Example sentences of "be it [adj] to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's it supposed to say ? |
| 2 | Nor is it possible to say with confidence how much of the increase is due to melting glaciers and how much to thermal expansion . |
| 3 | Is it possible to say ‘ It was a beautiful morning at the end of November ’ without feeling like Snoopy ? |
| 4 | Nor is it possible to say what percentage of cases might be attributable to food , because nobody has even attempted to find out . |
| 5 | When is it appropriate to say more or say less ? |
| 6 | She was asked by The People 's QC George Carman : ‘ Is it right to say you saw more of Mr David Mellor than of him and his wife together ? ’ |
| 7 | Nor is it easy to say whether the number of towns or the size of the biggest is the better index of urban development . |
| 8 | Is it correct to say that the tramps actually used to make a special point of coming to see your father ? |
| 9 | Is it easier to say to this paralysed man , ‘ Your sins are forgiven ’ , or to say ‘ Stand up , take your bed and walk ? ’ 10 . |
| 10 | So if we 're giving this , is it fair to say we expect something back ? |
| 11 | In view of all these positive things , is it true to say , as the blurb does , that ‘ the Handbook of Human Intelligence will guide thinking about intelligence for the rest of the century ’ ? |
| 12 | ‘ How far is it true to say that VIETNAM became a quicksand that sucked the USA into an unwanted war ? ’ |
| 13 | In what sense is it true to say that a watch or an airliner or an earwig or a person is complex , but the moon is simple ? |
| 14 | On the evidence of these test results was it possible to say whether or not pupils could estimate and measure length ? |
| 15 | Was it true to say that the son ‘ had no right to complain ’ ? |