Example sentences of "say that this [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old Tominahs say that this crescent-moon shape means the bottom arc of a great vertical circle of our lives — the section at which we are all most deeply plunged into matter . |
| 2 | The Social Democrat , Lord Kennet , the first opponent of research to speak , said : ‘ Those who say that this full-stop-sized mini-blob is not a human being must answer which part of the question they object to : human or being ? |
| 3 | He says that this particular animal is a favourite . |
| 4 | Indeed this is the heart of Hilton 's argument for the validity of mixed life for the aspiring contemplative , for he says that this very desire , the burning coal which has to be thus nourished by a positive attitude to the demands of both active and contemplative life , is in fact God himself at the very ground of our being . |
| 5 | The CFTC says that this latest offer is the last . |
| 6 | It is sometimes said that this appalling performance by the British economy in the early 1990s has been ‘ imported ’ from a world recession . |
| 7 | It ought to be said that this particular extract poses more difficulties than the normal run of parish registers . |
| 8 | She is saying that this good thing , this knowledge , can be used — to tell us , for example , that Amis is not a Tudor writer : but she is rather more moved to say at the same time that it ca n't or can hardly be used , devoted as she is to the thought of a separation between , in this case , Amis 's friendships and politics , his life — and his art . |
| 9 | Anthony Smith ( 1971 , pp. 5–9 ) , in his general study of the subject , observes that ‘ The prevailing image of nationalism in the West today is mainly negative ’ , and he continues by saying that this negative evaluation ‘ contrasts with the favourable attitude of nineteenth century liberals and radicals , and later conservatives , towards the doctrine of national self-determination ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ You seem to be saying that this first forest is an imaginary place . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're saying that this crazed man fitted the picture ? ’ |
| 12 | Chon criticized Nakahira 's calls for North Korea to resume inter-Korean talks and to sign unconditionally a nuclear safeguards accord with the International Atomic Energy Agency , saying that this constituted interference in North Korean affairs and " artificial obstacles " to the normalization of relations . |
| 13 | She said that this pioneering reference library was good for democracy and good for citizenship . |
| 14 | So how good to say that this new Chopin disc reveals a more composed and mature Gavrilov , someone able to storm high heaven , if necessary , without loss of refinement , someone in fact acutely aware that Polish passion in Chopin was counterbalanced with Gallic finesse . |
| 15 | And Mozart … well , suffice to say that this excellent programme makes great musical sense — and delight ! |
| 16 | Sometimes it is made plain that the Israelites were not directly affected by these disasters , but we have to say that this particular Egypt hardly sounds the sort of place to romanticize about ! |
| 17 | Now if we are going to say that this rolling programme , we we do n't mean this rolling programme because it it 's all going back to committees again to be to be looked at then we are putting our at a disadvantage they will disband and the cost to us for refurbishment will increase . |
| 18 | Let us say that this critical level is at point A in Figure 4.3 . |
| 19 | If we wanted to be self-consciously intellectual about it we could say that this little argument uses the logical principle of the distributive law . |
| 20 | But them I have seen , and they do say that this third man was called back into the church by one of the brothers , at the end of the evening , for some last purpose , after which the brother came out with him to thank them all , and bid them goodnight . |
| 21 | But a generative phonologist would say that this phonemic representation is irrelevant ; the representation in the brain of the speaker or hearer is much more complex and is often quite different from the ‘ real ’ sounds recognisable in the sound wave . |
| 22 | But yet we can not say that this notional world of human scientific description is the more fundamental physical reality to which all creatures relate . |
| 23 | Would you say that this particular debate in itself says a lot about the future role and the growing importance of the European Parliament ? |
| 24 | And yet she was aware of something lovely somewhere , something that was gone , or hidden , or yet to be attained : she supposed her therapist would say that this unrealistic shard of broken vision dated back to her infancy , when the human animal believes itself to be omnipotent , immortal and an integral part of all that is . |