Example sentences of "be [adj] to say that [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly I ought to be able to say that at this stage his comments seem to me beside the point , or more exactly in excess of it . |
| 2 | I think we will be able to say that in ten years time the microprocessor will really be with us . |
| 3 | As a general model , then , it might be fair to say that in early capitalism the bourgeoisie is very often on the side of the development of civil society , and in later capitalism it is often opposed to such development . |
| 4 | There are exceptions and it is fair to say that over recent years a good deal more attention has been paid to these problems . |
| 5 | However , it is fair to say that at local education authority level there is more evidence of its impact on change . |
| 6 | However , it is fair to say that despite these distinctive efforts , and one reason why such people are now regarded as classical contributors , for most within the early social survey tradition the divide seemed unbridgeable or irrelevant . |
| 7 | While it is an oversimplification to view the first decade of operation as some kind of golden age , it is fair to say that until this point the EEC had worked fairly smoothly . |
| 8 | I think it is fair to say that in practical terms you are likely to get substantial life out of the tool before the original battery is spent , perhaps several years . |
| 9 | With the anti-roll bar up front , the car rolls less than it used to and has a jigglier low-speed ride , but it 's true to say that on all models I drove the quality of ride was largely good . |
| 10 | It is sufficient to say that in broad definition the former term applies to the language used up to the twelfth century , and the latter that given to the language between the twelfth and the fifteenth , when Modern English started to emerge . |