Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] to say that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A major issue is the extent to which one can take account of the tendency among some people to say that all is well and that they are satisfied with their lot when , objectively , they are living in poverty and destitution . |
| 2 | ‘ It is not an empty claim to say that this conference is one of progress , indeed one of celebration , not of relaxation or complacency . ’ |
| 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 | If you 're so keen to see people who are as you , as you say articulate and and a go , in council houses it does seem an extraordinary argument to say that that those people are automatically not in need , it seems very bizarre argument . |
| 7 | Because there were discontinuities as well as continuities , it makes good sense to say that modern chemistry emerged through a dialectical process in which the enthusiasms of the Paracelsian chemists were tempered by their critics . |
| 8 | Then there would be silence , but from time to time I should receive a ‘ chit ’ from regimental HQ to say that all was well . |
| 9 | No man has any reason to say that any two states belong to the same self unless he has a reason to believe them to be caused by the same body . |
| 10 | 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 . |