Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adj] to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were much less likely to say there were laws or regulations protecting people who take out credit agreements , and much more likely not to know whether any action could be taken over some credit agreement which they had signed but later felt was unfair . |
| 2 | Although it does not in fact provide a justification , we are much less inclined to say that it does not . |
| 3 | If B is threatened with a tort it is , of course , equally true that he may bring an action for damages if the tort is committed or bring an action for a quia timet injunction first , but , especially where the threat is of violence , it is perhaps less realistic to say that these legal remedies afford him adequate protection against the consequences of resistance . |
| 4 | Now it 's actually much more scriptural to say we have sinned against our neighbours . |
| 5 | Iraq would be much more justified to say that she spent lots of money on military equipment so that she could invade other countries like Iran to gain more land . |
| 6 | In the detailed cross-tabulations for our main survey ( not always included in Appendix I ) , we found that women were much more likely to say they did not know what sort of interest rate to expect , and to say they did not understand interest rates well . |
| 7 | Those who did respond were much more likely to say that little or no contribution was fair . |
| 8 | Hough and Mayhew ( 1988 ) regard these figures as underestimates and Worrall and Pease ‘ s ( 1986 ) re-analysis of the BCS data which looked at all crimes , and attempted crimes , involving contact and where the victim could identify whether or not they knew the offender , found that women were much more likely to say that they knew the offender well and that the offender was a spouse in nearly 40 per cent of cases . |
| 9 | Upper socio-economic single girls were much more likely to say that they did not use soap and water because it would ruin their skin . |
| 10 | More non-enrollers than migrants said they intended to do a course in the future ( 63% compared with 40% ) and the non-enrollers were also much more likely to say they wanted to start the course very soon and had made enquiries about it . |
| 11 | It is much more satisfactory to say that these statements show what the speaker believes or feels , if he is speaking sincerely and correctly . |
| 12 | It is perhaps also true to say that , underneath , Britain , in regarding the Messina plan as too ambitious , was also quietly confident — particularly after the collapse of the EDC and the Political Community — that the scheme would come to nought . |
| 13 | So how good to say that this new Chopin disc reveals a more composed and mature Gavrilov , someone able to storm high heaven , if necessary , without loss of refinement , someone in fact acutely aware that Polish passion in Chopin was counterbalanced with Gallic finesse . |
| 14 | It 's only too easy to say , oh yes , we can make chairs … we can make kitchens and three-piece suites … grand pianos , anything you like , but what we have to do is to pick out one thing that we think is a winner and actually do that properly . ’ |
| 15 | We were all too shocked to say anything more than ‘ Poor old Froggy ’ and ‘ Who on earth could have done it ? ’ |
| 16 | A the moment it is in most cases just about possible to say that , according to a family history , a certain risk exists . |
| 17 | Its the , the market is there because people want it and this about er , I think its just too easy to say that people are mislead by them . |
| 18 | During the past few decades , many academic psychologists have studied the phenomenon but it is still not possible to say exactly what hypnosis is . |
| 19 | It is much more nearly true to say that no two patients ever show exactly the same constellation of symptoms . |
| 20 | The family was still too upset to say anything about the accident . |
| 21 | ‘ It is still too early to say whether the peak in unemployment has passed , but the likelihood of sustained increases in unemployment in the months to come recedes with each monthly fall , ’ officials said in the June monthly monetary report . |
| 22 | It is also not easy to say where social security begins and taxation ends . |
| 23 | It is probably more accurate to say that as a package the new employment system used traditional symbols to make the unfamiliar appear customary . |
| 24 | That is unfair , and it is also slightly sinister to say that , when somebody reaches a certain age , he can no longer receive care under the NHS . |
| 25 | It is also quite untrue to say that any foreigners obtained land . |
| 26 | It was probably too late to say sorry , but she 'd better bluggy try ! |
| 27 | It is also very difficult to say how successful this would be within the current recognition system . |
| 28 | It is clearly very difficult to say how much of this discrimination is the result of policy decisions by employers . |
| 29 | If asked , they will be quite ready to say that it is grossly indecent , but far less ready to say that it tends to deprave or corrupt . |
| 30 | The evidence is so thin that it is really not possible to say more than this . |