Example sentences of "are [adj] to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why , on the costing basis , we are right to say that it represents another 10p in the pound on basic income tax . |
| 2 | Perhaps Upton people are right to say that because they have a tremendous history . |
| 3 | They are right to say that . |
| 4 | In my experience , it is seldom worth trying to establish natural plants , as these fish , particularly the dominant males , are destructive to say the least . |
| 5 | Any television documentary is entirely dependent on what its participants are prepared to say on camera — the winks and nudges of written journalism can have very little place in it . |
| 6 | The majority of people in my constituency are either totally in favour of trust status or are prepared to say , ’ Let's give it a try . |
| 7 | It is possible , however , that such once commonsensical opinions are still held by many , perhaps most people in this country , even though they are afraid to say so . |
| 8 | Many people are so frightened of him that they are afraid to say his name . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Many Germans are afraid to say they are Germans . |
| 10 | The circumstances of Herr Hamnett 's disappearance are peculiar to say the least . |
| 11 | When you have a blank piece of paper you are free to say whatever you want . ’ |
| 12 | There must , he said , be a place where people are free to say what they like . |
| 13 | Unless people are free to say ‘ I do n't think it 's good enough ’ , ‘ I do n't feel as if I 'm doing a good enough job ’ , and ‘ I do n't have a clear idea of how to do it better ’ , teacher-generated and teacher-appropriated change will not happen . |
| 14 | You are free to say no . |
| 15 | However , we think an exception should be made with regard to the Face-to-Face article with a Pensions Secretary , namely Mr Ian W Ferrier , who we are delighted to say is still a pensioner . |
| 16 | The television commentators are quick to say when a referee penalises the attacking team for collapsing in their opponents ' 22 metre area : ‘ Why would the attacking team want to collapse scrummage ? ’ |
| 17 | What a bagnificent bebory you 've got ’ They are likely to say : ‘ I 'll dever say dough agaid ’ instead of ‘ I 'll never say no again . ’ |
| 18 | Then the more fool you , we are likely to say . |
| 19 | For , if pressed , many are likely to say that they feel more in common with others in the same discipline in other institutions — even on the other side of the world — than with academics in the same institution but in different subjects . |
| 20 | Although in this connection too the higher courts are likely to say that the terms used are matters of fact for the magistrates , it will be open to those courts to say that in certain circumstances , the reactions of the victim were not likely to be those of harassment , alarm or distress . |
| 21 | Muslims , however , are likely to say , " No this is blasphemous . |
| 22 | You are supposed to say , ‘ Oh how tragic , ’ and blame the whole thing on America ) . |
| 23 | ‘ Or as policemen are supposed to say , Hullo , hullo , hullo … ’ |
| 24 | With no revenue , many magazines cut down on their pages but we are glad to say that the Ski Club of Great Britain , who publish Ski survey backed us to produce the usual number of editorial pages , so we could fit in all the information you need as committed skiers . |
| 25 | This has led them to postulate the existence of ‘ structures ’ in the animal 's head : in contrast , behaviourists are reluctant to say anything about what is in an animal 's head , other than that the members of a particular species have an innate tendency to be reinforced by some stimuli and not by others . |
| 26 | Software companies are reluctant to say how much piracy costs them . |
| 27 | It is easy to see why you are reluctant to say anything yet this stress is neither good for you or your husband . |
| 28 | Irigaray 's analyses of the use of pronouns by hysterics and obsessives ( 1966:29–31 , 1967:55–68 ) reveal that whereas obsessives are unable to say ‘ me ’ because they are caught in a specular image of themselves in which there is no object , only an undifferentiated self ( Irigaray 's ‘ on ’ ) , hysterics are unable to say ‘ I ’ because they are unable to complete the trajectory through the other that would allow them access to full subjectivity . |
| 29 | Irigaray 's analyses of the use of pronouns by hysterics and obsessives ( 1966:29–31 , 1967:55–68 ) reveal that whereas obsessives are unable to say ‘ me ’ because they are caught in a specular image of themselves in which there is no object , only an undifferentiated self ( Irigaray 's ‘ on ’ ) , hysterics are unable to say ‘ I ’ because they are unable to complete the trajectory through the other that would allow them access to full subjectivity . |
| 30 | You can place any factual statement into one of three groups : a ) true b ) false c ) you are unable to say whether it is true or false . |