Example sentences of "is [adj] to say that " in BNC.
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| 1 | These examples demonstrate that it is absurd to say that the Cox Report does not advocate the teaching of grammar . |
| 2 | This quadratic form is not , as previously , a sum of squares ; but provided it is not zero we could choose di to make the element unity , when we should have ( with X for Xd ) unc On account of the properties established here , it is usual to say that the modes of a system are orthogonal to each other . |
| 3 | It is possible to say that their pas de deux are completely uninhibited . |
| 4 | Though Isaac turned out not to be God 's new Adam , it is possible to say that Joseph did . |
| 5 | It may be impossible to draw up a fitness league table but it is possible to say that complexity has increased during evolution . |
| 6 | Thus when a man 's vassals rebelled against him , it is possible to say that they were exerting , in due form , the ancient right of resistance , of diffidatio , or , with William of Malmesbury , that they had proved swift to break faith . |
| 7 | But with hindsight it is possible to say that Pope John had already rejected the defensive-minded , judgemental , negative Council projected in 1948–9 . |
| 8 | It is possible to say that Christian beliefs are ‘ symbolically true ’ . |
| 9 | But they raise again the issue of how one assesses the importance of different forms of organization within an economy and society , and especially in what sense , and when , it is possible to say that a particular form of organization dominates a system . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | On a more general level it is possible to say that since painting is in any case an art of illusion , in so far as it conveys sensations of volume and depth on a two-dimensional surface , it was easier for the Cubists to break with traditional conventions , to push the ‘ illusion ’ one step further , and to invent a new pictorial language , than it was to find a new way of dealing with the solid , tangible forms themselves . |
| 12 | The world can be divided up on a purely climatic basis by using any climatic parameters one likes , so that the number of possible methods of division is very large , but , as most of these are meaningless geographically , it is possible to say that pure climatic regions do not exist , at least from a geographer 's point of view . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , Scholes is right to say that ‘ interpretation is not a pure skill but a discipline deeply dependent on knowledge ’ ; as much was conceded by Richards in Practical Criticism , a fundamental text of the New Criticism , when he acknowledged that those who had not already read enough poetry would read poems badly . |
| 14 | Mr Lawson is right to say that deficits are more sustainable than they were in the 1970s . |
| 15 | Hall is right to say that current Labour and Liberal parties can not take on the task of realignment , but would be equally correct in saying they ca n't be by-passed . |
| 16 | ‘ Perhaps Terence is right to say that the most creative way to use psychedelics is in your own home , lying down in silence , ’ he continues . |
| 17 | He is right to say that the fares are too high even more so when the fare is the same whether you join the trains at Crewe or London . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | … At the same time it is right to say that in her evidence … she repudiates the notion that any influence was exerted or any pressure put upon her , or that her husband made any misrepresentation to her . |
| 20 | Mr. Morgan : The Minister is right to say that the Department of Education and Science is formally and departmentally responsible . |
| 21 | Irina is right to say that when I lived on my own I was a lonely man . |
| 22 | Half the patients who require heart surgery are dealt with immediately , but the hon. Gentleman is right to say that some patients have to wait . |
| 23 | My hon. Friend is right to say that we live in an increasingly competitive environment and that much in the social action programme would damage that competitiveness within the European Community — to the interests of the Japanese , the United States and our other competitors . |
| 24 | My hon. Friend is right to say that the local income tax is not an alternative to council tax which commends itself to Conservative Members — or even to most Opposition Members , and he is right to say that anybody interested in knowing why local income tax will not work could do no better than to read the report of our proceedings in Committee . |
| 25 | My hon. Friend is right to say that the local income tax is not an alternative to council tax which commends itself to Conservative Members — or even to most Opposition Members , and he is right to say that anybody interested in knowing why local income tax will not work could do no better than to read the report of our proceedings in Committee . |
| 26 | My hon. Friend is right to say that there has been an enormous improvement . |
| 27 | My hon. Friend is right to say that BT is one of the leading companies and has made an important contribution to our economy . |
| 28 | My hon. Friend is right to say that the ophthalmology specialty in Plymouth hospital has had excessive waiting lists . |
| 29 | Although my hon. Friend is right to say that budget-holding practices have been outstandingly successful and are now very popular with most doctors — |
| 30 | He is right to say that a significant number of organs , which could be used for transplantation , are not used . |