Example sentences of "[noun] say [prep] the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | But experts say with the easing of trade barriers across Europe , the threat of an outbreak grows stronger . |
| 2 | The Bible has a great deal to say about the concept of the family , and the Christian ideal differs markedly from some current concepts . |
| 3 | I mean we 're all , I 'm sure , basically family with what Darwin 's theory of evolution is , and I do n't really want to labour you by reminding you of it , but I think it 's important to appreciate first of all what his problem was erm and I think that it 's fair to say that for Darwin the problem was that as a naturalist he was aware of the fact that animals and plants are adapted to a quite extraordinary degree to their particular ways of life , and indeed many of his books on orchids and earthworms and so on have a great deal to say about the details of these adaptations . |
| 4 | Marx , although he did not have a great deal to say about the movement of individuals between classes , did on several occasions note the possible effects of such movement . |
| 5 | Sentencing Fisher Mr Justice Judge said of the rape of the pahrmacist ’ No one who saw her give evidence will forget her visible revulsion as she described what happened . ’ |
| 6 | Erm , it became very clear that that , that bid erm , was in fact , at an early stage , that that bid was not , did not have a realistic chance of being successful , so as , as you know Chairman , when you went on the delegation to see er , Mr in London , actually at that meeting , er , the members of the delegation said to the Secretary of State , well , we recognize , Secretary of State that it 's the wrong area , what we 'd like to really argue for is a bid for the urban core out in Browsley , erm , in , at the end of the day , we did n't even quite get that , but what we did manage to get was objective two status for the urban core of Telford still , and I think that was probably against the odds . |
| 7 | Hoping to lay to rest the hare started by an interview given to the Wall Street Journal by a top Siemens AG staffer , Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG management board chairman Hans-Dieter Wiedig said at the opening of the Cebit Hannover Fair yesterday that his company had no plans for a strategic link with another computer company . |
| 8 | Mr Wesley had kindly words to say about the people of the little town and neighbourhood and there is no harm in reminding ourselves of what he thought about or predecessors : ‘ They have in general the finest natural tempers I ever knew ; they have the softness and courtesy of the Irish , with the seriousness of the Scotch and the openness of the English . ’ |
| 9 | There is a difference , however , between what Mill says about the conditions of a colour-word being used meaningfully , and what Wittgenstein says . |
| 10 | ‘ But my loneliness is my own , ’ Hopkin says at the end of the play . |
| 11 | Ruth said over the splash of water : ‘ I did n't really bite her . |
| 12 | Lord Hope said in the case of the first witness that his additional evidence would not have led the jury to reject the evidence of Thomas Leighton , who had corroborated the boy 's account of the attack . |
| 13 | ‘ The material , Mr Sylvester — what does Mr Foggerty say about the potential of those boys ? |
| 14 | The wording of 72 ( contrasting ‘ states of consciousness ’ with ‘ dispositions ’ ) reminds one of what Gilbert Ryle says in The Concept of Mind , and the wording of 101 ( ‘ We can not separate his ‘ thinking ’ from his activity' ) of what he says in his contribution to The Human Agent but Ryle and Wittgenstein , it seems to me , agree only on the negative point , that thinking is not an accompaniment of speaking and acting . |
| 15 | So I would agree with what Tom said on the sort of , things , yeah , you know , knock that together , we 've got that on one piece of paper already that 's about two years out of date , well , was up to date two years ago , which I could probably dig out for you , and then erm we 've got , we can even do it from a European sort of view point , which just has a few things there that need taking up . |
| 16 | ‘ First , our philosophy , ’ Mr Patten said at the start of his speech yesterday . |
| 17 | ‘ Whereas now , ’ Josie said with the trace of a smile , ‘ you 're an old hand . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Tell that story to Daisy sometime , ’ Fred said at the end of it . |
| 19 | RIGHT now , thoughts are inevitably turning to home heating , and the Coal Advisory Service says for the majority of homes in the province , that means solid fuel |
| 20 | Lee says at the end of the tournament , which he only missed winning because his putting let him down , ‘ Great job , well done . |
| 21 | Andy is telling Kermit it will be all right , Dad 's here to take care of us , and Kermit says in the voice of doom , the voice of a gypsy fortune-teller , ‘ Do n't trust Dad . ’ |
| 22 | I understand what the hon. Gentleman says about the nature of the charge laid against certain people and the roles that they may have played in particular crimes . |
| 23 | It might be said that what Wittgenstein says about the criteria of someone having understood a colour-word provides a reason for answering the question affirmatively . |
| 24 | This identification with , and punishment of , the mother-goddess is vividly portrayed in what Edith Weigert-Vowinkel says about the cult of the Phrygian goddess Cybele and her castrated son , Attis . |
| 25 | It seemed wholly inadequate but it was what Egyptians said in the face of any crisis . |
| 26 | The Touche Ross report had one or two nice things to say about the advantages of nurse prescribing . |
| 27 | Apart from the entries , there are fascinating and often amusing essays on the Fortnum Collection ( fundamental reading for anyone interested in the collecting of small bronzes ) , ‘ Sculpture in the Department of Fine Art ’ , the architectural and sculptural decoration of the University Galleries and the Taylor Institute , ‘ Chantrey , Westmacott , and the casts after the Antique ’ ( this with some rather damning things to say about the standards of curatorship in the past ) , and the Brocklebank Bronzes and Gilbert 's ‘ Circe ’ . |
| 28 | Did y'hear what that broccoli said about the theory of relativity ? |
| 29 | Today , little more than a week after the event , I received my copy , to find not only a short account of things said by the Secretary of State at our Anniversary Luncheon , but also our Chairman 's considered response . |
| 30 | I entirely endorse what the hon. Gentleman said about the death of Roger Ellwood . |