Example sentences of "a [noun sg] say that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A short time before , estate agents ' men had put up a board to say that five houses were to be built — but they had erected it in the flower garden of the house instead of in the field as they had been instructed . |
| 2 | It passes a law saying that all envelopes must be left unsealed , so that it can open letters with ease . |
| 3 | If again we talk about the locality where thinking takes place we have a right to say that this locality is the paper on which we write or the mouth which speaks . |
| 4 | It is a tautology to say that English spelling is excellent because the reader can Jump around for clues on so many different levels ( semantic , visual , phonic , contextual , etymological , and so on ) . |
| 5 | It would be too simplistic an approach to such a society to say that hi sā dominated . |
| 6 | Underlining the absurdity of Ireland 's proportional representation system — and make no mistake about it , if we had a proportional system in Britain , it would n't be that nice Paddy Ashdown holding the balance of power , it would more likely be the Reverend Ian Paisley and a couple of Welsh Nationalists — the issue of whether or not Cable & Wireless Plc can buy a stake in Telecom Eireann could bring the coalition government down : Fianna Fail realises that in order to bring in outside investment into the debt-strapped state phone company and increase the lamentable penetration of just 31 phone lines per 100 people , there is little alternative to privatising the company outright or at least bringing an outside investor , but Dick Spring , deputy prime minister and leader of the Labour Party , minority partner in the coalition , issued a statement saying that any privatisation ‘ would represent a breach of the programme of government . ’ |
| 7 | It would be a bit of an exaggeration to say that little Doug Flutie out-quarterbacked Houston 's big Warren Moon . |
| 8 | ‘ Ten , ’ said Ivy , in the tone of an editor saying that this correspondence was now closed . |