Example sentences of "[pers pn] is to say that " in BNC.
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| 1 | People still think the greatest compliment they can pay you is to say that you look younger than your age . |
| 2 | Suffice it is to say that Woferl jumped up on the Empress 's lap , put his arms round her neck and kissed her heartily . |
| 3 | It is to say that one person 's view is as good as another 's , which we patently do not accept when it comes to many aspects of our daily lives . |
| 4 | It is to say that mental disengagement from the region and its ‘ troubles ’ is hardly the way to achieve an historic compromise there . |
| 5 | Rather , it is to say that Gusfield 's theory may continue to have explanatory power , particularly with regard to the initial motivation of participants in such a movement , and that where Wallis ' work is important is in pointing to the cultural concerns that may also underpin the rise of specific moral entrepreneurial groups . |
| 6 | To say that it is a duty to do it is to say that its consequences would be better than those which would ensue from any alternative . |
| 7 | It is to say that there was available neither the will nor the means to drive through the revolution which would have established Owen 's new order . |
| 8 | Roughly , it is to say that the statement ( R ) , and ( C ) true statements of certain conditions , and ( L ) a true lawlike statement , together entail the statement ( W ) . |
| 9 | This is not to say that all theories of legitimacy are only or merely ‘ rationalizations ’ ; rather , it is to say that they have an element of rationalization in them . |
| 10 | But it is to say that compulsive gambling with all its damaging consequences can be seen just as much in the reputable halls of commerce as in the street corner betting shop . |
| 11 | This is not to argue that these practices should not be abhorred and punished by society but it is to say that the underlying tendency may be addictive in nature and may therefore require the specific treatment appropriate for any addictive disease . |
| 12 | It is to say that whether it has done so can not be determined by asking whether the statute requires a certain state of facts to exist before a decision is reached : all statutes always do this . |
| 13 | Another way of putting it is to say that RE has to offer feasible road-maps enabling pupils to chart their own way around the difficult country of religion with its complexity and ambiguity . |
| 14 | An easy way of sort of getting round it is to say that adapters do it better , and innovators do it differently . |
| 15 | Our constituents look to us to obtain redress ; if the only satisfaction that we can give them is to say that the matter is out of our hands , it will not be long before they begin to wonder why they voted for us at all . |