Example sentences of "that [is] to say [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time as this was happening , that is to say between the late to midseventies , the Government announced its ‘ fight against inflation ’ with all its consequences for local government spending . |
| 2 | In these circumstances I think that Darwin can rest quietly in his grave , that is to say of the acidulous palaeontologists have n't already been trying to dig him up to prove something . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , yes : two sources actually ; a dry extract of nux vomica — that is to say of the ground-up seeds of the plant ; this contains about five per cent strychnine ; and a preparation known as liquor strychnine hydrochloride which contains about one per cent of the hydrochloride . ’ |
| 4 | That is to say upon the documented and officially described features of the organisation . |
| 5 | Everywhere and inevitably the administrative process is also part of the political process ; administration is always political as well as executive , at least at the levels where policy-making is relevant , that is to say in the upper layers of administrative life … |