Example sentences of "[noun] is [adv] [adj] to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were three babies with chronic lung disease in the random group and none in the regulated group , but the total in the study is too small to say if either figure is different from the expected incidence of about 10% in this population of babies . |
| 2 | But the Murray committee is probably right to say that a minimum five-year experiment with a four-day game programme is now due . |
| 3 | That kind of situation , Dr is entirely right to say to the general assembly , that kind of situation is utterly unforgivable , it 's utterly unforgivable . |
| 4 | Callinicos is very careful to say , in at least two places in the book , that aesthetic judgement as to the value of a work of art is at least relatively independent of the cultural and philosophical critique of the bases from which it proceeds . |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that the schemes have been highly successful , but I take issue with him on his assertion that the matter should be taken out of the hands of the district council and placed in the hands of the Scottish Office . |
| 6 | The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that the right to life and to not being molested or attacked is fundamental . |
| 7 | ‘ Whether there will be any jobs for them at the end of the day is too early to say but at least they will be getting quality training which can be a kick-start in life . ’ |
| 8 | Yes , I 'd like to add one point , matters that the house continues in multiple occupancy and is successful at the present , and the landlord is not prepared to say that he is being now an agent of some hospital or other . |
| 9 | I think this argument 's about the benefit of the countryside is somewhat debatable to say the least And these arguments that are put about why we should n't ban fox hunts because of all the benefits and the tradition are exactly the same arguments that were put about otters and about badgers and about other sports that we have , that we no longer consider satisfactory and have opposed . |
| 10 | Well the honourable gentleman for Great Brimsea is quite right to say that these matters er had some consideration given to them during the passage of the the legislation er but it is also true to say that er er th in the Bingham report there was a broad acceptance that the present s system of supervision of banks should continue . |
| 11 | Although Nelson is probably right to say that the DUP had lost its role ‘ as the articulator of poor Protestants ’ social grievances ' by the end of the 1970s , this would not cost it votes until there was an alternative . |
| 12 | The working-class housewife is more likely to say that she ‘ likes ’ or ‘ does n't mind ’ housework , and the typical middle-class response is one of dislike . |
| 13 | They want to hang on to their fat subsidies and America is entirely right to say that this is unacceptable . |
| 14 | Howard is too astonished to say anything . |
| 15 | The biographer is absolutely right to say at the very beginning that Quisling is not at all difficult to understand . |