Example sentences of "[be] say that [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | War in France had not hitherto been popular : in the thirteenth century it had been said that the English knights ‘ did not give a bean for all of France ’ , and resistance to service in France had been an important element in the political crisis of 1297 . |
| 2 | By concentrating on the international dimension of the UK 's crossroads we are saying that the structural changes are conditioned by the UK 's international position — — however we conceive it — and are at least partly determined by structural changes in the international economy . |
| 3 | Even when things had apparently gone well for fifteen years , the thinking population had been saying that the good times can never last : Surely enough , they came to an end in the mid 1970's . |
| 4 | Since the directors are the sole shareholders , the shareholders are not deprived of anything , and it could be said that the sole controllers are not dishonest within Ghosh . |
| 5 | In fact , it could be said that the only women these days who sport one single fragrance , all the time , are those famous glamour-pusses — Joan Collins , Elizabeth Taylor , Paloma Picasso , and so on — who are paid several millions of dollars a year to endorse a ‘ signature ’ scent , on condition they never allow gossipy fellow lunchers in smart restaurants to get an illicit whiff of ‘ Chanel No 5 ’ as they swan by . |
| 6 | On the basis of this table , it can be said that the two variables are connected : a woman who declares a positive attitude to housework is likely also to have a high specification of standards and routines . |
| 7 | Never let it be said that the Inspiral Carpets do not like a good breakfast . |
| 8 | The mermaid did indeed return to claim Lutey and it is said that every nine years hence , one of his descendants is lost at sea . |
| 9 | It is said that the final preparations owed their antibacterial activity to the phenol which they contained as a preservative . |
| 10 | In so far as it is the case that , in the classical doctrine of the trinity , it is said that the three persons are alike in all save their mutual relations , when we are speaking of Christ as God , as the second person of the trinity , it can not be said of Christ that he is ‘ male ’ . |
| 11 | That is to say that every individual lives according to a highly structured set of personal obligations which he or she must continually fulfil . |
| 12 | For , according to Moore , to say that an action would be right is to say that the total results of doing it would be at least as good as would be those of doing any alternative . |
| 13 | Who is to say that the poorer countries of Europe are to be happy with a dominant Germany just because it is said to be good for ‘ Europe ’ ? |
| 14 | For some this proved too much and it was said that a few members of the group started to resemble the colour of our logo ! |