Example sentences of "say that the [adj] [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Well , ’ they continue , ‘ we 've been reading your columns and we 're just a little bit worried that you might mean it when you say that the European Community is a fraudulent delusion ; the German economy is kaput ; the French are morally bankrupt ; racism is becoming endemic ; America 's had it ; Britain 's in for five years of total chaos and the middle-classes will soon be taking to the streets . |
2 | That is what we mean when we say that the Labour party is advocating an envy tax . |
3 | Experts say that the current recession is behind the trend . |
4 | The is no doubt that polished tools look better , but some say that the extra expense is unnecessary . |
5 | do n't actually , do n't actually directly say that the central bi-law is is anti competitive do you or do you ? |
6 | Those who believe in delegation say that the elected representative is presumably a responsible person and a committee of responsible persons should be entrusted with responsibility . |
7 | If the relationship between two variables entirely disappears when a causally prior variable is brought under control , we say that the original relationship was spurious ; by this we do not mean that the bivariate effect did not really exist , but rather that causal conclusions drawn from it would be incorrect . |
8 | The district planners also say that the proposed development is in an area of countryside where new dwellings are only allowed to fulfil proven agricultural need . |
9 | Chris Trickey , of the Lawn Tennis Association 's Facilities Department , says that the acrylic market is ‘ always likely to be relatively small . |
10 | He says that the real cost was to the public . |
11 | Brenda Hogget Q C , one of the five commissioners involved in the Family Law Report , says that the current legislation is confusing and dishonest . |
12 | The letter says that the key issue is which funding system will most likely encourage first-generation entrants to higher education from social groups not hitherto persuaded to participate . |
13 | He says that the main concern is that the mother is receiving the right amount of support . |
14 | He says that the main priority was to ensure that the travellers could n't group up to stage a huge festival . |
15 | John Lyons could be taken to be offering such an analysis when he says that the English language is different from other languages in that it ‘ extends ’ the meaning of particular words beyond the culture-specific because of the international demands made on it ( Lyons , 1982 ) . |
16 | A new traffic report published today says that the British public are n't satisfied with parking regulations and their enforcement . |
17 | Writing in Inspire , Elizabeth Innes rightly says that the house-to-house collection is the least popular task of the Week , but she is also right when she tells how a word of thanks from a housebound person , grateful for the opportunity to give , compensates for previous rebuffs . |
18 | When Wittgenstein says that the linguistic expression is a substitute for the natural expression , and that there is no sharp line between the linguistic and the natural expression of a feeling , he is attacking the notion that in the relation between saying ‘ It hurts ’ and being in pain there must be a justifying element of reflecting on how one feels ( a ‘ ground ’ for the utterance ) , an element which does n't come into the relation between moaning and being in pain . |
19 | It has been said that the Imperial Court was more successful in mounting great set pieces than in its day-to-day running , and indeed so successful was it in this field that an impression was created that the whole of the period was one long spectacle — the so-called fête impériale — whose only aim was entertainment , prodigality and licence . |
20 | These men will not readily wear garment of crotal when going to sea , as it is said that the crotal plant was plucked from the rocks and will therefore return to the rocks . |
21 | It used to be said that the Labour Party was a ‘ broad church ’ , as it managed to contain such a wide range of opinion . |
22 | He has also said that the Labour party was already committed to ’ the rapid development of regional development agencies . ’ |
23 | France Telecom has not joined the queue of enterprises seeking privatisation , and its chairman has said that the current statute is quite adequate . |
24 | It is said that the reclining river-god is a Hellenistic invention . |
25 | It has often been said that the non-neurotic person is one whose repressive mechanisms work well . |
26 | As my hon. Friend points out , the Bundesbank has said that the German economy is now in recession . |
27 | After , after the years of hardship and loss and then ev everything came as a relief , course we were still at war with the Japanese and people were still in Burma , our soldiers were still in Burma fighting the Japanese , but having said that the main issue was over and it was n't long after the Americans dropped the atomic bomb and of course , I always thought they had to really or else the Japanese would still be fighting now the er they had special dances in the Town Hall for the V E Day and the Americans who did a a jitterbug contest and er I always remember my friend and his sister , who was English , they actually won it against the Yanks he er |
28 | Well , we can give a certain clear sense to saying that the hot coffee is able or has a power to dissolve the cube of sugar . |
29 | All the police present were scathing of the legal system , saying that the stupid barrister was from [ name of legal firm ] , and would probably end up a judge . |
30 | Chinese Premier Li Peng on Sept. 8 expressed support for the East Asia Economic Grouping ( EAEG ) plan , proposed by Malaysia , saying that the planned grouping was vital in view of increasing economic protectionist practices . |