Example sentences of "say [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In truth , the camera is a ruthless editor of visual information ; this can be made plain by looking at a picture , say of the eighteenth century , and comparing it with a contemporary print , perhaps an aquatint , and a modern photograph . |
| 2 | Just just just — if you could just if you could let me know , say within the next fortnight , if you know that is . |
| 3 | Right , so erm , what 's happened to , to world trade over time , say in the last century , what major changes have taken place in world trade ? |
| 4 | Before we come on to look at that , can somebody tell me what 's happened to world trade say in the last century , what are the major trends in world trade ? |
| 5 | But suddenly , without warning , say on the eighth move , Naive Prober defects . |
| 6 | Now , when you say to the first person ‘ point to a row across ’ if they point to a row without a king you say ‘ You pointed to this I will take it away ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ We could get a boat , ’ Paul says for the eleventh time . |
| 8 | He says for the first time in his life , he 's known what life must have been like for the old masters . |
| 9 | After all , if you had asked him , Boy would probably have said for the first time in his life , yes , thank you I am very happy . |
| 10 | The Chinese government has said for the first time that it intends to try to stop the tiger trade . |
| 11 | Common sense requires one to recognize that the most significant things were what was being said for the first time , at least in that form , in modern Catholic history and with such authority . |
| 12 | His loyal and seemingly very level-headed wife Nesta says of the second sex scandal he has been involved in during their marriage : |
| 13 | He says of the first degree that it happens when no other desire can divert love from God and " all labyr is lyght to a lufar " , signalling a vivid apprehension of the joy at the heart of the work of redemption . |
| 14 | Much the same can be said of the third issue , of free trade vs protectionism . |
| 15 | The same can be said of the next dog of great influence : Ch. |
| 16 | If the auguries for Branwell Bronte were , at best , uncertain , the same could not have been said of the last leave-taking of one of his father 's predecessors at Haworth , the Rev. William Grimshaw ( 1508–63 ) , of whom John Wesley wrote : |
| 17 | Right O K yeah that 's the other major erm feature is that agriculture 's share of world trade has declined and manufacturing er share of world trade has increased and I 've got some er some numbers here erm so it says before the first world war agriculture 's share of world trade was over fifty percent , today it is less than fourteen percent okay , so agriculture 's share in world trade is declining and has been declining er essentially over the the last sort of seventy years or so . |
| 18 | MacMillan has said from the first announcements that it would be a big company ballet , involving a large cast , and he has provided just that . |
| 19 | The reader who has followed what was said in the second chapter will already have appreciated the nature of the trust , one of the most characteristic institutions of English Law , and its enormous importance as a part of our law of property . |
| 20 | The specific effect of using a colon instead of a semicolon is to suggest that what comes next is a more specific example , or an explanation , of what was said in the first sentence . |
| 21 | What can you say about the game that was n't said in the last caption ? |
| 22 | See , I think we 're obliged to now say something about erm these general skills , I think in light of what 's been said in the last couple of weeks |
| 23 | And certainly not in the light of what 's been said in the last couple of weeks that 's |
| 24 | All that I have said in the last chapter about preparation and being able to sort out important issues is again not possible given this scenario . |
| 25 | It was said in the last chapter that doubtful law should not be represented as if it were well established . |
| 26 | But as is already clear from what was said in the last chapter , the irreducibility thesis , plausible though it may appear at first sight , remains highly vulnerable to criticism and requires important additional assumptions if it is to be taken at all seriously . |
| 27 | And then it just says on the next page , ‘ Fagg angle ’ . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Your employer ? ’ he said gently , not probing , remembering what she had said on the first day . |
| 29 | I think it is because he accepts what is said at the third stage , the eleven and twelve-year-olds , as giving the truth of the matter . |
| 30 | In contrast , it is not said by the third defendant or by anyone else that the third party was guilty of any form of dishonesty . |