Example sentences of "[pron] is say [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wittgenstein is here opposing our natural inclination when we start philosophising , which is to say that what matters is not the use of the expressions ‘ I know ’ , ‘ I remember ’ , ‘ I hope ’ , but a mental phenomenon — or process or activity — of knowing , remembering , hoping . |
| 2 | The objection involves the feeling or perhaps the conviction that we can never state or explicitly describe such a thing as a causal circumstance is said to be , which is to say that we can not do something like give a complete enumeration of its elements : we can not give particular or individuating descriptions of all of them . |
| 3 | Prior to requesting the client to sign such a letter , the firm must be satisfied that the client can properly be regarded as a corporate finance client and place a note on file to this effect ( which is to say that there are no grounds for believing that it would be more appropriate to treat the client as a normal investment business client ) . |
| 4 | I am childless ; but the Jews are my children and I love them as a parent should , which is to say that I do n't love them for their qualities ( remarkable as these seem to me to be , naturally ) , and only wish them to exist , and to flourish , and to have their right to life and love . |
| 5 | It is said that the pattern is mentioned in records dating back to the fifth century BC , which is to say that it was known well before the Roman invasion . |
| 6 | As specified , a causal circumstance includes no more than was needed to necessitate the effect , which is to say that it included just a set of conditions or events such that if the set existed , so did the effect , and still would have even if certain other conditions or events had also existed . |
| 7 | These embellishments are crucial , for they give rise to the two forms of the Shakespearian Equation : ‘ In the first form , the tragic form , the hero rejects the Goddess and is killed by the boar ( arriving as madness ) , which is to say that he is transformed by it . |
| 8 | And nobody no no nobody nobody is saying that you were tr |
| 9 | Who is to say that they are wrong , if it helps them to live out the rest of their lives in a happier frame of mind ? |
| 10 | Individuals may freely endorse an organisational culture or set of values and who is to say that they have been indoctrinated ? |
| 11 | And who is to say that whatever deal between the two sides is struck will actually last ? |
| 12 | ( And who is to say that she was not a little piqued that her younger sister Shirley was already planning marriage ? ) |
| 13 | He may have meant the general composition of what had been the whole great building : who is to say that he did not also intend the look , smell , feel and silence of these stones ? |
| 14 | People still think the greatest compliment they can pay you is to say that you look younger than your age . |
| 15 | One is to say that there are subtle differences which explain alleged inconsistencies , as for example between banning experiments altogether or after 14 days yet allowing later abortions . |
| 16 | It is said that nothing so concentrates a man 's mind as the knowledge that he is to be hanged in the morning . |
| 17 | ( 3 ) Even if the nature of these qualities of pleasure and pain are themselves unproblematic , it is said that what people want ( or want to avoid ) is not necessarily any kind of private experience , but just as often objective states of affairs in the public world , and it is thought no less reasonable to take account of wants of this sort than those for private experiences . |
| 18 | And it is said that her sister , the Lady Isabella Thynne , saw the like of herself also , before she died . |
| 19 | It is said that they place great strains on family life , and people feel they would be unable to cope with a mentally handicapped child . |
| 20 | But that Moorish Negress was so skilful in drawing the Turkish bow , that it was held for a marvel , and it is said that they called her in Arabic Nugueymat Turya , which is to say , the Star of the Archers . |
| 21 | In the jargon it is said that they can not even get on the Masters and Johnson ‘ ski-slope ’ , let alone start down it . |
| 22 | It is said that they would increase the cost of petrol by 20p a gallon . |
| 23 | It is said that they learn to ride before they learn to walk , and this is almost true . |
| 24 | It is said that they play none really well but this was not true of Tom who looked like becoming a child virtuoso of the flute . |
| 25 | Furthermore , of the apostles it is said that they are to go out and bear witness to Jesus . |
| 26 | It is said that they should have done so , especially as there were circumstances which might have put and should , it is said , have put experienced medical staff on inquiry . |
| 27 | It is said that they were friendly and ready to be pleased by everything . |
| 28 | ‘ The Hindus venerate oxen , ’ he wrote , ‘ and it is said that they actually drink the oxen 's urine when they fall sick . ’ |
| 29 | It is said that one can not go anywhere — I know that this was true in west Africa — without meeting someone from Upton who will give good and wise advice . |
| 30 | Sheldon had become much attached to her during his time at the Lock Hospital and it is said that she asked him to embalm her body after her death , which he did . |