Example sentences of "[vb base] it say " in BNC.
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| 1 | forget it says |
| 2 | Exit it says . |
| 3 | There is always a struggle to get language to do what you want it to ; to say , no more and no less , what you want it to say . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , you do , and I want it to say yes , ’ he urged against her mouth . |
| 5 | But if a passage you have written seems confused , yet you think it says basically what you want it to say , it can be worth moving elements by changing around active and passive constructions ( or experimenting with cleft and pseudo-cleft constructions , which are described above , Chapter 3 , p. 64 ) . |
| 6 | Suffice it to say , without getting into the tortured complexities of the US budget process , that everyone is fiddling with the numbers . |
| 7 | Suffice it to say that the desert landscape was no doubt encouraged by his enthusiasm in 1922 and 1923 for the work of an author whom he placed with James and Conrad — C. M. Doughty , whose ‘ great work Travels in Arabia Deserta ’ he recommended , mentioning also that a good essay on Doughty 's prose , including quotations from it , was contained in Middleton Murry 's recent book Countries of the Mind . |
| 8 | Suffice it to say that if the wind is going your way , get yourself a pair of skis — which must have a metal edge , and a fixed-heel binding — and a chute . |
| 9 | Suffice it to say that this discourse is generalising and intemperate , and lacks depth and clarity . |
| 10 | Suffice it to say that the DTI was the supervising authority for such fringe banks . |
| 11 | Suffice it to say that Labour 's internal opinion-polling , now being carried out by NOP , is being ‘ front-loaded ’ to give more information through this spring . |
| 12 | Suffice it to say that after two centuries of higher and lower criticism we just can not approach the Bible in the way that former Christians did . |
| 13 | Such silliness , and tampering with the text , will not do either ( suffice it to say the word ‘ flying ’ nowhere appears in the Hebrew ) . |
| 14 | Suffice it to say that there are very few people who are at present at their full potential for good health and good looks . |
| 15 | Suffice it to say that Devon Loch gave Dick Francis a dream ride , as the jockey related in his autobiography The Sport of Queens : ‘ I have never ridden another horse like him . |
| 16 | Suffice it to say that ammonium nitrate-fuel oil is now the standard explosive for blasting and quarrying ; the nitro-organics industry has shrunk and readjusted to a restricted role as a supplier of initiators and specialist explosives ; and ammonium nitrate is now available in a kaolin-free ‘ explosives grade ’ . |
| 17 | The treatments that were thus superseded have been touched upon in Chapter 2 , but suffice it to say that there was general and unqualified relief from both doctors and patients that they had passed . |
| 18 | This is all I shall relate about Charlotte 's circumstances in order to protect her anonymity , but suffice it to say , I decided to play along with her idea of aromatherapy being simply a pleasant way to relax — indeed , you do not need to be ill to enjoy the benefits of aromatherapy massage . |
| 19 | Suffice it to say that such is the complexity of this area of the law that one case on the subject , discussed in Chapter 13 , has already reached the House of Lords ; it is unlikely to be the last . |
| 20 | Suffice it to say here that the law in this area has been roundly condemned by the courts as being of ‘ inordinate complexity exceeding the worst excesses of a taxing statute ’ . |
| 21 | Suffice it to say here that a payment which is large in relation to salary is unlikely to be viewed as falling within the first category . |
| 22 | The history of the Friesian in the UK is given in the British section and the full story of the Holstein type is given in the American section : suffice it to say here that the Holstein originated from Dutch black-and-whites imported first of all by Dutch settlers in the New World during the second half of the nineteenth century . |
| 23 | Suffice it to say that some people are better built at the beginning . |
| 24 | Suffice it to say that Demons have now completed their worst season for a long time and that Admirals ‘ B ’ , with a match in hand , are only 99 points behind Borderers and are favourites for promotion . |
| 25 | Suffice it to say , here , that freezers really are a good investment . |
| 26 | Suffice it to say that at the point of commissioning it is a good idea to know which you are planting ! |
| 27 | Suffice it to say that if you are cutting calories in order to shed weight at a speedy pace , every calorie counts . |
| 28 | Suffice it to say that there are still parts of the Highlands awaiting primary survey and some of the structural problems are not yet completely solved . |
| 29 | Suffice it to say that Jim Marshall appears on merit and I , for one , hope that he returns in five years ’ time with yet another superb anniversary amp series . |
| 30 | I wo n't bore you all with the technical details ; suffice it to say that the alloy truss rod previously fitted to Warwick basses just is n't man enough for the job — a classic case of a nice design let down by choice of materials . |