Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] [adj] to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maurice Sendak also has a clear idea of his role ( Lorraine , 1977 , p. 152 ) : ‘ To be an illustrator is to be a participant , someone who has something equally important to say as the writer of the book — occasionally something more important , but certainly never the writer 's echo ’ . |
| 2 | So I do think the development at that level has something pretty profound to say . |
| 3 | John Taylor has something extremely important to say about these potential sources of offence : " We may learn to reformulate these irreducible convictions in the light of our dialogue . |
| 4 | I found it very difficult to say this word , and so I decided to shorten it and call them Houys . |
| 5 | ‘ She 'd have had something very sharp to say by now if she was . |
| 6 | Sviatoslav Richter ( DG made such a memorable recording of the piece , that others have had an almost impossible act to follow unless they too have had something comparably original to say about the work . |
| 7 | Before the Secretary of State rattles on yet again about European figures , our minimum wage policy and our alleged doom and gloom , and as he has proved himself completely unable to say anything constructive , will he today at least ask the Prime Minister to chuck it in now , call an election and let us get on with the job ? |
| 8 | And we hope that you will listen to the criticisms that each of you gives to each of the other groups , and when Bob Satchwell comes that he will have something very positive to say about relationships with the press . |
| 9 | This silence has a sub-text when accompanied by a slightly smug buttoned-up look , implying subtly that if one were only free to utter , one might have something very interesting to say . |
| 10 | In our depth interviews , for example ( Appendix II , section 5 ) , there was the man in trouble with the court already who could therefore not get HP — and who bought the settee he wanted with a trading check instead ( even costlier to repay ) , though he doubted his ability to pay it off and was still making payments through the court ; and the woman with so many debts to pay off , afraid of the ‘ loan man 's ’ visit because she finds it so hard to say no to his offers . |
| 11 | Their Lordships find it quite impossible to say that he was in error , and still less in the kind of error which would entitle a reviewing court to intervene , by making the choice which he did . |
| 12 | It is because of this historical dimension to the religion that those arguing ( for example ) for the ordination of women apparently find it so difficult to say , in the way in which it has been possible to maintain in the sphere of politics , that we hold these truths to be self-evident , that all human beings are created equal and must not be discriminated against . |
| 13 | This was a technique which made it peculiarly difficult to say when he was working and when he was not . |
| 14 | They do not regard it as offensive to say they want a quality of life more than they want challenge and promotion . ’ |
| 15 | It is , in my judgment , putting it too high to say that the interim relief claimed covering only five weeks before the main hearing , must be treated as pre-empting the court 's powers of decision at the eventual hearing . |
| 16 | From the way his eyes kept darting to and fro she guessed that he had something more important to say and that he was waiting until Eleanor was safely out of sight and earshot . |
| 17 | I worked with a man whose severe stroke left him only able to say ‘ Yes , yes , yes ’ . |
| 18 | I 'm sure if people will perhaps they look at the church and think oh it 's out of touch but it is n't there are churches that are alive and have something very relevant to say today . |
| 19 | ‘ I have something very important to say to you today . |
| 20 | The difference between having a good time and a bad time is so minimal it 's unbelievable , but this , with three points for a win , situation it makes it so hard to say well we 're a bottom side , we 're a top side , all of a sudden in half a dozen games we could be like a top side . |
| 21 | ‘ I would be delighted if it was a fixture at parties but I think it is stretching it too far to say Spam will be on the end of cocktail sticks . |
| 22 | If Mr Hussein has decided to do so — by ordering a full or partial withdrawal from Kuwait before January 15th — he will find it less humiliating to say so to the European Community , or to Arab mediators , than to Mr Baker . |