Example sentences of "is [adj] to say that [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This quadratic form is not , as previously , a sum of squares ; but provided it is not zero we could choose di to make the element unity , when we should have ( with X for Xd ) unc On account of the properties established here , it is usual to say that the modes of a system are orthogonal to each other . |
| 2 | He is right to say that the fares are too high even more so when the fare is the same whether you join the trains at Crewe or London . |
| 3 | It is easy to say that the years of Unionist rule were a travesty of what democracy is , or ought to be . |
| 4 | Um , it 's one of these things that erm y'know for some reason er the person they tell is apt to minimise the problem , is apt to say that the accusations are malicious , is apt to say that you must have imagined it and so on and so forth . |
| 5 | It is fair to say that the problems created by those developments can be handled . |
| 6 | It is fair to say that the disposals ranged widely from the good to the very poor . |
| 7 | While it is fair to say that the regulations in the Blue Book are complex to read and interpret , the guidance notes are eminently readable and practical . |
| 8 | It is fair to say that the Conservatives exercised and still exercise very much more influence on the press than the Labour Party . |
| 9 | For many months now IBOA has been seeking details , from the Banks , of these additional staff and it is fair to say that the numbers actually employed are insignificant . |
| 10 | Program Manager , the default shell for Windows does n't suit everyone 's way of working , and it is true to say that the Windows desktop can become cluttered with myriads of overlapping windows and dialogue boxes . |
| 11 | Yet it is true to say that the nuances of the legal institutions were imperfectly understood : if the epitomator of Gaius knew that there were differences between legacies and trusts , he still did not know that the word fideicommissarius should refer to the beneficiary of a trust and not to the trustee . |
| 12 | It is true to say that the cars are largely restricted to three or four models , but my own insistence had been from the outset that no obligation to use the scheme should be imposed on the disabled , nor any obligation to a particular model . |
| 13 | … Whatever be the true view with regard to the act or neglect , I think that the appellant is entitled to say that the respondents ' ‘ default giving rise to the action ’ existed at the time when he suffered his injuries . |
| 14 | It is sufficient to say that the feelings and emotions experienced by modern man are well known , are more or less universal , and the measure of their diversity and intensity not in dispute . |