Example sentences of "[noun] says [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er you fi What the feminist the schools says that a lot of languages minimize and trivialize interests and achievements of women and denigrate them by the way in which they use language and the way in which they talk about things . |
| 2 | as if its race/record plans were n't enough , ARI says that a modified version of the aircraft , with a single engine and two-seat cockpit , may be marketed as a homebuilt kit . |
| 3 | It is agreed that an appropriate vehicle for the transport of the plaintiff in the future is a vehicle called a Nissan Serena , the plaintiff claims for a cost of conversion of such a vehicle at six thousand , two hundred pounds , it would need to be renewed of course from time to time and allowances made for that , the defendant says that a firm called can convert the same vehicle for less than the tenth of the price , six hundred pounds , Mr says that such advantages , if any , of the conversion for which the plaintiff claims are so minimal that it can not possibly be right to spend ten times the money on achieving them . |
| 4 | The first law of thermodynamics says that a small change in the entropy of a system is accompanied by a proportional change in the energy of the system . |
| 5 | The Science Policy Research Unit at Sussex University says that a substantial part of the science-policy machine — the part that operates under the auspices of the Department of Education and Science — relies on peer review and ‘ informed prejudice ’ . |
| 6 | The Board says that a new assessment of the polonium impact puts the risk at only one hundredth of its previous estimate . |
| 7 | Following the announcement of approval of elements of the SNMP2 proposal , Westford , Massachusetts-based consultancy Paul Freeman Associates says that a combined SNMP 1/2 version of its Universal SNMP Agent will be announced very soon . |
| 8 | Following the announcement of approval of elements of the SNMP2 proposal ( CI No 2,149 ) , Westford , Massachusetts-based consultancy Paul Freeman Associates says that a combined SNMP 1/2 version of its Universal SNMP Agent will be announced very soon . |
| 9 | The vicar says that a young Larusa , Masai after all , has stabbed him and beaten him with a stick and the whole town is talking about it . |
| 10 | ‘ The Yasa says that a daughter is required to obey the will of her father , ’ Jehana said . |
| 11 | Gavron says that a Labour victory would extend the current hiatus in bid activity — but not for long . |
| 12 | To be frank , when Pöhl says that a single monetary policy will be unable to take into account the needs of individual regions and countries , what he really means is that the policy will be unable to take these into account if they conflict with Germany 's needs . |
| 13 | The law says that a dog does n't have to be on a lead but it does have to be under control . |
| 14 | The Sierra Club says that a law requiring new cars to use 40 per cent less fuel by the year 2001 would save 2.8 million barrels of oil a day . |
| 15 | Matthew says that a small amount of yeast added to ‘ half a hundredweight of flour ’ produces a dough that will rise well beyond its former size . |
| 16 | He rose , began to pace the room , stared at the butler who entered , and said to Orrin , ‘ Beg pardon , sir , for interrupting , but the housekeeper says that a young woman , claiming to be Miss Sally-Anne Tunstall , has arrived at the servants ’ entrance , and what is she to do ? ’ |
| 17 | If an author says that a third of the present holders of dukedoms in Britain have been divorced we want to know how he found this out . |
| 18 | The inventor says that a steel flywheel around half a metre in diameter ran store the equivalent of around 5 kilowatt hours of energy . |
| 19 | Black says that a member of a scientific committee that advises the government on the control of predators ‘ intentionally ’ excluded references to Black 's work on dogs in a report dated March 1982 to the Environmental Protection Agency . |
| 20 | Harry says that a drop of methylated spirit dotted onto their backs from a camel hair brush caused them to turn pink and expire immediately . |
| 21 | The hon. Gentleman says that a training levy is the same as a selective employment tax . |
| 22 | Gozitan legend says that a giantess built the temples single-handed , suckling her baby at the same time . |
| 23 | Wittgenstein says that a child learns to use pain-language ‘ to replace its moans ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ Mr Malik says that a harmonious relationship between man and woman is terribly important . |
| 25 | Menard says that a typical rate for productive scientists is three papers per year . |
| 26 | On the other hand , the Court in terms says that a worker who decides not to transfer deprives him- or herself of the protection of the Directive . |
| 27 | My father says that a teacher should set a good example for the children , by respecting each one , whether them black or white . |
| 28 | This may be true of the common-or-garden use of the word idea , but when a philosopher like John Locke says that a man is not speaking intelligibly unless his words ‘ excite the same ideas in the hearer which he makes them stand for in speaking ‘ i it is not just a way of talking . |
| 29 | If government says that a unanimous verdict is necessary for criminal conviction because special moral harm is suffered when someone is unjustly convicted of a crime , then it must take that special moral harm into account in considering , for example , the admissibility of confessions under various circumstances . |
| 30 | ‘ My grandmother says that a normal evolutionary phase can last two hundred million years . ’ |