Example sentences of "[is] [adj] say that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In considering whether at this stage it is possible to say that the answer to this question must be ‘ nothing ’ I must assume that the third defendant will be found guilty of conspiracy or fraud as alleged by the plaintiffs and also that the third party will be found to be negligent as regards the plaintiffs in the respects mentioned in the third party notice . |
| 2 | My hon. Friend is right to say that the ophthalmology specialty in Plymouth hospital has had excessive waiting lists . |
| 3 | It is right to say that the applicant asserts that since that time Mr. Tee has not been associated with the running of Winchester 's business , although of course on his own evidence he was the majority shareholder in that company . |
| 4 | Mr. Morgan : The Minister is right to say that the Department of Education and Science is formally and departmentally responsible . |
| 5 | There is a sense in which the challenge to convention can become a convention in itself ; it is easier to say that a multitude of views will be tolerated than to put it into practice . |
| 6 | But is this to say that the author deliberately chose a means of expression which did not communicate what he wanted to communicate ? |
| 7 | It 's easy to say that the smashing of a guitar is a loss to some potential player or other , but very few guitars are smashed compared with , say , the thousands of great instruments that are stored away in collections , in bank vaults etc . |
| 8 | Without them , it is impossible to say that a country has a constitution in the current international sense of the word . |
| 9 | In our judgment it is impossible to say that the barrister acted unreasonably . |
| 10 | We are not told this but it is easy to say that the plot opens up in the Deep American South between the two world wars , from the way the coloured people are treated , the fashions , and the descriptive backgrounds . |
| 11 | It is easy to say that the time spent considering the Matisse is time better spent than that spent considering a Gerasimov , let alone a Bouguereau . |
| 12 | It 's safe to say that every child in every culture will go through a period of saying that the pencil which has been moved up is now longer or bigger or big now . |
| 13 | I THINK it is fair to say that every hobby has its frustrations , and that there is no pastime that is genuinely ‘ roses all the way ’ . |
| 14 | I think it is fair to say that the tradition of structuralist and transformational descriptive grammar contains many examples of this kind . |
| 15 | WHEN the first seven horses home finish in a heap , with less than three lengths covering them , it is fair to say that the race in question is not much of a Classic trial . |
| 16 | However , it is fair to say that the Forestry Commission has become more sympathetic to the needs of the land and is now encouraging the planting of more broadleaved trees . |
| 17 | In any case fear of the spread of communism reinforced the belief that Asia , too , could benefit from the treasure that was being poured into Europe by way of Marshall Aid and , as Wolf concludes : ‘ It is fair to say that the desire to avoid ‘ another China ’ no less than the desire of the Administration to avoid further Congressional attacks on its Asian policy , determined the timing of US aid to Southern Asia . ’ |
| 18 | He stated : ‘ If we apply [ the fraud vitiates consent ] idea to the present case , it is difficult to say that the prisoner was not guilty of rape , for the definition of rape is having connection with a woman without her consent . ’ |
| 19 | In overall terms it is difficult to say that the culture of a law degree has changed . |
| 20 | IT 'S fair to say that the insurance industry has one of the greatest effects on the success or otherwise of Heggie 's business ; that and the inability of drivers to drive properly . |
| 21 | I think it 's fair to say that the Secretary of State has accepted that the special character of North Yorkshire , require a balance to be struck between environmental protection and development in the county . |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman suggests that the orders have failed , but the main order , to break the tie , is not yet in effect , so it is premature to say that the proposal has failed to introduce competition . |
| 23 | It is true to say that no composer would write music hard enough for him . |
| 24 | Consequently , while it is true to say that the sentence with the to infinitive evokes a realized event , this is only part of the story : it also evokes the dispositions of the support previous to the realization of the happening denoted by the infinitive . |
| 25 | I had not originally intended to make a great issue of the fact , but it is true to say that the pressure groups that study these matters in great detail are incensed at the way in which the orders have been introduced . |
| 26 | The rationale is that such behaviour may make life intolerable ; and that , if indeed it does , the offended partner is entitled to say that the marriage has broken down . |
| 27 | I think it 's true to say that the design responsible company , Deutsch Aerospace erm has discovered that er there 's a lot more software in this system than they had originally imagined and the , their sub contractors of course , they 've had to er write various parts of that for them and erm putting together the four elements of the programme has been a lot more complex than anyone imagined . |
| 28 | It is sufficient to say that the majority view appears to be in line with that which I have formed in the light of the British authorities , and that the dissenting opinion of Wilson J. does not persuade me that that view is wrong . |