Example sentences of "say [conj] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you say that the Nationalists of Ireland have a right to claim to go out of the united Kingdom as a community if you say that five or six per cent of the whole of the United Kingdom have that right because they wish to have separate rule for themselves , how can you say that a body in Ireland , not five or six per cent , but twenty-five per cent of the whole population , has not an equal right to separate treatment ? |
| 2 | In fact , they say that the increase in confidence has been the highest for some years . |
| 3 | In conclusion , we can combine our two approaches to investment theory and say that the level of net investment in an economy will depend on three major factors : the rate of interest ( i ) , past national income changes and the state of businessmen 's expectations ( B ) . |
| 4 | On the traffic management front , the county say that the consideration of local traffic needs will have to cover two situations . |
| 5 | That is what I mean when I say that the problems of crofting , and other rural problems , are in an odd , but very real sense , a national resource . |
| 6 | Moreover , it is not our function to form a view in relation to any one of these appellants of the proper period for him to serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence , and then if we disagree with the Secretary of State 's tariff say that the Secretary of State was wrong and quash his decision . |
| 7 | What did the review team say that the Secretary of State disagrees with ? |
| 8 | But the scheme 's been critisised by commuters who say that the cost of compensation may put prices up . |
| 9 | say that the cost of living there tremendous , tremendous |
| 10 | The Sufis say that the stains of the soul will be expunged only by the water of the eyes . |
| 11 | The contracts typically say that the decision of the expert is to be final and binding , and that is what the courts say it has to be , in the absence of fraud , partiality or mistake . |
| 12 | We say that the state as a whole does wrong in accepting an internal compromise because it then compromises its principles . |
| 13 | We will assign any node j for which or is basic to the first generation and say that the parent of j is 1 , writing P(j) = 1 . |
| 14 | Accepting that , the health authorities say that the damage in the present case was suffered by the plaintiff whilst still en ventre sa mère and therefore while not a person in the eyes of English law . |
| 15 | Now for some good news to dispel the gloom ; once the Sun enters Scorpio on October 23 , you can relax and safely say that the remainder of this year will be plain sailing and relatively carefree . |
| 16 | The scientists say that the presence of warships in the region is likely to cause more deaths among whales and dolphins than the oil slick . |
| 17 | Similarly , other experts say that the peak in testosterone which happens in women around mid-cycle when they are ovulating — and the very time they are likely to get pregnant — is very slight and unlikely to result in your pursuing your mate with greater passion . |
| 18 | Many of the refugees say that the restrictions on the number of children a family may have , now being enforced by the Chinese government with particular vigour , is the reason for their flight . |
| 19 | They say that the handwriting at the top bears no resemblance to that of any Press office staff . |
| 20 | We can now introduce another meaning for that verb ‘ to explain ’ : in this situation , many researchers say that the proportion of females in a job ‘ explains ’ the relationship between the status of the job and absenteeism , in the sense that it accounts for it entirely . |
| 21 | ‘ I say that the directors of the Opera House are fools ! ’ |
| 22 | When we say that the response of the Community so far has been ineffectual , that is not a comment on the team spirit and competence of that monitoring force . |
| 23 | We call that freedom , the freedom to do good — or evil — and we , the Church , say that the choice between good and evil is an individual one . |
| 24 | Experts say that the antiquities at Ur and Tel El-lahm date back to the Sumerian period . |
| 25 | Now experts say that the key to a good night 's sleep is to keep the bedroom for sleeping and sex . |
| 26 | While admitting the enormous truth of this statement , one could at the same time say that the number of song writers who never discover themselves is also enormous . |
| 27 | The park authority say that the upgrading of the towpath for cyclists could have an adverse effect on the landscape and ecology of the area and be in conflict with other towpath users . |
| 28 | I am immensely gratified that those who participate in the activities of co-operation between the RUC and Garda Siochana say that the quality of co-operation is at its highest point for 30 years . |
| 29 | They say that the sheets in questions were never stored at the museum . |
| 30 | Others say that the outcome of the case confirms that federal prisoner No 41586 was bluffing . |