Example sentences of "say [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each must decide as he pleases , according to whether his temperament urges him to prefer the prolific , radiant , almost jovial abundance of Rubens ; the mild dignity and eurhythmic order of Raphael ; the paradisal — one might almost say the afternoon colour of Veronese ; the austere and strained severity of David ; or the dramatic and almost literary rhetoric of Lebrun . |
| 2 | So you would say the audition work proved successful ? |
| 3 | ‘ Did you hear that Steve , they would n't say the opposite if it was raining . ’ |
| 4 | It looks sadly as though only too much of England — or shall we say the English populace — is what it seems . |
| 5 | His is in some ways a tragic case : a man of immense talent and massive erudition , gifted with profound insights , who could not say the things he most wanted to say but who , nevertheless , has gone on to say them . |
| 6 | Mr Patten 's new policy guidance does not say the South-east 's housing provision can be held static , and it reminds planners that their job is to provide an adequate flow of land into new housing . |
| 7 | You could say the secret is location , location , location . ’ |
| 8 | I must confess , my dear Fanny ( his sister ) , that I found your judgement of him was inadequate ; perhaps , too , he may not have been in the mood for playing when you heard him , which is probably often the case ; but I was again enchanted by his playing , and I am convinced that if you , and Father too , had heard some of his best things in the way he played them to me , you would say the same . |
| 9 | There can not be many who would say the same of Tyson . |
| 10 | Throughout their married life she was a tremendous support , managing their everyday affairs , helping to organise his exhibitions on both sides of the Atlantic and allowing him the freedom — one might say the luxury — to paint without interruption . |
| 11 | Man , if it was his own home , I 'd say the man was really comfortable ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We might as well say the Rosary now , ’ he announced when he put pencil and paper away , taking out his beads and letting them dangle loudly . |
| 13 | ‘ We better say the prayers , ’ he said , taking his beads from the leather purse . |
| 14 | The waiting silence was broken by , ‘ I 'd say the train is leaving Carrick now , ’ and they all went to the fields behind the house to catch a glimpse of the train as it passed . |
| 15 | Renault is working hard to improve the quality of its products , and I must say the panel fit and finish on H375 DRV impress me . |
| 16 | Your remarks on the Masefieldian lines go to the root of the matter — I should say the bad Masefieldian lines for in some points one would not in the least be ashamed to have learned from him … |
| 17 | One can not say the same for those films which make specific connections between earlier events in British history and now . |
| 18 | His Lordship could not say the Home Secretary 's decision was not one which was fully open to him in the exercise of his judgment . |
| 19 | I would n't say the desert is being contained , but there are diagnoses and solutions . ’ |
| 20 | The SSC also apparently got differing accounts of the project 's finances ; the participants in L* did not always say the same thing as the management . |
| 21 | You can , of course , say the stories are not identical — and this is the device of fundamentalist theologians . |
| 22 | I heard someone say the other day that modern people treat the Ten Commandments like examination questions : only four need be attempted . |
| 23 | ‘ Well you could say the same about people . ’ |
| 24 | Escaping from the awkward embarrassment of arty people , in whose company I can never say the right thing , I went for a Chinese meal . |
| 25 | No , I have always preferred to do it this way , though I must say the Missa Solemnis is a very difficult work to direct . |
| 26 | He occasionally drops a phrase to provoke a smile from the soft cheeks of ladies and gentlemen , and to make them think that they could say the thing better … |
| 27 | ‘ I have never met a remotely effective idealist about whom you would n't say the same thing . ’ |
| 28 | I wish I could say the same for ours and , soon , I shall . |
| 29 | I liked the painterly side , the tradition of Matisse , but not the witty Duchamp approach — one might even say the homo side — to art . |
| 30 | The piazzetta is formed by the Palazzo Reale , the royal palace ( some pedants would say the ex -royal palace and its irregular shape is produced by the off-line main section of the building ; the two ‘ arms ’ of the square are completed by two wings of the palace . |