Example sentences of "[adv] say [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vox pops with fans … who all say that Swindon will win easily |
| 2 | But I am sure that what determined her to write to me was this paragraph : ‘ The author we most admire has rightly said that people do not know about families ; but Stephen and I know . |
| 3 | But this conclusion is not particularly illuminating as it merely says that children come into local authority care when no one else can care for them , a repetitive statement we call a tautology . |
| 4 | I 'm merely saying that Gramps could not have been the father of her child ! ’ |
| 5 | They favoured Italian in their evidence and only said that Scott 's scheme complied with the conditions . |
| 6 | It is not good enough to say that badgers are lovely creatures ; so are foxes and salmon . |
| 7 | I 'd think that I have seen enough to say that cricket could never be the be-all-and-end-all of life for me . |
| 8 | It 's not good enough to say that union members can only participate if they become full members of the Party . |
| 9 | But is it enough to say that periods of structural change are marked by crises ? |
| 10 | It 's not enough to say that things can be done differently or better . |
| 11 | However , it is good enough to say that light entering one end of the fibre will reflect repeatedly along its length and eventually emerge at the other end ( see Fig 4 ) . |
| 12 | During January , six planets are visiting your sign , so to say that life 's likely to be busy , fun and demanding for the next few months is an understatement . |
| 13 | Someone rightly said that language exists to prevent us communicating , and of no country is that more true than my own . |
| 14 | He rightly said that passenger facilities were absolutely appalling , especially the absence of adequate public lavatories . |
| 15 | But Sir Hector would only say that discussions on the board 's future were continuing . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , if it is indeed she , ’ came another , harder voice , ‘ I can only say that Rose Alderley is most tiresome . |
| 17 | We have heard on the television that there will be another and there are lots of people who are in , in absolute despair , because of what happened to their houses and their properties and their furniture and everything else and I think it is only right and proper and I can only say that West Sussex County Council has by so many people that it has |
| 18 | But the Lord Chancellor 's Office who oversee Swindon Crown Court , would only say that security had been reviewed , but that they would n't reveal details . |
| 19 | However , she points out that ‘ from a linguistic point of view we can only say that speech and writing are different : we can not say that one is superior to the other ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 20 | Ellen Jebeau brought her lips tightly together and drew them inwards between her teeth before she said , with deep bitterness , ‘ I do n't know about it being a time for plain speaking , I can only say that time has shown your ingratitude for what I 've done for you over the years . ’ |
| 21 | I had a WONDERFUL time and can only say that Malcolm and I are looking forward very much to many happy journeys in her at home and abroad in the future . |
| 22 | While extra millions will immediately start flooding into the Big Four's coffers , spokesmen would only say that savings rates ‘ will be reviewed over the next few days . ’ |
| 23 | I will only say that proceedings should be brought before the court by way of appeal in contempt matters only in exceptional cases . |
| 24 | Well you better say that fish and chip joke . |
| 25 | Godard has revealingly said that cinema is dependent on capitalism in two senses : first in the making of the film and second that ‘ in film the money comes back in the image ’ ( MacCabe 1980 , p. 27 ) . |
| 26 | Gestetner made pre-tax profits of £27.2m last year on sales of £900.3m , but the company has since said that trading in Europe has deteriorated and that it sees only a small profit for the half to end-April.Inchcape is buying the shares from Bermudan-registered Chiltern Capital Ltd , quoted in Australia . |
| 27 | If Af = B we frequently say that f is onto B. If we do n't know ( or if we know but do n't particularly care ) that f is onto B , we often just say that f maps A into B. ( Thus " into " is just another word for " to " . |
| 28 | Guests walked out of a glittering gala in Belfast 's Europa Hotel when Best said that Pele ‘ was n't bad for a nigger ’ . |
| 29 | Notwithstanding we do not believe as we 've already said that flows of traffic justify and coming if I may er before Mr answers to give him time to think about it , to the figures from Mr . |
| 30 | I 've already said that women in work , that 's where they 're losing out . |