Example sentences of "[conj] to say that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether or not you will be asked to pay for your course remains at the discretion of course organisers and managers , therefore , and I am unable to give any hard and fast guidance here , other than to say that they will have to be kept at a reasonable level to be affordable , particularly by those who have been unemployed or bringing up a family . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm not really inclined to do a post-mortem on ‘ Provision ’ , other than to say that I acknowledge that it was less successful and less fun than the previous album , ’ he says in a most matter-of-fact voice . |
| 3 | That is not a matter that I can take into consideration other than to say that I am satisfied that the proper figure for a multiplier for working life , er which I shall take in this case , is the multiplier of sixteen contended for by Mr . |
| 4 | He declined to comment on the progress of his mission other than to say that his visit had been " very , very useful " . |
| 5 | Even in notation , the differences in musical language between orally transmitted ‘ folk ’ song , printed bourgeois song and recorded rock song come through : they hardly need comment , except to say that they do fit many of the stereotypes of the neo-McLuhanite model ( see Ex. 3.1 ) . |
| 6 | He declined to speculate on dates , except to say that he saw no sign of it happening next year ( 1992 ) ; there was too much backlog to be mopped up . |
| 7 | You do n't mention him , except to say that he was a biologist and that he went to England to work for two years at the chemical weapons experimental establishment at Porton Down . |
| 8 | He would n't talk about the pilgrimage , except to say that he was disappointed at having had to abandon it He seemed far from exalted . |
| 9 | Exactly how he achieved this I can not explain except to say that he had a kind of eloquence that made you think he was speaking to you personally and the gift of a born story-teller . |
| 10 | As for the patient , it 's not my place to comment on his medical condition , except to say that he is still quite definitely alive and in the best possible hands . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ My mother never mentioned her life here , except to say that I had no grandparents . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I can not comment any further , except to say that I have taken legal advice on this matter . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 've nothing to add except to say that I 'm surprised no one 's tried to squeeze more out of me since and I apologize for the fact that there 's only one chair here so I ca n't ask you to sit down . ’ |
| 14 | Thank you erm I think that 's all I 'm concerned with except to say that I wrote er to a little church spelling what it is today er really into consideration on its this proposition so that we can ensure all of the issues with er our requirements . |
| 15 | I have never eaten brawn — no doubt I should do so — so can not comment on it except to say that it is made from the pig 's head which is simmered with herbs and spices ; the resulting meat is set in the naturally produced aspic . |
| 16 | Except to say that it was scrupulously chosen , as was usual with Eliot , I forget what we ate on the occasion : we had so much to talk about . |
| 17 | Disguising his real feelings he wrote cheerfully , telling them that it was better here than The Hague , as if to say that nothing could be worse than the hell of being unloved . |
| 18 | Dougal gave him a little nod , as if to say that he had remembered that too . |
| 19 | ‘ This is a very serious question about the methods of funding the expansion of higher education and to say that we are seriously interested in the proposal that fees should be charged at full cost is not going to increase or widen access . |
| 20 | But we believe we know what at this moment the country wants , and we believe it is for us in our strength to do what no other party can do at this moment and to say that we at any rate stand for peace … |
| 21 | It is the community as a an affirmation of the community and to say that we need to have an outsider in to do that because there is not an ordained minister there to me , is a little like the situation in some Anglican Parishes where there 's a woman sitting |
| 22 | And to say that they have ‘ been the eyes and ears of Delhi ’ is insulting to a community that has contributed enormously to the progress and fostering of secular values among Kashmiri people . |
| 23 | In other words , we are seeking to defend the rights of those who work within the Scottish Transport Group and to say that they and their rights can not be sold off like so many cans of beans . |
| 24 | I would like to thank the organisers for inviting me to speak at this conference and to say that I am very pleased to be here . |
| 25 | Chair you will not be surprised to hear me coming yet again to s to raise the point about regeneration in West Yorkshire and to say that I agree with Mr and M Mr but I find myself agreeing also with Mr 's written comments in his paragraph three sixteen where he clearly points to the fact that settlement in this south west quadrant would serve West Yorkshire perhaps more so than N than York . |
| 26 | It is a bit much for the hon. Member for Gordon to show a report and to say that it was compiled by Labour-controlled Lothian regional council . |
| 27 | I take that as part of the Labour party 's approach to defence procurement , which is to tick off each individual project , factory or programme whenever it comes before the House and to say that it fully endorses it . |
| 28 | But Councillor , his first public statement was to support all those gimmicks and to say that he wanted an end to the three tier system in , turned his back on all our middle schools . |
| 29 | Whereas Russia is erm , is to do with the Cold War situation but I take Michael 's point that fascism and communism are not the same thing and to say that he has fascist ideas does not necessarily mean that he therefore represents Russia in this political equation |
| 30 | But to say that I have had an experience of God , whom I claim to be a transcendent being outside myself , can not be self-authenticating . |