Example sentences of "[adj] say that [adj] [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , it steadfastly refuses to ban lead in petrol even though there is now no scientist of repute willing to say that leaded petrol is , on balance , blameless and even though opinion polls have shown a massive public consensus against lead in petrol . |
| 2 | A well-known example is ‘ controversy ’ , which is pronounced by some speakers as and by others as ; it would be quite wrong to say that one version was correct and one incorrect . |
| 3 | At the same time , it is hardly adequate to say that higher education is concerned only with reproducing inequality ; greater access to higher education has resulted in a growing number of women obtaining degrees and entering the professions . |
| 4 | The Japanese say that these fish are five-coloured , the hues being red , white , black , dark and light blue . |
| 5 | In my judgment , it is impossible to say that that decision is wrong and this appeal will be dismissed . |
| 6 | It then becomes impossible to rank societies as more or less aggressive than one another , just as it is impossible to say that one society is more or less evil than another . |
| 7 | The judge said it was quite impossible to say that any error was shown by these matters on the face of the determination , and that the parties were , on a matter of opinion , bound by the opinion of their chosen expert . |
| 8 | It would be easy to say that this volume is just another book ’ on organic synthesis — one which will sit alongside the excellent texts of S. Warren , and the more recent book by E. J. Corey and X. M. Cheng , The logic of chemical synthesis . |
| 9 | It would be naive to say that marital dissatisfaction is always a feature in marital unfaithfulness but in long-term or continued adultery the comment is probably a true one . |
| 10 | Butler sometimes talks of a passion as directed at one 's ‘ having ’ its object , but it seems more satisfactory to say that particular passions are directed at occurrences , and that the basic one can not be directed ; t the occurrence of pleasure for oneself since this always stems from having something occur one wished to do so . |
| 11 | They thought it unsatisfactory to say that moral qualities are distinguished by sense or feeling rather than by reason . |
| 12 | Only a very small number of authorities were unable to say that some money was being directly spent on training or were unable to indicate a person or people at least nominally responsible for training ( see Chapter 3 for discussion of resources available for training ) . |
| 13 | I hope that he will be able to say that great attention is now being given to Lord Cullen 's concerns about the ventilation systems . |
| 14 | The teapot , milk jug , sugar basin and tongs will require cleaning with Goddard 's powder before midday , so that all will be proper , and the visitors will not be able to say that this house is a slum inside , even if there is one outside . ’ |
| 15 | It is certainly not objectionable to say that personal freedom is sometimes limited : any society based on the rule of law does that . |
| 16 | We are pleased to say that this Policy is one of the best in the market to meet the requirements of Policyholders . |
| 17 | It is ridiculous to say that all males are basically evil while females are n't , and in view of that , girls would also have degenerated on the island into cruelty . |
| 18 | It is fair to say that international organizations are much more sensitive to this accusation than formerly . |
| 19 | It is fair to say that first impressions are very encouraging . |
| 20 | Yes , it costs a lot of money , but I think it 's fair to say that that cost is within reach of the serious working player , and it could well be the answer for aspiring rock guitarists who need ‘ that ’ sound . |
| 21 | I think it is fair to say that hard words were spoken , but I never knew exactly what was said . |
| 22 | It is fair to say that this view is controversial : certainly Grinsell remains strictly factual , but the Bords support this explanation and in so doing follow in the footsteps of John Michell , Tony Wedd , and earlier writers of the 1930s . |
| 23 | It is fair to say that this reconstruction is based on late classical texts , and it is unclear in particular how far Papinian 's view may have been anticipated in earlier law . |
| 24 | It would be fair to say that these tests are as details , if not more so , than those for human food . |
| 25 | It is possible to say that Christian beliefs are ‘ symbolically true ’ . |
| 26 | It is not possible to say that these families were typical of all Caribbean families in London . |
| 27 | The lay subsidy rolls of the fourteenth century yield much information on the subject of bynames and surnames for all categories of persons , and in many cases it seems true to say that such names were not necessarily applied to whole families nor ( given that they appear in different forms in successive rolls ) can they be judged to have stabilized . |
| 28 | It would be true to say that catholic nationalism was at its most formidable in the years between independence and the rise of pragmatic politics in the Republic under Sean Lemass in the late 1950s . |
| 29 | Fourthly it is generally true to say that fewer people are required to operate such systems and those employed are normally kept outside the main storage area . |
| 30 | And while it 's true to say that some cross-dressers are gay , not all gays , by any means , are transvestites . |