Example sentences of "say [conj] [pers pn] [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How can the hon. Gentleman say that it is the Government 's fault when someone does not pay taxes ? |
| 2 | I only say that it is the route of the Council of Europe that has been recognised by the Community as leading to Community membership itself . |
| 3 | Er in fact most of the radiation we get in fact is not from nuclear power , it 's from erm man made sourc it 's from , from natural sources eighty seven percent of the population as an average comes from our natural environment a lot comes from radon gas erm a small amount of radioactivity in our food erm we were discussing at er er lunch in , in fact the benefits of , of eating er low sodium salt salt is meant to be bad for you so the health er er er freaks say and it 's the sodium , therefore you should buy low sodium salt which is calcium chloride rather than sodium chloride what they forget to tell you of course is that potassium er sorry it 's , it 's potassium chloride rather than er than s than sodium chloride , what they forget , forget to tell you of course is that potassium is slightly radioactive it contains erm a small amount of , of a naturally occurring radioactive potassium so you get a small dose of radiation er to compensate for the fact you are n't eating any sodium . |
| 4 | It says that it is the counsel of the witan determined upon as soon as Cnut and his witan established peace and friendship between Danes and English , and that one of the first things the witan decided was that they would zealously observe Edgar 's law and " investigate further at leisure what was necessary for the nation , as best they could " . |
| 5 | And in language which extends the representation in Scale 1 of man 's struggles against sin in terms of the Passion , Hilton says that it is the reformation in faith which enables man to carry the image of sin rather than be carried away by it : For some this reformation in faith is sufficient in itself . |
| 6 | ‘ Bowe has always said that I am the man he wants more than anybody and now that I am giving him the perfect opportunity , he is shying away from it . |
| 7 | ‘ But Nate has specifically said that you are the man he wants to fly out to Turkey . |
| 8 | I suppose it will be said that it is the height of romanticism to cling to the idea that universities can remain largely publicly funded and that students will not inevitably have to pay fees . |
| 9 | If it is said that it is the use to which such information may be put that can be objectionable , the libertarian might well reply that gossip is an age-old way of passing the time and one of the cements of society . |
| 10 | He had said that it was the duty of any chairman to refer an offer that came from a reputable source to his board and shareholders . |
| 11 | It used to be said that it was the attempt by the Seljuks to prevent Christians from reaching Jerusalem which led to the First Crusade . |
| 12 | In the annual report of the Ministry of Health it had been said that it was the practice , in some wards , to require a casual who was locked in a cell by himself to break a given quantity of stone , often very hard , down to a specified standard of size which was reached when it could be passed through a ring : |
| 13 | Sutherland had said that he was the owner of the house and had received a phone call to say that youngsters had broken in and were vandalising it . |
| 14 | I remember when he always used to read out during the service before the sermon the previous week 's collection and it used to consist of the collection last Sunday consisted of one pensioning note , twenty ha'penny half crown pieces , forty florins and he 'd go all through the coinage down to the last ha'penny but erm oh I believe he was , he was er very aristocratic , very aristocratic , but er Father , cos he used to come over our house quite a lot when my mother was on the parochial church council , and er he had a curate that was quite leftish and he got himself on the old Board of Guardians and of course he used to sort of er go into the Labour Club and was quite of er father , he said to old Father one night he said erm he 's a funny chap your curate he said well he , he 's the son of a farm labourer he says and I 'm the son of a country squire and that 's the difference . |
| 15 | Indeed there is a case for saying that it is the mix of ions of opposite polarities that makes the resonance formula adaptable and actually causes a self-tuning resonance . |
| 16 | Lewis contented himself with saying that it was the race that would decide who was the best . |
| 17 | Like he 's sort of saying that he 's the boss ! |
| 18 | Coming up to him offering him sour wine and saying if you 're the King of the Jews save yourself . |
| 19 | Someone said that you were the father of Jane Davenant 's son . ’ |
| 20 | Let me then say a little bit about Newstat and presidential power and , and if you remember my last lecture I said that he was the man who coined the phrase that presidential power is the power to persuade . |
| 21 | He said that it was the responsibility of the government to propose a modification of the election calendar , adopted by the country 's national conference in June [ see p. 38277-78 ] . |
| 22 | Lord Goff said that it was the denial of choice that was the critical factor , rather than the denial of a form of education that may or may not be available in other of the authority 's schools . |
| 23 | In Chapter 1 we said that it was the job of a financial system to channel funds from surplus to deficit sectors . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , I have to say that it is the Cow Gum that is at fault here . |
| 25 | It might be rash to conclude that all that represents a rejection of radicalism ; better , perhaps , to say that it is the sense of radicalism itself that changed . |
| 26 | However , to say that it is the subject is perhaps misleading . |
| 27 | This is not to say that it was the consequence of the rise of Fordism ( i.e. , the changes that were taking place during the first half of the 20th century in capitalist methods of production ) . |
| 28 | ( Davidson , 1980c , d ; Kim , 1973 ) However , it is as natural to say that it was the fact that the switch was flipped that caused the windscreen wipers to start to work . |
| 29 | It 's the kind of endorsement superstars never give while selling their movies , something said because it is the concern at the top of Connery 's mind . |
| 30 | All the same , it is far too early to say whether it is the vintage of the century or even of the decade . |