Example sentences of "say [conj] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Portentous ‘ Scientists say that the greatest threat to our planet Voice : is global warming … |
| 2 | I say that the greatest tragedy in the world today is that God had made man in his image and made him to worship him , made him to play the harp of worship before the face of God day and night , but he has failed God and dropped the harp . |
| 3 | The behaviourist 's second line of defence is to distinguish between knowing and what is known , and say that the behavioural reduction applies only to the former . |
| 4 | Critics say that the real battle against drugs can only be won by international co-ordination and the development of a long-term growth strategy . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , ’ they continue , ‘ we 've been reading your columns and we 're just a little bit worried that you might mean it when you say that the European Community is a fraudulent delusion ; the German economy is kaput ; the French are morally bankrupt ; racism is becoming endemic ; America 's had it ; Britain 's in for five years of total chaos and the middle-classes will soon be taking to the streets . |
| 6 | Why does not the Secretary of State for Wales wave the flag for Pierhead and say that the new project could become a great science centre ? |
| 7 | In a recent study Lea and Young recognize this point , and say that the best indicator of police performance in crime investigation is the number of crimes cleared per officer ( Lea et al . , |
| 8 | Yet others say that the poor countries of Africa put out their corpses to be devoured — by creatures regarded with superstitious awe — as the least burdensome method of disposal . |
| 9 | He could but say that the only solution to such posers was a universal pension . |
| 10 | There have been murmurs of discontent among manufacturers considering diversifying away from Macao , but businessmen say that the only impact so far has been a shift of orders from China to Macao . |
| 11 | Imagine my surprise when I heard Douglas Hurd say that the only thing which would make Saddam Hssein toe the line on UN demands short of outright force was sanctions . |
| 12 | Fewer people say that the total cost of credit or the interest rate is important to their choice . |
| 13 | One could , of course , still say that the total entropy , including the entropy inside the black hole , has not gone down — but since there is no way to look inside the black hole , we can not see how much entropy the matter inside it has . |
| 14 | They acknowledge that it has been sparked by the slide in the pound , but say that the financial markets do not think sterling will ever recover all of its value against the deutschmark or the franc . |
| 15 | Suppose we say that the causal circumstance for the house fire consisted in the short circuit , the location of inflammable material in contact with the relevant conductor , and the presence of oxygen . |
| 16 | ICES and commission scientists say that the continued use of small mesh will greatly accelerate the decline of fish stocks . |
| 17 | Probability theorists escape this oddity by defining absolute probability in terms of relative probability : they say that the absolute probability of h = the probability of h relative to a tautology . |
| 18 | You say that the chief character in your joke or story was wearing such and such a hat or pair of shoes . |
| 19 | That is what we mean when we say that the Labour party is advocating an envy tax . |
| 20 | Female influence was greatest in consumer decisions , and least in public affairs ( although , as in the above example of voting choices , the researchers say that the latter finding may be due to the men 's unwillingness to admit to having serious political discussions with women ) . |
| 21 | Experts say that the current recession is behind the trend . |
| 22 | Hull , who had Webbe watched in Bridgend 's game with Neath a week last Saturday , say that the two players involved were ‘ very keen ’ to turn professional . |
| 23 | Whatever the outcome , CRII-RAD are highly critical of CEA in the affair and say that the official CEA figures have been well below the real plutonium levels at the site . |
| 24 | A staff meeting in East Berlin 's Defence Ministry , attended by the Defence Minister , Admiral Theodor Hoffmann , heard Captain Uwe-Jens Karl say that the political scandals had ‘ also discredited the whole army ’ . |
| 25 | ITN sources say that the Prime Minister will consider this weekend whether to hold the General Election on April the ninth . |
| 26 | The companies say that the finished product will manage every aspect of software , and all activities relating to software licences , including the all important tracking of the number of copies of an application relative to the number of licences held . |
| 27 | They say that the extra energy would be unnecessary if modern conservation methods were adopted . |
| 28 | The is no doubt that polished tools look better , but some say that the extra expense is unnecessary . |
| 29 | The old zeks , the long-term men , they say that the first months in the camps are the hardest . |
| 30 | The old ones say that the first morning , the first experience of dawn in the camps , is the greatest test . |