Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] to say that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They want to hang on to their fat subsidies and America is entirely right to say that this is unacceptable . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , it is only fair to say that this marks a period of ‘ boom ’ in house prices . |
| 3 | If B is threatened with a tort it is , of course , equally true that he may bring an action for damages if the tort is committed or bring an action for a quia timet injunction first , but , especially where the threat is of violence , it is perhaps less realistic to say that these legal remedies afford him adequate protection against the consequences of resistance . |
| 4 | Whilst the 1985 Act obliges us to ‘ afford access to our lands for the purposes of knowledge and enjoyment ’ , it is perhaps true to say that most visitors , possibly as many as 95% , make use of the Gardens as an amenity , and that we may have failed to emphasise the ‘ knowledge ’ goal . |
| 5 | It is not possible to say that all agents owe the same duties to their principals : it is always necessary to have regard to the express or implied terms of the contract . |
| 6 | It is not possible to say that these families were typical of all Caribbean families in London . |
| 7 | It is not unfair to say that some turn out not to mean quite what everyone thought but nevertheless because they represent government policy — seldom of a direct party kind — they are useful . |
| 8 | It is certainly not objectionable to say that personal freedom is sometimes limited : any society based on the rule of law does that . |
| 9 | It was not fair to say that he– parents had had no time for her or for Joe ; all four of the family had worked together , and , as the settlement grew , they had enjoyed churchgoing and Easters and Christmases with their neighbours . |
| 10 | So , although it is not true to say that all tortoiseshell cats are females , it is true to say that they are all feminine — even the rare males . |
| 11 | Fourthly it is generally true to say that fewer people are required to operate such systems and those employed are normally kept outside the main storage area . |
| 12 | At the same time , it is hardly adequate to say that higher education is concerned only with reproducing inequality ; greater access to higher education has resulted in a growing number of women obtaining degrees and entering the professions . |
| 13 | Those who did respond were much more likely to say that little or no contribution was fair . |
| 14 | It is interesting to note that detailed cross-tabulations of the main survey data ( not included in Appendix 1 ) showed that in general people who consider credit to be ‘ occasionally necessary ’ ( rather than either convenient or sensible , or never a good thing ) were more likely to say that any of the types would be difficult to arrange . |
| 15 | Butler sometimes talks of a passion as directed at one 's ‘ having ’ its object , but it seems more satisfactory to say that particular passions are directed at occurrences , and that the basic one can not be directed ; t the occurrence of pleasure for oneself since this always stems from having something occur one wished to do so . |
| 16 | It is much more satisfactory to say that these statements show what the speaker believes or feels , if he is speaking sincerely and correctly . |
| 17 | It would be simplistic to interpret ‘ TransForm ’ as a study of the overlapping and interconnection of painting and sculpture in the twentieth century ; it would be more exact to say that avant-garde movements abandoned the concept of ‘ a painting ’ or ‘ a sculpture ’ as such . |
| 18 | Among MPs and peers , enough dupes or worse are always available to say that such and such a revered British institution — in this case , British justice — is a sham . |
| 19 | It would have been more accurate to say that all policemen and women ‘ should have ’ such a role , for unfortunately many do not ( see Trojanowicz and Pollard 1986 ) . |
| 20 | It is hardly necessary to say that this is only one way of scoring this passage . |
| 21 | Although much work has been done in the decades since those words were written , it is still true to say that many texts in printed form do not reflect the contents of the original manuscripts with complete accuracy , although more recent printed transcriptions tend to be reliable , not least because they have usually been scanned by a number of scholars before publication . |
| 22 | It is still true to say that many Continental philosophers would hardly be recognised as such by their English-speaking contemporaries . |
| 23 | It is reasonably accurate to say that good teaching comes largely from thorough planning , yet all too often far too little planning time is made available . |
| 24 | It is probably fair to say that full-time tribunal chairmen are considered of roughly equal status to circuit judges , with Presidents , regional chairmen and lawyer members of appellate tribunals roughly equal to High Court judges . |
| 25 | But , it is probably fair to say that any relatively new and expanding area lacks this global treatment . |
| 26 | It is probably fair to say that some environmentalists have been careful not to over-identify with those involved in the animal welfare or animal rights movements . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , despite the earnest evangelical endeavours it is probably true to say that many bourgeois groups had little direct interest in working-class morality , as long as work relationships were secured . |
| 28 | It is probably true to say that these new sensations were at first quite undetected , as such , by himself . |
| 29 | Concerning those chemical changes , which were of fantastic magnitude , taking place during the first of these periods , it is probably true to say that most established religions do now , perhaps reluctantly , accept as true the scientific theories governing the associated processes of evolution . |
| 30 | It 's probably true to say that some actors just do n't mix well with other actors or directors . |