Example sentences of "can say [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was completely contrary to Lord Darlington 's natural tendencies to take such public stances as he came to do and I can say with conviction that his lordship was persuaded to overcome his more retiring side only through a deep sense of moral duty . |
| 2 | But at the moment , I can not speak with the same feeling of achievement about caring for er , elderly , the elderly relative , whereas I think I can say with conviction we 've done quite a lot for those with small children . |
| 3 | So when your managers speak to you at the beginning of a er of your Monday morning meeting to say Gerald how much business have you got landed for next week you can say with conviction , two , two definite cases . |
| 4 | All we can say with certainty is that it would be the biggest man-made explosion in history , which does n't sound so bad when you say it quickly as I 'm saying it now . |
| 5 | We can say with certainty that we would be able to mount the first kind of display ; but at the moment we can not be so certain about the travelling display which , although the more attractive proposition , has much more significant resource implications . |
| 6 | I can say with confidence , however , that he knows nothing about Athletico Whaddon . |
| 7 | We can say with confidence that God wo n't ask us to build an ark — because the story of the flood ends with a promise that there will never be such a deluge again . |
| 8 | If its prompt and courteous treatment of our request is anything to go by then I can say with confidence |
| 9 | Let them know you 're around and I can say on behalf of the Labour MPs of Nottinghamshire , you 'll have our full support . |
| 10 | Well , I can say without question that was the most trebly record we 've heard today . |
| 11 | Finally I had to reconcile myself — I really believe this , but it 's not a thing you can say without emotion and maybe regret — that , yes , life is sacred , but the quality of life is also important , and it has to be the determining thing in this particular case . |
| 12 | I can say without embarrassment that I have been training for this for a long time , that I have learned to breathe the rarefied air , that I now know when to stand still and when to move forward , when to attack and when to retreat , when to leave a problem to resolve itself and when to go on working at it till the solution emerges . |
| 13 | But my friends there 's one thing I can say without fear |
| 14 | The only good thing you can say about Man U is that they lost the league championship this season ( fancy getting beaten by Leeds ! ) . |
| 15 | This is not only because it has a weak case — as we show elsewhere ( this issue , p 76 ) , there are certainly some doubts about the validity of the CEGB 's claims that Sizewell B will reduce the cost of electricity in England and Wales by allowing the board to burn less coal — but also because it is difficult to see what the inspector can say about economics when he comes to writing his final report . |
| 16 | Physics concerns what we can say about nature . |
| 17 | Physics concerns only what we can say about nature ’ . |
| 18 | It only allows us to evaluate moves to the north-east or the south-west in Figure 15–1 , but it is the most we can say about efficiency without becoming entangled in value judgements about equity . |
| 19 | Er , I can say for instance that I 'm changing because I 'm er getting older , I 'm getting tireder erm all sorts of things can be said about me . |
| 20 | I mean , you can say for example that the Government did n't bring in registration , licensing of food premises , only brought in a register . |
| 21 | The worse word you can say to authority is , I can cope , because they leave you to cope ! |
| 22 | ‘ I thought a personal appeal to the Brotherhood for a relic for Shaftesbury Abbey would be much better than legal wrangling , and all I can say at present is that negotiations are going very well indeed , ’ said Mrs Rider last night . |
| 23 | All one can say at present is that though the process is difficult , time-consuming , and at times very unsatisfying , it is at least an improvement over those processes we have followed in the past . |
| 24 | Conspiring against almost everything ( one can say in retrospect ) were his exaggerated notions of his own divinely inspired relationship with the Iranian people . |
| 25 | Additionally , people who can say in advance that their income will be less than their tax allowances can register to receive their interest gross . |