Example sentences of "say that [art] [adj -est] [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 | 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 . , |
| 4 | ‘ Peter Mayle , you know the man who writes about his life in Provence , says that the best starter in the world is strips of foie gras , lightly fried in butter and dropped into a well-dressed salad . ’ |
| 5 | Cos you know one of the people says that the best place for it is to lob it in the arboretum lake . |
| 6 | Who says that the best predictor of future social behaviour is is past social behaviour all things being equal and er as any assessment of linguistic of a linguistic scene will profit from an historical awareness . |
| 7 | He says that the biggest blow came when Rank 's made thousands redundant in the eighties . |
| 8 | Quate says that the latest result is so close to the theoretical maximum that his team is now going to concentrate on making the SAM easier to use , rather than pushing ahead with improving the resolution still further . |
| 9 | It is often said that the best index of the geography of an area is the distribution of population in space and time . |
| 10 | But they have said that the latest drug craze , involving the painkiller ketamine , has yet to reach the North-East . |
| 11 | I make no excuse for quoting at some length from the Chatrier newsletter ‘ I have always said that the biggest problem we face in tennis is that there is too much money around . |
| 12 | I derive the greatest satisfaction from the fact that the Government , through the Gracious Speech , are saying that the highest priority will be given to the improvement of public services . |
| 13 | ‘ We all agreed after the dinner that George was obviously under the influence of drink , but that does not excuse saying that the greatest footballer of all time ‘ was n't bad for a nigger ’ . |
| 14 | He also said that the best way for the USA to help Eastern Europe would be to aid the Soviet Union on its path to democracy . |
| 15 | Watkins always said that the best photographs are taken ‘ along the ley ’ . |
| 16 | Aunt Kit said that the best thing I could do initially was to train as a teacher . |
| 17 | I said that the best thing he could do for the whites was to demonstrate to the blacks that they fully supported the widest possible franchise , and that if he did that he would emerge as a statesman , with a statesman 's view of his responsibilities . |
| 18 | You know , I mean I know he said that the best thing , decision we ever made was not to go to erm Raynes Park because the wicket really has deteriorated on that , but he has a lot of contacts and things . |
| 19 | Suharto said that the highest priority was to keep inflation down ; the annualized 1990 rate was put at 9.55 per cent and the predicted 1991 rate as 7 per cent . |
| 20 | A Northwest spokesman in St Paul , Mr Douglas Miller , said that the latest threat was unusual as a specific flight and day had been mentioned by the caller , who warned of reprisals for the jailing of two Palestinians for a series of bombings . |
| 21 | Mr Kenneth Clarke , the Health Secretary , yesterday said that the latest pay offer made last Friday was worth 9 per cent and 11.55 per cent in London . |
| 22 | He said that the latest measures had been a success , that Ruth 's temperature had dropped and her breathing loosened . |
| 23 | , head of gene sequencing at the institute , said that the latest estimate compared with a three-to five-year estimate when work started last summer , thanks partly to more resources being devoted to the project and partly to better methods for finding new genes quickly and without redundant effort . |
| 24 | The Speaker judged it a success , and said that the worst fears voiced before the experiment about the impact of televising on the House had not been borne out . |
| 25 | Girls of twelve to fifteen I spoke to in Harlesden said that the worst aspect of their lives was the bullying and racism they faced in school . |
| 26 | It is fair to say that the greatest violators of human rights across the world are terrorists , but I stressed the fact that it was important for the Government of India to be more open in dealing with the accusations . |
| 27 | I believe this situation is self-explanatory , so I wo n't bother you with details ; suffice it to say that the best engineers in Germany have convinced me that the weakest point in this chain is your body . |
| 28 | This is not to say that the best alternative to positivistic scholarship is the exclusive study of the reader 's response , such as Richards advocated in his early works . |
| 29 | While it is true to say that the best wine each year is often reserved for vintage wines , non-vintage blends are not necessarily inferior . |
| 30 | How many times have you heard people say that the greatest gift in the world is good health ? |