Example sentences of "'s [adv] [adj] to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well that they any comment on the appearance of a woman they now think erm it 's rather difficult to say . |
| 2 | Well , it 's only polite to say whether if you |
| 3 | It 's perhaps fair to say as well that if if er er a member of the public knows that P C Smith or P C Jones is his local policeman , he would prefer to see P C Smith or P C Jones . |
| 4 | So they 're , I do n't know whether it 's , i it 's terribly reactionary to say that we really want one teletext cos your holidays , might they be coming up on Ceefax |
| 5 | It 's so hard to say when all along the line I 've been encouraged . |
| 6 | What 's so difficult to say about ‘ private investigator ’ or ‘ Mr Quick ’ or even ‘ pal ’ , ‘ buddy ’ or ‘ sir ’ ? |
| 7 | I think it 's best just to say it and run . |
| 8 | And well , it 's not nice to say that a girl is fat these days , but she was all ample proportioned we 'll put it like that . |
| 9 | But no I mean that 's not nice to say that because there are cripples |
| 10 | It 's not easy to say what the narrating ‘ I ’ is doing at such a scene . |
| 11 | It 's not easy to say when I 'll stop entirely ; who knows , maybe three , four or five years ’ time ? |
| 12 | ‘ It 's not polite to say things like that , ’ said Alice . |
| 13 | Perhaps it 's not right to say it , but I loved my grandma much more than I loved my mother … |
| 14 | Those who came included the food-obsessed Jo Brand ( 'I thought it was a ‘ Fork benefit ’ ) ; Marks Thomas and Miwurdz ; Michael Redmond ; The Comedy Store Players ; and Mark Steel ( 'I know it 's not trendy to say so any more but I just hate the police . |
| 15 | It 's not possible to say that U2 sound like blah , which is great . |
| 16 | Because they have n't been on the market for long , it 's not possible to say how well they 'll stand the test of time . |
| 17 | And it 's not professional to say anything . |
| 18 | the important thing in the last two years , everything has to be in , as I say it 's not true to say everything but quite a lot of things have been in , so both those are , are the . |
| 19 | track , because it it , no other transport business er has er does has to have a business , which op owns both the track it 's operating on and the operating er facilities themselves , so the we 're not doing anything new here , what we are actually doing , and incidentally the German government and other governments are going down the same route now because it 's not true to say that others are n't privatizing , what we 're doing is saying that we are having a separate track authority , and there are a variety of reasons for that , er but the an and that means actually less investment by the franchisee himself , but he will have control over the th the track operations , because he will have a contract , with Rail Track , to deliver certain services , and if Rail Track does n't deliver them then he 's able to claim penalties so |
| 20 | He says that a substantial amount has been paid in benefits , it 's not true to say that they owe the tenants a large amount of arrears . |
| 21 | A spokeswoman for the liquidator of Continental , Cork Gully , said : ‘ It 's not true to say that the club wo n't get any money but at the moment we do n't know how much any pay-out will be . ’ |
| 22 | And it 's not fair to say it 's because of the beard because the beard 's not my fault , they just did n't shave in the jungle in whatever century it 's going to be when we get there and I know I grew it early but that 's the way I am , I like to start thinking myself into the part as soon as possible . |
| 23 | It 's not fair to say it 's just a circus atmosphere . |
| 24 | Yes , it 's always sad to say farewell to colleagues that have been with you for a number of years , but all things have to come to an end , we say farewell with sadness and er fond memories to those who 've been with us for so long , but we welcome all those who are joining us and we can promise them a thriving future . |
| 25 | My guess is you may not need the hour to complete the er course work but er it 's always difficult to say when you set the thing , yeah ? |
| 26 | But it , was , it 's more correct to say carried on , but that 's another meaning okay ? |
| 27 | Ask a man why he first looks at Page 3 and he 's hardly likely to say ‘ Witty titties ’ . |
| 28 | It 's probably true to say that some actors just do n't mix well with other actors or directors . |
| 29 | It 's probably true to say , is n't it , that anybody who 's going to be picking this up are going to be in the school system rather than in the private school system ? |
| 30 | Rushie picked up a few lira and an Armani suit but it 's probably fair to say our golden boy from St Asaph did n't exactly win the freedom of Turin . |