Example sentences of "it says " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pubs are , to quote Ben Davis , ‘ the public buildings in which people feel most at home ’ , and in its truest sense the public house is exactly what it says — a house for the public . |
| 2 | It says it all . |
| 3 | They are to serve as long as the war lasts , and a month on top of that , they are to serve in Scotland only ’ — someone cheered — ‘ or so it says , and you can ask Widow McCulloch , or Widow McGregor , if they have heard that anywhere before . |
| 4 | It says no smoking in the house ; if we break anything we have to pay for it ; if we make any calls there 's a money box beside the phone ; no dogs in the lounge , though that wo n't affect us ; the tables in the living room mark easily so use a coaster if you take your drink in there . |
| 5 | It says that health and social policies should accept that responsible drinking in pubs is a benefit to society . |
| 6 | I 'll tell you about Evan Roberts later , and there 's plenty to tell even to those who buy a magazine simply because it says Climber on the cover . |
| 7 | To its opponents , who often complain that the Roman Catholic Church gives SPUC an unfair advantage — an automatic communication network — it is quick to point to the feminist movement , trade union affiliations and Labour Party pro-abortion campaigns which it says ignore the views of the membership . |
| 8 | It says that employers should be encouraged to make reasonable workplace accommodation for people with HIV and draw up guidelines and educational programmes for dealing with Aids at work . |
| 9 | It says the present system , which allows controlled international trade , has failed to prevent heavy illegal smuggling of wild Paphiopedilum ( slipper ) orchids . |
| 10 | It says a ‘ fundamental requirement ’ is that its retail acquirers should be issuers too . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't , ’ it says , ‘ confuse people by using out-of-date logos from years ago , such as flags , fists , or the pen/spade/sword . ’ |
| 12 | New inspectors and advisers , who are usually drawn from the ranks of teachers , are rarely trained , it says . |
| 13 | While the award of the Nobel Prize will , if anything , only strengthen Peking 's resolve over Tibet , it challenges Peking to honour what it says is its readiness to open dialogue with the Dalai Lama . |
| 14 | As your article ( 6 October ) says , the award challenges Peking to honour what it says is its willingness to open a dialogue with the Dalai Lama . |
| 15 | And , without a hint of irony , under the heading ‘ All kinds of people enjoy the arts ’ , it says that 3.1 million News of the World readers go to the theatre , and 1,157,000 Sun readers attend art galleries or exhibitions . |
| 16 | But it says this could lead to ‘ presentational difficulties ’ given ministerial assurances that the ‘ actively seeking work ’ condition would not affect ET because it was voluntary . |
| 17 | Hun Sen sold out to the Vietnamese , and is now selling out to Thai businessmen as well , it says . |
| 18 | It says that about 98,000 young people go missing annually , sometimes only for a short period . |
| 19 | It says video surveillance is currently only subject to ‘ vague and inadequate ’ government guidelines . |
| 20 | ‘ Extravagant claims for its effectiveness are often based on anecdotal evidence , ’ it says . |
| 21 | It says vice-chancellors believe this Government , any government , will not fund expansion . |
| 22 | It says much for the sang-froid of the practised musician that , despite the intrusion of a bomb hoax , both Dame Joan and the orchestra resumed the published programme as if no interruption had occurred . |
| 23 | It says : ‘ Self-regulation as we know it will end if the executive rules against you . ’ |
| 24 | It says much for Ackerley — and Parker — that he emerges out of much camp narcissism as a figure of genuine humility . |
| 25 | Later , in a chapter entitled ‘ The Application of Paint ’ it says that recent books on decoration have ‘ done more to debase the traditional approach to decoration than to further an appreciation of its subtleties ’ . |
| 26 | WH Smith took out an injunction against the five after it discovered what it says was a plot to launch a music chain to rival Our Price . |
| 27 | It says it has obtained a copy of a memorandum concerning co-operation between MI5 and its German equivalent , the Bundesamt fur Verfassungsschutz or BfV — the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution . |
| 28 | It says something for Ramsey 's person and mind and reputation that one of the two most Anglo-Catholic professors in England could be elected on the proposal of two nonconformists . |
| 29 | Copyright is exactly what it says : it is the right to copy . |
| 30 | It says a great deal about the natural stupidity of tyrants that , having discovered that torture works extremely effectively in intellectual or political cases , they immediately assume that it will work as well in the inspiring of desire in young women . |