Example sentences of "i [be] [adv] say that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 By emphasizing this convergence I am not saying that culture and identity are unimportant , but challenging the routine reduction of race to them alone which obscures the inherently political character of the term .
2 I am not saying that disturbances always have a single cause .
3 I am not saying that women religious have totally solved the problem .
4 I am not saying that churches should not state their views about social evils , but it is quite another thing to imagine that clear statements are denting the Evil One 's power .
5 I am not saying that people who are directly subjected to racism are inevitably attracted to one-dimensional argument or that those who are not necessarily take a more sophisticated view .
6 I am not saying that Christians subscribe openly to such a view of doubt .
7 I am not saying that Charles is incapable of love , it 's just that he has this unreal perception of women .
8 But I am not saying that Dr. Briant should necessarily be stopped from making his scientific searches , for his ability to do so is as God-given as that warning .
9 I 'm simply saying that Sarella disclaimed all rights to Uncle 's bequest before becoming engaged to me .
10 I 'm just saying that things might be less confused , and less dangerous , if he could soberly entertain the idea of being homosexual .
11 I 'm not saying that P P G twelve does not apply .
12 I 'm not saying that women and girls are bad .
13 I 'm not saying that women ca n't raise sons on their own , I 'm saying that it 's difficult for a woman to teach , and very near impossible , in my mind , for a woman to teach a young boy how to be a man .
14 Do n't get me wrong , I 'm not saying that companies should n't sponsor ballet or opera , but I think they have to not lose sight of sponsorship potential with the disadvantages as well as the anonymous giving branch , because small amounts of money to some organizations may do disproportionately more than the Scottish Opera
15 I 'm not saying that negotiations should be completed by a certain date , but that the matter should come back to court by a certain date so that there is therefore er er is a time , an incentive for the
16 But I 'm not saying that people are incompetent , but it takes a certain amount
17 I 'm not saying that people would have never changed their ideas but if it would have been done in the manner that it would have been done in in the first place and if people would have been told about their future lives and if people had been , would 've accepted what was going on in light of all the decisions that have been taken previously regarding the merger issue .
18 I 'm merely saying that Gramps could not have been the father of her child ! ’
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