Example sentences of "[adv] correct to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | So — strictly speaking — it is not correct to say that it ‘ happened ’ in the seventeenth century and to leave it at that . |
| 2 | It is not correct to say that the Government Select Committee on Health has recommended a continuation of the current system of voluntary agreements on tobacco advertising as opposed to an EC ban . |
| 3 | ‘ It is no longer correct to say ‘ the height of fashion ’ ’ … rather ‘ she was dressed in the full breadth of fashion ’ ’ . ' |
| 4 | It would be more correct to say that something which was used as the target has changed , for the " target " is a subjective designation and does not change until management decides to change it . |
| 5 | But it , was , it 's more correct to say carried on , but that 's another meaning okay ? |
| 6 | I , I think to be er , I think it is more correct to say that there was an outline planning application for an additional dwelling on that site , er in addition to the bungalow that is there , and I I think that is the situation , and all subsequent planning applications have been refused . |
| 7 | ‘ In so far as the patient was being phased off this treatment , ’ he had begun , pointing with the back of his pen to certain entries on Commander Barnwell 's chart , ‘ it would be technically correct to say that there has been a minor error . ’ |
| 8 | In terms of that aspect of the Fleet Street Casuals case which relates sufficient interest to the facts and merits of the applicant 's case , it is probably correct to say that ratepayers challenging decisions of local authorities , competitors challenging decisions affecting their business activities , and neighbours challenging planning decisions would be held to have a sufficient interest unless other facts of the case provided very strong grounds for denying the existence of such an interest . |
| 9 | We think it is roughly correct to say that the orthodox account sees the different factors interacting as in Figure 1.1 . |
| 10 | So er , in so far as human nature can be equated with the id , it seems to me , perfectly correct to say that Frob erm , Frob I was going to say , Freud , Freud was a Hobbesian thinker . |
| 11 | Er so do n't , do n't do , quite correct to say beware of putting too much er of your money in one area , and er even with building societies it 's risky . |
| 12 | ‘ The trust was absolutely correct to say no , ’ Miranda agreed . |
| 13 | It is much too politically correct to say that the one market to which it would be a real boon is the physically handicapped — in many degenerative diseases , the power of speech is one of the last to fade away . |