Example sentences of "be to say [that] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another way of putting this would be to say that Althusser demonstrated that according to the protocols of conventional logic , history is impossible . |
| 2 | The sensible thing would have been to say that Crabb had been diving in the area to test out equipment and had got into difficulties , surfaced near the Russian ships and then drowned . |
| 3 | He 's been to say that Bernard has put his wrist out , and it being Danny 's day off he went for Bill , but Bill 's gone over to see his mother in Consett , so he says , what about it , sir ? ’ |
| 4 | And who 's to say that Edmund would n't be alive today if … ? ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | None of which is to say that Galway 's anguish is not fully justified . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Suffice it is to say that Woferl jumped up on the Empress 's lap , put his arms round her neck and kissed her heartily . |
| 9 | Who is to say that Yeats and Pound were wrong ? |
| 10 | One possible answer is to say that God chose the initial configuration of the universe for reasons that we can not hope to understand . |
| 11 | Iranian premier Moussavi 's response was to say that Iran was only too ready to help make the referendum possible . |