Example sentences of "it 's [adv] [adj] to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well that they any comment on the appearance of a woman they now think erm it 's rather difficult to say . |
| 2 | It 's practically impossible to say no to someone who 's actually loaded their rucksack into your boot and clipped on their seatbelt . |
| 3 | It 's probably true to say that some actors just do n't mix well with other actors or directors . |
| 4 | It 's probably true to say , is n't it , that anybody who 's going to be picking this up are going to be in the school system rather than in the private school system ? |
| 5 | Rushie picked up a few lira and an Armani suit but it 's probably fair to say our golden boy from St Asaph did n't exactly win the freedom of Turin . |
| 6 | Unless you 're Peter Pan , in which case you probably believe in fairies as well , it 's probably fair to say that you are only young once . |
| 7 | Interestingly enough , even with a wide range of prices and types of hotel-style accommodation available , it 's probably fair to say that the majority of guests expect en suite bathroom facilities as standard . |
| 8 | Without wanting to appear cynical , it 's pretty safe to say that in the run up to elections , one expects the odd vote-catching ruse from politicians . |
| 9 | We can also recognise , as we did , at an , on an earlier paper that it is national government policy and increasingly so , to encourage the development of capital schemes , borrowing , we noted that in relation to transport and the availability of S C A's I think it 's also right to say that the government does set down the level of borrowing which can be entered into in in any one year , that is the credit approvals are controlled by the government and they do make them available to the County Council and to district Councils , so in a sense , the government is both saying that we expect borrowing to be a feature of a budget and also that we want to control , and restrict the amount of money that can be borrowed through the amount of credit approvals . |
| 10 | M M My Lords , i it is important that whatever is taught to a child between the ages of five and eleven that the child is able to benefit from it educationally if the child is , is overloaded as it were by being presented erm a curriculum that they simply can not manage , then that 's going to create confusion , but it 's also important to say that one of the erm er objectives of this whole exercise is to underpin all education , both morally and spiritually and I believe we 're doing a great deal to get that right . |
| 11 | It is true however that the January survey which is erm which took place very recently erm , there were only fifteen vacancies in the subject in this in the country overall , it 's also true to say that of thirteen thousand one hundred religious education specialists in the country , only half of them were actually teaching their own subject . |
| 12 | erm I think it 's also true to say that if they came on Sunday and turned into the church hall for coffee and tea , they can smoke in there . |
| 13 | Yes I mean in a sense that just sort of shows that a lot of people would agree with Lakehoff in the sense that they think that women use a lot of tag questions and have that speech style , erm I mean like we 've been able to see , and what we can say is that men and women 's language is different er and it 's even possible to say in what way it 's different , but the difficulty becomes when we actually want to say why those differences are . |
| 14 | I think it 's best just to say it and run . |
| 15 | It 's perhaps fair to say as well that if if er er a member of the public knows that P C Smith or P C Jones is his local policeman , he would prefer to see P C Smith or P C Jones . |
| 16 | Without a crystal ball , it 's almost impossible to say which it will be , but we can offered some informed opinions . |
| 17 | Yes , it 's always sad to say farewell to colleagues that have been with you for a number of years , but all things have to come to an end , we say farewell with sadness and er fond memories to those who 've been with us for so long , but we welcome all those who are joining us and we can promise them a thriving future . |
| 18 | My guess is you may not need the hour to complete the er course work but er it 's always difficult to say when you set the thing , yeah ? |
| 19 | I think it 's therefore fair to say that perhaps even in Russell 's own eyes , his original epistemological programme , which occupied a great deal of his time and writing , between erm nineteen-twelve and erm the thirties , in fact broke down . |
| 20 | Thank you , Mr Chairman , erm , I 'm here to say , it 's quite true to say that it does vary from year to year , on er , what our programme is , but er , we we also have to face it , that er , com compared with some other areas , both east midlands and nationally , we do not have the traffic , and this does go against our for T A. Er , the the traffic on our roads |
| 21 | I think it 's quite hard to say , ‘ I feel all right about the way I look . ’ |
| 22 | So they 're , I do n't know whether it 's , i it 's terribly reactionary to say that we really want one teletext cos your holidays , might they be coming up on Ceefax |
| 23 | It 's so hard to say when all along the line I 've been encouraged . |
| 24 | Well , it 's only polite to say whether if you |
| 25 | But it , was , it 's more correct to say carried on , but that 's another meaning okay ? |
| 26 | Of course , erm there 's a lot more individual responsibility is needed than that , but it 's too simplistic to say that that erm to smile upon these people who have problems would solve everything erm but erm to make it your own responsibility to find out more and to find out the ways in which you can help I think is very important and is everybody 's responsibility . |
| 27 | Claudette Schmitt , Paris Match 's legal adviser , said : ‘ It 's too early to say what we 'll do . ’ |
| 28 | Chief executive David Glencross said : ‘ It 's too early to say Channel 5 is dead . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I ca n't even talk about his future in the game because it 's too early to say . |
| 30 | Last night , Mick 's mother Eva said : ‘ It 's too early to say anything . |