Example sentences of "say it [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it is not enough to devote four pages to ‘ sexual orientation ’ and then lamely say it deserves more attention . |
| 2 | They say it shows little respect for the environment and have managed to pursuade council officials to consider putting preservation orders on the remaining trees . |
| 3 | The film makers say it shows routine insensitivity to livestock , but experts say they 're wrong . |
| 4 | But critics say it gives false hope to millions and they predict chaos , as local authorities run out of money and those on the edge , like the homeless , are squeezed out . |
| 5 | Dallas-based Texas Instruments Inc says it plans 1993 capital spending of $650m , a rise of $220m from a year ago , in anticipation of double-digit growth in the world semiconductor market this year , including 25 pct in the US market ; it expects the Japanese semiconductor market to grow at 5% this year , with the Japanese economy beginning ‘ slow recovery ’ in the second half ; it said it has shipped more than 100,000 of its new SuperSparcs in a year , and expects to release several client-server products this year ; commenting on first quarter figures ( page seven ) , it added that software revenues for the first quarter were lower than expected , leading to a small loss in its information technology business ; it continues to see strong demand for notebook computers and printers . |
| 6 | DEC says it delayed any announcement until now so there would be meat on the bones , not just promises . |
| 7 | Praxis says it took less time to install the ANDF version of the program than the 15 minutes it takes to compile the C sources of Wingz . |
| 8 | Intel says it saw strong demand in the US and Japan , where orders rose significantly as the market was stimulated by lower personal computer prices . |
| 9 | Atari says it takes legal action against as many pirates as it can find , and has two big prosecutions pending at the moment . |
| 10 | Ancor says it has extensive expertise in the research and design of components that meet the Fibre Channel Standard specification , and the initial activities will involve use of high-speed switching chips and software technologies from Ancor and related technologies from IBM . |
| 11 | Seymour Cray is still hopeful of bringing his crippled Cray Computer Corp safely in to land , and this week told shareholders that the pay-off will come not with the Cray-3 , but with the Cray-4 the company is developing — ‘ People who predict that things ca n't be done — I guess I do n't have time for them , ’ he told shareholders sternly — ‘ That 's the challenge that I 'm willing to accept in trying to do things that ca n't be done ’ ; the Cray-3 was launched last month , a decade after Cray started work on it , but the Cray-4 is expected to offer twice the performance at half the cost , and the company hopes to demonstrate it by year-end ; it says it has enough cash to fund operations into September and says it is working with two investment banking firms on fund-raising strategies . |
| 12 | Vicom says it incurred massive debt during the development its own proprietary visualisation line whilst at the same time taking over Sun 's products , and could n't attract the new development capital it required . |
| 13 | L M Ericsson Telefon AB 's Ericsson Corp says it sees cellular telephone unit sales growing 30% to 40% this year from the current 20m in use worldwide , half in the US . |
| 14 | One delegation from Oxford City Council says it needs more cash to serve an extra thirteen thousand people whose homes now fall within the the city boundaries . |
| 15 | A support group for the elderly in north Oxfordshire says it wants more cooperation with the police in helping what it reckons is an increasing number of elderly victims of crime in the area . |
| 16 | Commenting on its figures ( page seven ) , National Semiconductor Corp says it expects fourth quarter gross margins to improve over third quarter margins and that third quarter worldwide orders set a new record , up 40% over last year , and that it entered the fourth quarter with an improved backlog — record OEM orders more than offset seasonal weaknesses in distribution to give record orders for the Americas ; European orders were up while Japanese markets weakened slightly . |
| 17 | The UN has said it has strong evidence Iraq is hiding about 100 of the Scud missiles of the type it fired at Israel and Saudi Arabia in the Gulf war , but Iraq denies it . |
| 18 | In his conference speech Mr Fowler attacked Labour 's reviewed industrial relations policy , saying it had one aim : to make strikes easier . |
| 19 | And saying it saying that way , we love animals as circus people . |
| 20 | The company said it shipped 50,000 revenue systems , a first-quarter record up 16% , including 13,000 Sparcstation 2s , 15,000 IPXs and 12,000 assorted . |
| 21 | Facilities manager and financial bureau services operator Fiserv Inc , Milwaukee said it had definitive agreement to acquire Datatronix Financial Services Inc , San Diego for $31.75 a share , but did not say how many shares the cheque and financial item processor for financial institutions had out . |
| 22 | THE Indian government defeated an opposition censure motion in parliament yesterday and said it had vital evidence to identify those responsible for a series of bomb explosions in Bombay . |
| 23 | A top critic , Jeffrey Taylor of The Mail on Sunday , saw rehearsals of the ballet , and said it contained erotic love scenes . |
| 24 | The show came under attack before it even opened because one critic said it contained erotic love scenes , a roller skating comic and a simulated sex act . |
| 25 | ‘ The Doctor said it transmitted mental power … . ’ |
| 26 | He said it offered high quality accommodation , was being marketed internationally and was strategically located . |
| 27 | Page 27 Buoyant Borland : Borland International said it expected second quarter results to beat analysts ' expectations after buoyant sales of Paradox , the US software company 's database product . |
| 28 | Senator Warren Barry called Mr Clinton 's plan on gays in the military a ‘ fags in the foxhole ’ proposal , and the chairman of the Fairfax County Republicans , Patrick Mullins , said it gave new meaning to the military warning ‘ watch your rear flank , ’ according to the Post . |
| 29 | Would you say it had enough bottle age ? |
| 30 | The gardener wo n't like it , but I 'll say it has some kind of disease — ’ |