Example sentences of "[adj] to say that [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can now ask how far it is sensible to say that genes ‘ program ’ or ‘ control ’ development . |
| 2 | The BBC reissue contained very poor transfers , but I 'm delighted to say that thanks to good engineering work by David Lennick on Music and Arts 's new disc we can now enjoy these 1935 performances in acceptable sound . |
| 3 | Many seem to be content to say that fashions change and that 's that . |
| 4 | I do think it 's very easy to say that sums of money are not financially significant . |
| 5 | Despite this , it is definitely untrue to say that lesbians are not at risk from HIV infection . |
| 6 | Libraries with no training officers were more likely to say that decisions were made by chief executives , and to specifically note that local authority approval was needed . |
| 7 | I 'm glad to say that tickets for the rock and roll evening are going well although there are still a few left for late bookers |
| 8 | Well , it 's all very well to say that accidents like that should n't happen , but … |
| 9 | It is all very well to say that terms like astronaut and artisan conjure up , for understandable reasons , male rather than female associations . |
| 10 | I was sure when I started my research that I would be able to say that governments were greedy and liked to sell lots of arms to countries who were very poor and who only needed basic things like food and shelter . |
| 11 | Microsoft 's Jack Fogg claimed it would be more accurate to say that Windows NT is ‘ a better Unix than Unix ’ than ‘ a better Windows than Windows ’ , which is probably good news for Unix as well . |
| 12 | I am pleased to say that discussions with the bus company and the local and county councils are progressing well . ’ |
| 13 | He added that he was particularly pleased to say that funds for the 40,000 sq ft facility had been generated totally by the Company and that none was borrowed money . |
| 14 | It would probably be fair to say that views of this kind have been dominant among British socialists from the Labour-left leftwards , but over recent years they have come under increasing criticism , on both theoretical and political grounds . |
| 15 | However , it is probably fair to say that systems theory is closer to a positivist approach than the views which will now be considered . |
| 16 | The fact that a rug is signed or dated does not imply that it is in any way superior to similar items that have not been inscribed , although it is fair to say that weavers rarely sign inferior examples of their work . |
| 17 | It is fair to say that cells in this area are encoding the properties of faces but they can not be encoding their identities . |
| 18 | Thus it is not possible to say that drivers attend to information differently for different road types . |
| 19 | He is also right to say that regulations improve the quality of service . |
| 20 | Mr Lawson is right to say that deficits are more sustainable than they were in the 1970s . |
| 21 | I know that that caused some concern , but , broadly speaking , my hon. Friend is right to say that standards in our schools are very good . |
| 22 | In this case the cynics might be right to say that pigs will fly . |
| 23 | In terms of that aspect of the Fleet Street Casuals case which relates sufficient interest to the facts and merits of the applicant 's case , it is probably correct to say that ratepayers challenging decisions of local authorities , competitors challenging decisions affecting their business activities , and neighbours challenging planning decisions would be held to have a sufficient interest unless other facts of the case provided very strong grounds for denying the existence of such an interest . |
| 24 | Although some remarkably conservation-conscious agents exist , it is generally true to say that land-agents have played , and continue to play , a significant role in hastening the destruction of the English landscape by intensive agriculture . |
| 25 | In the spring Petrakis 's survey of sexuality for It revealed , amidst a cluster of curious statements , that ‘ it is true to say that homosexuals are neurotic ’ . |
| 26 | track , because it it , no other transport business er has er does has to have a business , which op owns both the track it 's operating on and the operating er facilities themselves , so the we 're not doing anything new here , what we are actually doing , and incidentally the German government and other governments are going down the same route now because it 's not true to say that others are n't privatizing , what we 're doing is saying that we are having a separate track authority , and there are a variety of reasons for that , er but the an and that means actually less investment by the franchisee himself , but he will have control over the th the track operations , because he will have a contract , with Rail Track , to deliver certain services , and if Rail Track does n't deliver them then he 's able to claim penalties so |
| 27 | But it is also true to say that fashions in philanthropy change . |
| 28 | For while it 's true to say that opposites attract , it 's also true that the attraction wears very thin when intense non-stop aggravation takes over . |
| 29 | The Act also provides the setting up of duty-free zones and perhaps for our present purpose it is sufficient to say that companies established in a duty-free zone are treated in every way as if they were established outside of the borders of the Hungarian Republic . |