she then consented . |
| 18 | The teapot , milk jug , sugar basin and tongs will require cleaning with Goddard 's powder before midday , so that all will be proper , and the visitors will not be able to say that this house is a slum inside , even if there is one outside . ’ |
| 19 | Socio-economic status is one such property where we can classify individuals as having " more " or " less " status but not be able to say how much more or how much less status one person has with respect to another . |
| 20 | ‘ I may not be able to say very much to the mother and her kids , but I sympathise with them so much because of what my own family went through , ’ he says . |
| 21 | Like Mexican cuisine , it should not be difficult to say no to the rather sweet and sickly Indian desserts . |
| 22 | It would not be true to say that they were well received at Holywell Haugh that evening . |
| 23 | It would not be true to say that Death smiled , because in any case His features were perforce frozen in a calcareous grin . |
| 24 | It would not be unfair to say that God , far from being superhuman , appears to be inhuman . |
| 25 | It should not be too much to ask them to forgive the miserable uncertainty of a young man at Oxford 23 years ago , and it should not be impermissible to say that they are in the wrong if they refuse . |
| 26 | He should remind himself that he has a duty of confidentiality to his client and he should not be afraid to say so to the police . |
| 27 | Most people would not be afraid to say if they preferred tea or coffee , a vegetarian or a steak meal . |
| 28 | Another example of giving in is not being able to say ‘ No ’ . |
| 29 | It did n't need much concentration , and all through the morning I kept getting interrupted by the thought of Oliver standing there not being able to say anything , and then practically shouting what he did . |
| 30 | I have to carry my tetanus card so that if I was er injured and unconscious and not being able to say that I 've had the horse serum , the doctor thinking , Oh look look he 's got lots of soil in that cut , er give him a quick injection of the horse serum , that could actually be fatal . |