Example sentences of "[noun] to say that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It simply is not enough for Mr Meacher to say that such details will be worked out after the next general election by Labour ministers and Whitehall officials . |
| 2 | This offence can be considered where a hole appears in the side of the silencer etc. , as some doubt exists whether the gases have passed ‘ through ’ the silencer etc. , if they have passed through half of the silencer , Until there is judicial assistance to say that such gases must pass all the way through a silencer to escape liability under regulation 54(1) , a regulation 54(2) offence may be the safest offence . |
| 3 | It 's absolute nonsense to say that chivalrous men ca n't fight a chivalrous war , ’ Blunt said . |
| 4 | And it makes obvious sense to say that autonomous institutions are not necessarily homes of academic freedom . |
| 5 | It is also a fairly obvious statement to say that historic pubs have served the function well for hundreds of years . |
| 6 | I challenged the Minister to pick up the telephone and ask the Secretary of State for Defence to say that those houses in Naylor road , Swindon , must now be transferred to the ownership or management of a housing association or the local authority . |
| 7 | A short time before , estate agents ' men had put up a board to say that five houses were to be built — but they had erected it in the flower garden of the house instead of in the field as they had been instructed . |