Example sentences of "put it [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 'll put it that way then |
| 32 | You mentioned just now about artificial foods , if I can put it that way . |
| 33 | It 's a question of just choosing and what you are saying is that you can increase you payback , if I could put it that way , by choosing numbers which are for whatever reason less popular with some people , simply because the payback is larger on those days . |
| 34 | I mean given that you 've got a , oh I do n't know , a pound you 're going to spend a week in gambling entertainment , if I could put it that way , you 'd do better to go in for the pools , because if you did have a win you might have a big one , than to put it on a horse — am I right ? |
| 35 | You say they 've got some sort of guidance , perhaps through the Magistrates ' Association , or maybe through some local starting point tariff if I could put it that way . |
| 36 | But there is room for people , like myself for example , who have part interest in education , if I could put it that way , to spend some time working with you . |
| 37 | And that can detect erm tumours , body defects and so forth in a , in a non-destructive way if I could put it that way . |
| 38 | Is n't the situation really , erm taking it erm group violence , if I could put it that way , is n't it a question really checks and balances . |
| 39 | And not many years later than that you were involved with the Gardener Centre in one of its previous incarnations , if I could put it that way . |
| 40 | Well it 's been a discussion — if we can put it that way that 's been going on more or less throughout the nineteen eighties |
| 41 | I think the fact that erm only twelve per cent of perceived sexual harassment cases come from tutors is n't to make that a minor problem , because the impact that sexual harassment , coming from tutors , institutional actors as it were , can have on students is phenomenal and you know one ca n't get too tied up in terms of the amount or the quantity of sexual harassment , I think one has to consider the quality of sexual harassment as well if one can put it that way , and it 's by no means a minor problem . |
| 42 | no , no , no , I certainly would n't put it that way erm but certainly in times of war one of the jobs of the press , I think , is to erm keep and eye on the morale of the country and that sort of thing erm |
| 43 | And I 'm going to suggest it 's in your interest to learn how the media operate , and it 's in your interest to cultivate the media , and it 's in your interest to actually persuade the media to do a lot of the work which you would normally do for yourselves if I could put it that way . |
| 44 | It means a lot of being enjoy being on the wrong side , if I can put it that way . |
| 45 | Let me put it another way . |
| 46 | ‘ I wonder if I can put it another way , ’ said the Thing , and it managed to sound slightly annoyed . |
| 47 | I 'll put it another way to you , Mr Millet . |
| 48 | ‘ Let me put it another way , boys , ’ their father said , sitting back and wiping his mouth on his hand . |
| 49 | So let's put it another way , how does the exclusion |
| 50 | Let me put it another way . |
| 51 | ‘ Let me put it another way . |
| 52 | Let me put it another way , Bernard , when you uttered your little cry ‘ Bastard ! ’ |
| 53 | Let me put it another way , if we lived in a magic world , and were n't having things like essays and package deals together , and any officer was being asked to forecast the money that would be needed for the sensible and , and virile implementation of five B , would you arrive at a figure of about thirty thousand pounds or not ? |
| 54 | Or in oth can I put it another way ? |
| 55 | Can I put it another way to you , that if houses are provided for people who have migrated from West Yorkshire to North Yorkshire , that the failure to provide for employment of an equivalent level , because I well appreciate we are not going to stop Mr Laycock driving or commute I beg your pardon commuting each day from Harrogate to Leeds , that failure failure to provide an adequate level of employment for those new residents would be contrary to the advice in P P G twelve and P P G 14 about reducing the need to travel ? |
| 56 | Can I put it another way , has it got more benefits than dis- 5 Erm , D |
| 57 | Then let me put it another way . ’ |
| 58 | No I thought it might not be , let's put it another way . |
| 59 | Now , can I put it another way Adrian ? |
| 60 | Let me put it another way then . |