Example sentences of "be say that [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be obvious from all that has been said that most small towns played a significant role in the economic life of the province , alongside the cities and major towns . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're saying that this crazed man fitted the picture ? ’ |
| 3 | He said : ‘ You are saying that all those people in my constituency ‘ We do n't want you . |
| 4 | ‘ It must be said that many Christian men still have a hard time seeing women 's issues as their issues too , ’ said Bishop Edmond Browning , Anglican Primate in the USA . |
| 5 | ‘ It may safely be said that all good gardening consists in putting the right plant in the right place . ’ |
| 6 | It will be said that all this is long past , that academic institutions today are much more egalitarian in their evaluations and actions . |
| 7 | ( 60 ) It may be said that few middle-class couples dare marry without this admirable handbook . |
| 8 | It needs to be said that some handicapped readers ( brain-damaged or retarded ) can fully enjoy books : we have the lesson of Cushla as an inspiration here ( Butler , 1979 ) . |
| 9 | At least it can be said that these educational programmes may diminish the occasional experimental use ( which may be damaging in itself ) by those who do not have addictive disease . |
| 10 | It ought to be said that this particular extract poses more difficulties than the normal run of parish registers . |
| 11 | ‘ You seem to be saying that this first forest is an imaginary place . |
| 12 | The approach adopted has been to say that all integral items of the plant described in the schedule are covered and then list those parts excluded in general exception which fall into three categories i.e. |
| 13 | It is said that these underground beings , djinn , rise in the half light of pre-dawn and in the twilight . |
| 14 | It 's being reported by an American television network , that Iraq is saying that all foreign hostages in Saddam Hussein 's human shield , can leave Kuwait and Baghdad if President Bush promises not to launch an attack . |
| 15 | She is saying that this good thing , this knowledge , can be used — to tell us , for example , that Amis is not a Tudor writer : but she is rather more moved to say at the same time that it ca n't or can hardly be used , devoted as she is to the thought of a separation between , in this case , Amis 's friendships and politics , his life — and his art . |
| 16 | That 's that 's part of , of presumably , one of the objections from the U K Government , erm , that essentially , it 's saying that that these arguments ca n't be , justified on health and safety grounds and that that the approach , de-regulation and freedom in the market to al allow people to do what they want to do , which is the fact that they , if they want to work twelve hours , then presumably the Government and yourself are supporting that that freedom . |
| 17 | Accurate reports of certain public occasions are " privileged " — which is to say that any defamatory statements arising from them can not be made the subject of a successful libel action . |