Example sentences of "be say [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the sentence ‘ The price is going up ’ can be said as a statement like this : The price is going up ( the tonic stress could equally well be on ‘ up ’ ) . |
| 2 | The other two syllables will normally be much less prominent , and be said on a level pitch . |
| 3 | Despite the millions of words that have been written and spoken on the subject of ‘ 1992 ’ , there still appears to be much more to be said on the subject . |
| 4 | A memorandum by Thomas Cromwell in 1533 of matters to be discussed with the King includes things to be said on the departure of the Bavarian ambassador , the interrogation of a friar named Reysbye , the treatment of certain other friars who had been in contact with Rome , the folding of cloth in the north of England , the offer made to the King by the executors of Lord Dacre of the South in an important test case , and the affairs of a reputed idiot named Ralph Francis . |
| 5 | Type 7 His book covers most that need be said on the subject . |
| 6 | More will be said on the discrepancies between the workshop and Hemingway versions in the following section , where some further explanations will be offered as to why such dissimilarities occur . |
| 7 | Unfortunately the government is assuming that 's all we are doing so they 're cutting housing subsidy accordingly and we would have been left with no choice , that 's all there is to be said on the matter . |
| 8 | It used to be said with a considerable amount of justification that you could get as far as Inspector on your own bat but after that ‘ No ’ , you needed somebody pushing you — city councillor , anything . |
| 9 | Or w w shall we say that may be said with a bit of a tongue in cheek ? |
| 10 | It appears to me that the arguments which I have heard involve the consideration of three separate questions , namely : ( 1 ) does the ex turpi causa maxim and its related rules ( which I will refer to as ‘ the ex turpi causa defence ’ ) afford a defence to a claim for contribution under the Act of 1978 ? ( 2 ) If the ex turpi causa defence is capable of so applying , can it be said , with the degree of certainty necessary for a striking out order to be made , that the defence will exclude any contribution from the third party in the circumstances of this case ? ( 3 ) Leaving aside the ex turpi causa defence , can it be said with the necessary degree of certainty that the court will , under section 2(1) and ( 2 ) of the Act of 1978 , exempt the third party from liability to make contribution even if he has been negligent in the performance of some duty of care owed to the plaintiffs ? |
| 11 | It should be said at the outset that this is not the usual legal meaning of the word . |
| 12 | But it should be said at the outset that none of the terms ‘ check ’ , ‘ control ’ or ‘ render accountable ’ has a single clear meaning : there are several ways of checking and controlling and several types of accountability . |
| 13 | On the other hand , despite the tone of much of the political debate in the United Kingdom , it should be said at the outset that questions such as the transfer of powers ( or sovereignty ) to the Community , the direct application and direct effect of Community law , and the correlative theory of the primacy of such provisions of Community law when they conflict with provisions of national law , were all established aspects of Community law when we joined in 1973 , and are not new problems relating to Maastricht . |
| 14 | It should be said at the outset , however , that the terminological distinction is not always maintained : it is somewhat blurred in the context of citizenship of the Union , which is inserted into the Community Treaty in a new Article 8 and 8a to 8e . |
| 15 | It can not be said at the outset that it is impossible for the contract to be carried out . |
| 16 | Whether to mystify me once more or because there was no more to be said to a stranger , I could n't tell . |
| 17 | What , after all , can be said to a child about a man who lives in a mental hospital ? |
| 18 | Prepare lists of utterances which may all be said to the same tune , e.g. following example from Portuguese of Brazil : listen to each list in turn listen to pairs , one word from each list , across insert one utterance from list 2 near the end of list 1 , and vice versa , and listen to check that you hear the difference between them standing out clearly |
| 19 | WHATEVER may be said to the contrary , there is a big difference between reactions to loyalist and republican paramilitary violence . |
| 20 | THERE is something to be said for a government creating horrible problems for itself . |
| 21 | ( vi ) The same may be said for a passage of Paul . |
| 22 | On the other hand , there is not much to be said for a speciality in women 's media because the field is too broad and general . |
| 23 | Finally , there may be something to be said for a non-exhaustive list of situations in which consent will be negatived . |
| 24 | The soft woods ; pine , spruce or larch are rather vulgar ; but there is something to be said for a really old vintage larch root . |
| 25 | ‘ But the same could be said for a number of less actively traded companies on the full list . |
| 26 | Although , since she 'd once experienced the so-called ‘ real thing ’ — a wild , tempestuous tide of overwhelming emotion and desire , which had brought her nothing but misery and unhappiness — well , maybe there was something to be said for a warm , calm and friendly relationship … ? |
| 27 | I said there 's a lot to be said for a chap that you inside out know his ways and how to cope with them but never ever put yourself at his mercy by marrying him . |
| 28 | Oh he adores her , oh yes he wants her back , and I said , she said , I , you see , I know him , I said there 's a lot to be said for a chap that you know inside , know his ways and know how to cope with them , but I said never ever put yourself at his mercy , I 'm marrying him , and the house will be hers , you see , when there properly divorced it 'll be in her name so if he starts coming the old soldier , she can bung him out . |
| 29 | More than can be said for the lower one , he wrote . |
| 30 | 'You look fresh as a daisy which is more than can be said for the rest of us. ’ said John . |