Example sentences of "say that [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So and , and I think maybe it 's a good idea that we write and say that we would like to be given an opportunity to speak to them . |
| 2 | I say that we should do the same , if need be . ’ |
| 3 | Morally , that is a vastly superior case to the one produced by the Government — and , alas , supported to some degree by the Opposition Front Bench — who say that we should fritter our resources so massively on something that we could never use . |
| 4 | There are some who say that we should involve peacekeeping forces right away . |
| 5 | I say that we should strike now , before he gathers more . ’ |
| 6 | " There are those who say that we can turn away from the world , that we have no special role , no special place . |
| 7 | We say that we will protect single retired people , we will ensure that the rebate system is improved not only to help those people , but to target help on all those who need it and we will ensure that what people pay is based on their ability to pay and not on their status . |
| 8 | We are on solid ground when we say that we will oppose this Bill . |
| 9 | I 've written to him , I 've not heard from him yet suggesting you know er say that we 'd like to have a seminar afternoon . |
| 10 | He would give me a hearty slap on the back , comment on my expanding girth — ’ Twice the man you used to be , Andreas , eh ? ’ — say that we must meet again ’ for a jar , old man , but just this moment I have to rush , ’ look at his watch , sigh apologetically and shoot off to his next meeting or liquid lunch or whatever . |
| 11 | They say they ca n't afford it , we say that we must afford it . |
| 12 | The playgroup leasers support this petition and say that they would have a valuable role preparing the children for nursery education , feeling that the children at four plus need more than the s playgroup can offer . |
| 13 | On the issue that the Secretary of State has just discussed with the defence spokesman of the Ulster Unionist party , the hon. Member for Fermanagh and South Tyrone ( Mr. Maginnis ) , while holding that it should be a weapon in the armoury of any civilised Government to take out of circulation those who are seeking to destroy , murder and maim , will he give a full assurance to the House that he will undertake that act , if he has to do so , as a British Minister responsible to this House , and not in cliques with the Dublin Government who say that they would need to approve such a move ? |
| 14 | Leading opposition figures in Bratislava say that they would like to see Mr Dubcek return to active , official politics . |
| 15 | Leading opposition figures in Bratislava say that they would like to see Mr Dubcek return to active , official politics . |
| 16 | If so , have they costed them , or is it something else that they say that they may do in future if economic growth comes their way ? |
| 17 | John has some mysterious tales to tell about the castle : ‘ Visitors often say that they can smell newly-baked bread in the drawing room in the eastern tower . |
| 18 | But music types in Manhattan and Hollywood say that they can see a country act as plain as a barn door . |
| 19 | This causes considerable annoyance to the Germans , who find themselves being forced to speak English and say that they will settle the matter ‘ by decree ’ . |
| 20 | I shall pay particular attention to that part of the Gracious Speech in which the Government say that they will promote enterprise and training , attach the highest priority to improving public services , improve quality and choice in education , and improve the effectiveness of the NHS . |
| 21 | The Government say that they will promote enterprise . |
| 22 | Of course , they all say that they will win . |
| 23 | The three companies say that they will incorporate Telnet/OLTP into a broad range of products — Hewlett plans to incorporate Telnet/OLTP into the HP 9000 series 800 business server line and into its terminal server product line . |
| 24 | Team leaders often say that they could have gone faster on their own . |
| 25 | with someone who 's nice , put it that way , I 'd almost definitely try , I 'd get the , say that they could have the giro today |
| 26 | He was very friendly with erm who was in charge of the Extra Mural Board and erm then possibly because of this connection erm we were asked by the erm Ministry of Defence to provide lectures and courses for erm units of H M Forces stationed in the area and erm so a panel of lecturers was erm formed and erm they used to go out , the , the units used to have their own Education Officers , usually a sergeant or perhaps a second lieutenant and erm they used to come into the office and say that they 'd like somebody to go out to their Searchlight Unit or A A Unit stationed somewhere out in the sticks and er lecture on this that or the other and erm we were supposed to try and fix them up and erm the panel erm , it had quite a number of erm people on it that erm , I ca n't remember who they all were , I know that erm you 'd hardly believe this but there was a chap named Mr and another chap named Mr |
| 27 | Then after half a year we get the tapes and they go back and we say that something may have to be changed . |
| 28 | She had heard her mother say that she could provide these things , but that the days were long and lonely on her own and she would like to meet people and to earn her own money , no matter how small . |
| 29 | Ring the bell and say that you would like to adopt an old person . |
| 30 | About open learning and they 've got an H N C in Business Communications , now they also say that you could do this as a student at the college . |