Example sentences of "[adj] to say that [adj] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , it is not too much to say that this is probably the single thing that " everyone know about Athenian democracy . |
| 2 | Erm , it is perhaps only in the last er , six months or so that the erm , turnaround in the fortunes of erm , er , B Sky B have been acknowledged and er , I think there has been an element in our thinking that we wanted to keep our dry er , until such time as er , B Sky B which we have great belief and faith in and our , as you know we increased our investment during the year erm , sees its way through to profitability and I 'm happy to say that that 's happening now at a reab reasonable rate and that that means that it is highly unlikely that the hundred and thirty million of guarantees that we still have outstanding to B Sky B are likely to be called . |
| 3 | Would it be fair to say that that 's a good statement to make ? |
| 4 | It is fair to say that 1988 was typical year for the House of Lords . |
| 5 | It is fair to say that this is probably not a very pleasant experience for the cyclist either , so that ‘ give and take ’ is an essential ingredient of operating such facilities in practice . |
| 6 | If that view were correct , it would appear to pre-empt Woolwich 's arguments in favour of a right to repayment arising at common law , though it is fair to say that this was not the position adopted by counsel for the revenue before your Lordships ' House . |
| 7 | It is enough to say that that is not a proof of the counter proposition that outside the three miles no such result could be looked for . |
| 8 | Earl Loreburn stated : I do not assent to the proposition that a voluntary payment can never be charged , but it is enough to say that these were not voluntary payments in any relevant sense . |
| 9 | ( I 'm sorry to say that this is a true story . ) |
| 10 | They want to hang on to their fat subsidies and America is entirely right to say that this is unacceptable . |
| 11 | It is hardly necessary to say that this is only one way of scoring this passage . |