Example sentences of "say [prep] the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He needs not to forget that there are demonic forces in the universe whatever people say about the existence of the devil . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've wondered about the implications of the placing of the head in the font , ’ Theodora said thoughtfully , ‘ and what you say about the possibility of its being a symbolic gesture . |
| 3 | And If what you say about the state of his finances is true then he 'd have every reason for faking his death to escape the music . |
| 4 | This new use meant a severe criticism of the earlier knowledge , since Marx believed that the studies he was using had originally been made for exactly the opposite purpose to his ; they had been made in order to justify the oppression which Marx say as the core of the capitalist system . |
| 5 | A group of villagers had spent the evening in the Red Lion , and after closing time Young did the run in the nude , some reports say as the result of a bet . |
| 6 | ‘ No , I was only thinking about all those prayers we say for the conversion of China . |
| 7 | But experts say with the easing of trade barriers across Europe , the threat of an outbreak grows stronger . |
| 8 | The staying power having endurance again you say with the feeling of the mind as well as the , the body . |
| 9 | People must be allowed say in the development of their own environment . |
| 10 | like er we have sinned against our fellow men , you know that one we say in the prayer of confession . |
| 11 | Since 1976 the trend has been reversed , managerial values have again become predominant and the bureaucracy has expanded , albeit with some strengthening of the legislative role of the National People 's Congress and , since the Democracy Movement of 1978–80 , a strengthening of the role of ‘ workers representative congresses ’ to give workers a limited say in the management of enterprises ( White 1985 ) . |
| 12 | The question which is perhaps left open by the Court 's decisions so far is whether a retention of the business 's identity can be found , say in the case of a franchise , where none of the employees , equipment or buildings used by the transferor in the activity pass to the transferee . |
| 13 | Just now he 's working on a deal that could give him a big say in the life of a lady who 'll ‘ definitely ’ be in the Top Ten within weeks . |
| 14 | doctor if you do n't agree with what it says , erm , you can obviously mention that to and er er along speedily say in the course of this week , the matter can be mentioned in formal to me , erm one morning at ten o'clock next week I would of thought . |
| 15 | We represent over four million levy paying members , the trade unions that is , and it 's only right that they should have a proper say in the election of the Lad Labour leader , not just the thirty percent as is being suggested here . |
| 16 | In former days this emotional moment could not arise because archbishops had little say in the choice of bishops and no say at all in the choice of their successor . |
| 17 | But the sovereigns from Queen Victoria onwards turned consultations with the archbishop into a constitutional convention ; so that now the Archbishop of Canterbury had the principal say in the choice of bishops and had a right to be consulted on the choice of his own successor ; or , if he had not a constitutional right , at least he had every right to proffer advice to the prime minister whether the prime minister asked for it or not . |
| 18 | Because the project had no say in the choice of home help for a client , the development officer sometimes found a client with a home help whom she thought was unsuitable or would not work well with her support workers . |
| 19 | The unions ' say in the choice of leader may also be reduced . |
| 20 | While neither the National Union nor the peers could have a direct say in the choice of leader it was nevertheless thought desirable , if only for reasons of tact , to know their views . |
| 21 | We can not expect to swallow everything that politicians say in the heat of an election , but listening to the leader of the Liberal Democrats yesterday it was difficult to believe one 's own ears . |
| 22 | I did n't get any say in the matter of how big or which brand it was , but the barmaid smiled sweetly and said ‘ Merci ’ when I paid her , because they all pretend to be French even if they are n't . |
| 23 | A genuine global partnership must be struck between rich and poor in which all contribute and all have an equal say in the allocation of resources . |
| 24 | Refugee recipients had very little say in the administration of services and were insufficiently encouraged to do so . |
| 25 | The agreement , which the Prime Minister has accepted , will exclude Britain from any say in the appointment of the president , vice-president and executive board of the ECB . |
| 26 | Moreover , the distribution of money ( say in the form of transfer payments ) increases individuals ' incomes . |
| 27 | Stockbrokers W I Carr are aiming the Helmsman Self-Managed Personal Pension at controlling directors , partners , self-employed and senior executives who want some say in the control of their investments . |
| 28 | A variety of positions exist ranging from free market , through welfare pluralist ( in which a mix of state , voluntary , market and family forms of provision coexist ) , welfare corporatist ( in which trade unions and employers would have more say in the planning of welfare ) , to alternative social planning ( in which social services would be deprofessionalised and democratised ) . |
| 29 | Single and over forty , or as they say in the world of women executives , SINBAD ( Single Income , Neurotic , Bankable and Desperate ) . |
| 30 | Dr Kristof Lis , Poland 's minister in charge of the Plenipotentiary for Changes in Ownership , is currently having to wrestle with the fact of real worker power — from the concept of actual ownership to the committees which have a large say in the running of industry . |