Example sentences of "not [verb] to say that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Viewed as an ‘ independent robot ’ , I am happy to admit that a particular area of my brain controls my digestive processes and ‘ I ’ do not , but I certainly do not want to say that that brain area is ‘ aware ’ of those processes . |
| 2 | We do not want to say that one kind of state causes the other kind , but neither does it make much sense to say that they are ‘ parallel ’ or ‘ identical ’ . |
| 3 | Linguists do not like to say that Standard English is ‘ superior ’ to other dialects , because all dialects have their own richness , their own specific identity . |
| 4 | As many of us have mixed backgrounds I would not like to say that ethnic reasons are the main reasons for tabling this motion . |
| 5 | On the one hand , he does not wish to say that numerical identity reduces to qualitative identity ; on the other , he does not wish to abandon the principles of indiscernibles . |
| 6 | ZZT is a new object orientated action adventure that will work in any graphics mode , because of this the graphics are a little basic but that does not mean to say that this game is any less enjoyable . |
| 7 | but it does n't , that does n't mean to say that these associations you know are n't there and that we we should n't would be wrong to point them out . |
| 8 | But just because Club 18–30 is a great place for meeting people and making new friends of either sex , it does n't mean to say that those people who already have someone special in their lives ca n't come and join in the fun as well . |
| 9 | ‘ You do n't mean to say that this chap Edward Lazenby we keep reading about and hearing on the radio is the same chap as that persistent creep Teddy who used to edit Focus when we were at Cambridge ? ’ |