Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adj] to say [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it does not in fact provide a justification , we are much less inclined to say that it does not . |
| 2 | Iraq would be much more justified to say that she spent lots of money on military equipment so that she could invade other countries like Iran to gain more land . |
| 3 | Hough and Mayhew ( 1988 ) regard these figures as underestimates and Worrall and Pease ‘ s ( 1986 ) re-analysis of the BCS data which looked at all crimes , and attempted crimes , involving contact and where the victim could identify whether or not they knew the offender , found that women were much more likely to say that they knew the offender well and that the offender was a spouse in nearly 40 per cent of cases . |
| 4 | Upper socio-economic single girls were much more likely to say that they did not use soap and water because it would ruin their skin . |
| 5 | It would be trite , but not entirely inaccurate to say that they were , respectively , the good sister and the bad sister . |
| 6 | It is not too strong to say that it is impossible to test Marx 's thesis regarding the labour theory of value at a micro-economic level because Marx and Marxists have totally disregarded any element of profit which may result from risk-taking . |
| 7 | It is not too much to say that we entered the conference in the law and atmosphere of the 17th century and we came out with a fair prospect of 20th century conditions . ' |
| 8 | John Paris , in his biography of Davy published in 1825 , wrote : ‘ I have been able to present to the world a complete history of those proceedings which have so happily led to discovery of which it is not too much to say that it is at once the pride of science , the triumph of humanity and the glory of the age in which we live . ’ |
| 9 | it is not too fanciful to say that they need to be loved and welcome our presence . |
| 10 | If asked , they will be quite ready to say that it is grossly indecent , but far less ready to say that it tends to deprave or corrupt . |
| 11 | All the same , it is far too early to say whether it is the vintage of the century or even of the decade . |
| 12 | Defendants are often very keen to say that they will not pay for a disbursement in respect of a report that they have not seen . |
| 13 | In fact it would be even more true to say that they conversed largely by the sign method , overcoming any difficulties which might have arisen over differences m mother tongues . |
| 14 | And we do provide you with sales literature to say well actually strange to say but it has gone up recently it is only fifty eight pounds a week . |