Example sentences of "[adj] to say that a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There is a sense in which the challenge to convention can become a convention in itself ; it is easier to say that a multitude of views will be tolerated than to put it into practice .
2 Without them , it is impossible to say that a country has a constitution in the current international sense of the word .
3 Migrants were more likely to say that a course would help them change career direction or , if they were currently unemployed , help them get a job .
4 And well , it 's not nice to say that a girl is fat these days , but she was all ample proportioned we 'll put it like that .
5 In what sense is it true to say that a watch or an airliner or an earwig or a person is complex , but the moon is simple ?
6 But it is not true to say that a legacy or institution made in terms other than these was unquestionably void .
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