Example sentences of "[vb mod] say that [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For those cursed with absolute pitch I should say that all these recordings are distinctly on the sharp side of A440 concert pitch — sometimes by nearly as much as a quarter-tone . |
| 2 | Looked at positively , we might say that all these things were actually a realisation that the stresses and strains of modernity could not be coped with by further doses of materialism . |
| 3 | If we wanted to be self-consciously intellectual about it we could say that this little argument uses the logical principle of the distributive law . |
| 4 | But a generative phonologist would say that this phonemic representation is irrelevant ; the representation in the brain of the speaker or hearer is much more complex and is often quite different from the ‘ real ’ sounds recognisable in the sound wave . |
| 5 | And yet she was aware of something lovely somewhere , something that was gone , or hidden , or yet to be attained : she supposed her therapist would say that this unrealistic shard of broken vision dated back to her infancy , when the human animal believes itself to be omnipotent , immortal and an integral part of all that is . |
| 6 | The relevant experiment , by Walcott and Michener , has not escaped criticism ; but it is not the only piece of evidence to go against the sun arc hypothesis , and even if that hypothesis has not been definitely refuted , we can say that such imperfect evidence as there is counts against it . |
| 7 | As an approximation , using the suggested procedure , you can say that each 100 ft/min descent is produced by a power reduction of 100 rpm . |
| 8 | This is one of the few occasions in the House when I can say that many hon. Members on both sides of the House told the Government that that would happen if the Government allowed the policy to develop in the way it has . |
| 9 | I am at one with the hon. Gentleman in believing that it is important that we develop such a policy — but neither he nor I , nor anyone else , can say that any particular state of agriculture is frozen . |