Example sentences of "is [adj] say [that] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | My hon. Friend is right to say that British Rail needs to use available modern technology to reduce further the incidence of accidents involving loss of life and injury on the railways . |
2 | It is wrong to say that real ale should be served at room temperature : too warm and the beer tastes tacky and rancid ; too cold and the subtle palate of the beer is masked by the chill . |
3 | It then becomes impossible to rank societies as more or less aggressive than one another , just as it is impossible to say that one society is more or less evil than another . |
4 | In my judgment , it is impossible to say that that decision is wrong and this appeal will be dismissed . |
5 | It is fair to say that this race lacked the energetic input normally associated with Mansell , banned from yesterday 's Grand Prix after breaking the regulations at Estoril last Sunday . |
6 | I think it is fair to say that this act has come about more as a result of the conduct of estate agents in the South . |
7 | None the less , it is fair to say that this concept of home country authorisation or the ‘ single passport ’ ( as it has become known ) provides a potent tool for the establishment of a single market in financial services . |
8 | It is fair to say that this case probably resulted in one of the most important landmark decisions in the history of relations between the Association and the Banks . |
9 | It is fair to say that this view is controversial : certainly Grinsell remains strictly factual , but the Bords support this explanation and in so doing follow in the footsteps of John Michell , Tony Wedd , and earlier writers of the 1930s . |
10 | It is fair to say that this reconstruction is based on late classical texts , and it is unclear in particular how far Papinian 's view may have been anticipated in earlier law . |
11 | From the later middle years onward , there is some decline in the body 's production of the male hormones and this will begin to have marked effect in the seventies ; but , again , continued sexual activity will serve to keep hormonal levels up , so that it is legitimate to say that sexual activity in the man can continue — provided his health is good and the system is not impaired by disability — well into the eighth decade of life or even longer , provided he keeps in practice . |