Example sentences of "[conj] to say that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But to say that there is no recovery … is to say to the terrorists : ‘ Here , you can have our lives as well ’ . |
| 32 | But to say that my desire for coffee is the cause is not to deny that there are physical structures in my brain that are the cause , or that those structures are present because of my previous experience . |
| 33 | But to say that my experience is ‘ experience of God ’ is to move beyond the experience to give a particular interpretation of it . |
| 34 | But to say that it is hard does not make it less desirable , neither does it mean that governments should abandon the attempt . |
| 35 | Yes , well , we do have a housing crisis , there is no doubt about that , but to say that it 's government created is just another ploy of the Labour Group and the Liberal Democrats who , as Michael has said , are usually incohesion ; that is why we are a small group of ten on Council fighting probably about thirty five . |
| 36 | for Moore , to say that an act was right was to say that no alternative action would produce better consequences , while to say that it was ‘ a duty ’ or ‘ obligatory ’ was to say that it would produce the best consequences possible . |
| 37 | She wondered whether to say that she had missed him . |
| 38 | Will my right hon. Friend go as far as to say that we definitely intend in the fulness of time to bring in legislation and , I hope , include in the legislation the provision that there should be at least one employee representative among pension fund trustees ? |
| 39 | They tell me that Mr. Stavanger has a magnificent record , and is very highly thought of in shipping circles — indeed , they went so far as to say that they 'd recommend the bank 's board to support him through thick and thin . |
| 40 | The best Ford simulator yet , in fact I will go so far as to say that they could not bring another one out to top this one . |
| 41 | SSL is claimed to be very difficult for ( hearing ) adults to learn ; some go so far as to say that it is impossible . |
| 42 | Talking to Andre Malraux years later , Picasso went so far as to say that it was on this occasion that he all of a sudden received the revelation of why he was a painter at all and that ‘ I realized what painting was all about ’ . |
| 43 | One tabloid , threatened since with a writ , went as far as to say that he would not be able to find such a sum . |
| 44 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that he was almost dreading stepping on to the golf course , full of grim forebodings on the practice ground and no better on the practice green . |
| 45 | He even went so far as to say that he would n't do the picture without her . |
| 46 | He gave her a cynical look , as much as to say that he only half believed her . |
| 47 | I would wager that he goes so far as to say that I broke down in his room , stuttering out the words of my so-called confession between chokes and tears , unable to speak properly . |
| 48 | My last migraine of any consequence was over four months ago , but I would not be so brash as to say that I have been cured . |
| 49 | Bill : I do n't know if anybody feels they have , but this is a thing which I felt was central to the gay movement of the seventies and I think I would go so far as to say that I assume that most of my close friends feel , like Mark , that it 's fine to have special relationships but it is n't fine to have ones where you are n't allowed to have anything else and also that there 's nothing more deadly to a relationship when you are trying desperately not to have it off with anybody else because you feel guilty about it . |
| 50 | You can go so far as to say that I mean , you will be safe in saying that if your , that as your benefit is suspended your income support for you , not for your family but for you , will be reduced . |
| 51 | ‘ I 'd go so far as to say that you 're wasting your time even to think of applying for custody . ’ |
| 52 | In fact , I would go so far as to say that there is almost a feeling of relief here that Clause 28 is associated with someone so widely discredited . |
| 53 | There is another duty also to be considered : and that is the duty which Lord Atkin put in this wise : ‘ You must not injure your neighbour : ’ which I would expand so as to say that there is a duty on every man not to injure his neighbour by his want of reasonable care . |
| 54 | In fact , one adherent of the New Cambridge School , Lord Kaldor ( 1980 ) , went so far as to say that there is no empirical support for a high PSBR leading either to substantial growth in money supply or to high rates of interest . |
| 55 | But , as Mr Nearn points out , it is a driver 's car , and motoring journalists have heaped it with praise for many years , one even going so far as to say that your smile ‘ will need surgically removing ’ after driving one . |
| 56 | But he never went so far as to say that his intention was to qualify for legal aid , the court said . |