Example sentences of "is [adv] say [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is an interesting passage because Platt B. is effectively saying that an undertaking to pay this excessive charge had been extracted from the clerk before he commenced his search and that he could not honestly have gone back on that undertaking . |
| 2 | This is not to say that a don must affect mannerisms or artificial eccentricities as a way of keeping his distance from the pupil — though many have done this . |
| 3 | This is not to say that a preference for one style or the other is inappropriate ; it is to recognise that both are still in their infancy and neither one markedly superior to the other in all respects . |
| 4 | That is not to say that a circumstance includes all such conditions of the effect . |
| 5 | This is not to say that a management buy-out is not arm 's length in most respects . |
| 6 | This is not to say that a statute might not assign the relative meaning of ‘ if X , ’ as between courts and tribunals , differently in diverse areas . |
| 7 | This is not to say that a series like Follow Me can not be used in the classroom , but it is organised in a different way from materials like Let's Watch or Video English which were made specifically for classroom use . |
| 8 | Males take more rabbits , and females more fish and small mammals , but this is not to say that a female ca n't kill a rabbit or that a male wo n't kill mice . |
| 9 | This is not to say that a science and technological education had to take on this character , for clearly there were and always have been those who are committed to inspiring in students a love of , and a care for , their subjects in those disciplines . |
| 10 | It is often said that an assault can be committed only by an act and that an omission is not sufficient . |
| 11 | On a second or subsequent marriage it is frequently said that a wedding speech should make no reference to previous spouses , nor children of earlier marriages unless they are junior pages and need to be acknowledged and welcomed , or even the fact that either party has been married before . |
| 12 | Certainly , it is sometimes said that a claim for conspiracy gives the plaintiff procedural advantages , but the reality of this may turn on how far it is to be held on ordinary principles that instigation or procurement suffices to make a person who does not participate in the act a joint tortfeasor . |