Example sentences of "[noun] to say [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bible has a great deal to say about the concept of the family , and the Christian ideal differs markedly from some current concepts . |
| 2 | Kirsten Matz , Expressen 's money page editor , said : ‘ It proves that sheer luck has a great deal to say about the stock market . ’ |
| 3 | Marx , although he did not have a great deal to say about the movement of individuals between classes , did on several occasions note the possible effects of such movement . |
| 4 | David Watson has some wise words to say on the matter in his One in the Spirit ( p. 54ff ) . |
| 5 | Since , on average , the target word actually took 369 milliseconds to say on the recording subjects were listening to , this means that subjects had often pressed the button before they had heard all of the target word . |
| 6 | And he reserved the right to say to the Government ‘ Get your tanks off my lawn ’ . |
| 7 | The unlimited liability aspect of Lloyd 's is impressed upon every name , so for a name to say after the event that they did n't know about it is a load of cobblers . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The idea that people with no professional expertise in education could go into schools and have relevant things to say about the teaching methodology seems patent nonsense . ’ |
| 9 | If film and theatre have found new things to say on the subject , literature is still relatively dumbstruck . |
| 10 | Byron , who had no good word to say of the town itself , spoke highly of its inhabitants : ‘ … both female and male , at least the young ones , are remarkably handsome , and how the devil they came to be so is a wonder . ’ |
| 11 | Erm , maybe that would be the more fair thing to say at the end of the day . |
| 12 | There is only one thing to say about the Home Secretary 's speech : I have heard more intellectual contributions from Lord Waddington on the subject , and I never believed that I would make that statement about anyone holding the office of Home Secretary . |
| 13 | The first thing to say about the detective , him or her , is that he or she need not be a professional . |
| 14 | He does not seem — and this is a crazy thing to say in the face of his beautiful verse , to appear ungrateful for it — but I say it , he does not seem to have inhabited his own experience . |
| 15 | She has only one main thing to say in the book and that is : |
| 16 | Astrology books have an awful lot to say about the Libran character and words like wishy-washy , lazy , indecisive and unambitious leap right out of the pages . |
| 17 | Although Conservative Members have had a lot to say on the subject , in Standing Committee E the hon. Member for Maidstone ( Miss Widdecombe ) said : ’ The effect of the amendments ’ — in other words , an amendment to the Bill in order to make these affirmative orders — ’ would be that all regulations under the Bill would be subject to the affirmative procedure . ’ |
| 18 | In his experience women did not like getting their feet wet and muddy , and were apt to have plenty to say on the subject . |
| 19 | The test is clearly an objective one , in the sense that it is for the magistrates to say after the event whether or not what the defendant did was reasonable . |
| 20 | So I , I always think it , feel it 's a good idea to say to the stallholder , stallholder look , erm if I take this home and try it on and find it wo n't , does n't fit can I bring it back ? |
| 21 | Discussing a book on Dostoevsky , he remarks that while the author has much of interest to say about The Idiot ‘ she does not quite persuade one that it comes off , indeed she does not really try , because like many scholars today she is more concerned with showing how the thing works than with judging if it works well . ’ |