Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we 're after , I think , is what you are naturally inclined to say , without conceptual hindsight . |
| 2 | Mind you it was only their wages are only comparable to say some wages that they get in nuclear power station . |
| 3 | Why this has happened I am not competent to say , but it could be a fruitful and fascinating subject for research . |
| 4 | I am not ashamed to say it brought me close to tears . |
| 5 | Hull coach Royce Simmons added : ‘ I think it was an accident but I am not prepared to say anything more than that until I receive any official notification . ’ |
| 6 | Inspector Martin Thorn said : ‘ I am not prepared to say what was revealed during our inquiries . ’ |
| 7 | I am not able to say that the steering group has achieved fair and equal representation of all its members . |
| 8 | ‘ YOU ARE NOT OBLIGED TO SAY ANYTHING … ’ |
| 9 | ( You are not supposed to say , ‘ Hurrah , at last . |
| 10 | We are not prepared to say any more . ’ |
| 11 | Their Lordships are not prepared to say it could not . |
| 12 | It is absolutely clear that many Labour Members want taxes to be raised but are not prepared to say so . |
| 13 | I do not know any ( secondary ) school teachers who , in private , are not willing to say that they are substantially dissatisfied with the job that schools are doing , for at least a substantial proportion of pupils . |
| 14 | John Pitt , joint mangaing director of Anchor International , said : ‘ We are not willing to say anything which might prejudice our application . ’ |
| 15 | The Liberal Democrats are not frightened to say how they would raise the finances to do that . |
| 16 | Investigating officers sifted through the debris of the workshops yesterday in an attempt to discover the cause of the fire but Detective Sergeant Andy Adams of Clacton police said : ‘ At this stage we are not able to say exactly how the fire started . |
| 17 | We are not afraid to say what needs to be said . |
| 18 | ‘ We 're not ready to say anything about GKS yet . |
| 19 | We 're not ashamed to say that . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're not supposed to say that , ’ Claire said primly . |
| 21 | ‘ You 're not supposed to say that , are you ? ’ |
| 22 | Your name 's not Joan , you 're not supposed to say things now . |
| 23 | You 're not supposed to say but |
| 24 | No you 're not supposed to say that . |
| 25 | you 're not supposed to say |
| 26 | You 're not supposed to say there 's no there Excuse me , do you know where James and Petra 's wedding reception is ? |
| 27 | You 're not supposed to say that . |
| 28 | You 're not supposed to say that ! |
| 29 | You 're always free to say NO ! |
| 30 | ‘ If you ask the staff if you can use the toilets in an emergency they 're quite likely to say ‘ There 's a McDonald 's down the road , why do n't you try there ? ’ ’ |