Example sentences of "to say that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's true to say that multiple orgasm can be achieved — through a combination of extreme arousal , great self-confidence , a complete lack of anxiety and a wonderful partner . |
| 2 | My Lord to say that that evidence will not assist you and should n't be received . |
| 3 | In my judgment , it is impossible to say that that decision is wrong and this appeal will be dismissed . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Viewed as an ‘ independent robot ’ , I am happy to admit that a particular area of my brain controls my digestive processes and ‘ I ’ do not , but I certainly do not want to say that that brain area is ‘ aware ’ of those processes . |
| 6 | Counsel in support of the application this morning has not been able to say that that claim or allegation has been abandoned . |
| 7 | This is not to say that all criticism is unjustified . |
| 8 | This is not to say that all conflict is constructive . |
| 9 | Such an approach to the status of international law is not theoretically neutral ; rather it is a manifestation of that most popular of all jurisprudential theories , the sanction or imperative theory of law in which some version of Austinianism is deployed to say that international law is not a command backed by the effective threat of the use of force against non-compliance and is therefore not law ( Austin , 1861 ) . |
| 10 | It is wrong to say that real ale should be served at room temperature : too warm and the beer tastes tacky and rancid ; too cold and the subtle palate of the beer is masked by the chill . |
| 11 | One is to say that substantial expansion is simply not possible , given planned expenditure levels . |
| 12 | Linguists do not like to say that Standard English is ‘ superior ’ to other dialects , because all dialects have their own richness , their own specific identity . |
| 13 | Who now would dare to say that Standard English has any ultimate authority ? |
| 14 | A slightly technical way of putting this is to say that integrated letter writing is a fundamental pre-requisite of a successful recruitment system . |
| 15 | This is not to say that general practice has solved all its problems , for an old contradiction remains unresolved . |
| 16 | It is difficult to think of more threatening language than to say that political union must be accepted if countries wish to avoid being dominated . |
| 17 | That is to say that increased expenditure on elderly people occurred due to growing numbers of aged in the population but there was no overall shift in the way in which resources were allocated . |
| 18 | But the Treaty goes on to say that monetary union will come about automatically in 1999 , for all who meet the conditions . |
| 19 | It is historically untrue to say that religious decline in Europe began in the twentieth century : the majority of working people in the first one hundred years of industrialism were not regular churchgoers ( though the new middle classes were ) . |
| 20 | To say that religious belief could function as a presupposition of science need not entail the strong claim that , without a prior theology , science would never have taken off . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | That is not to say that reasonable protection from development should not be given to particular areas , for it is important to retain the character of the land and to ensure that all tastes are catered for : For instance , some people like to climb dangerous rocks in pouring rain . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It is to say that mental disengagement from the region and its ‘ troubles ’ is hardly the way to achieve an historic compromise there . |
| 25 | It is to say that one person 's view is as good as another 's , which we patently do not accept when it comes to many aspects of our daily lives . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | We do not want to say that one kind of state causes the other kind , but neither does it make much sense to say that they are ‘ parallel ’ or ‘ identical ’ . |
| 28 | I screamed and rattled my chains ; they turned sluggishly away as if to say that one way or another they would eventually dine on my flesh . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | To say that one copy is sufficient and that it is probably available at the British Library is good enough grounds for an organisation such as Brent Library to throw out books that are ideologically unsound , as unquestionably it did . |