Example sentences of "[be] [adj] say [that] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case the cynics might be right to say that pigs will fly . |
| 2 | The BBC reissue contained very poor transfers , but I 'm delighted to say that thanks to good engineering work by David Lennick on Music and Arts 's new disc we can now enjoy these 1935 performances in acceptable sound . |
| 3 | Many seem to be content to say that fashions change and that 's that . |
| 4 | I 'm glad to say that tickets for the rock and roll evening are going well although there are still a few left for late bookers |
| 5 | But it might be better to say that resemblances are all the more significant for that . |
| 6 | I was sure when I started my research that I would be able to say that governments were greedy and liked to sell lots of arms to countries who were very poor and who only needed basic things like food and shelter . |
| 7 | It would probably be fair to say that views of this kind have been dominant among British socialists from the Labour-left leftwards , but over recent years they have come under increasing criticism , on both theoretical and political grounds . |
| 8 | I am pleased to say that discussions with the bus company and the local and county councils are progressing well . ’ |
| 9 | Mr Lawson is right to say that deficits are more sustainable than they were in the 1970s . |
| 10 | I know that that caused some concern , but , broadly speaking , my hon. Friend is right to say that standards in our schools are very good . |
| 11 | We can now ask how far it is sensible to say that genes ‘ program ’ or ‘ control ’ development . |
| 12 | The fact that a rug is signed or dated does not imply that it is in any way superior to similar items that have not been inscribed , although it is fair to say that weavers rarely sign inferior examples of their work . |
| 13 | It is fair to say that cells in this area are encoding the properties of faces but they can not be encoding their identities . |
| 14 | In the spring Petrakis 's survey of sexuality for It revealed , amidst a cluster of curious statements , that ‘ it is true to say that homosexuals are neurotic ’ . |
| 15 | For while it 's true to say that opposites attract , it 's also true that the attraction wears very thin when intense non-stop aggravation takes over . |
| 16 | The Act also provides the setting up of duty-free zones and perhaps for our present purpose it is sufficient to say that companies established in a duty-free zone are treated in every way as if they were established outside of the borders of the Hungarian Republic . |