Example sentences of "say for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We could get a boat , ’ Paul says for the eleventh time . |
| 2 | He says for the first time in his life , he 's known what life must have been like for the old masters . |
| 3 | The same can be said for the ME-10's overdrive ; again this sound is a matter of taste , although not really mine . |
| 4 | They did not seem to mind , each patting her head and calling out that her hair would soon grow , which was more than could be said for the balding bailiffs escorting them . |
| 5 | After all , if you had asked him , Boy would probably have said for the first time in his life , yes , thank you I am very happy . |
| 6 | The Chinese government has said for the first time that it intends to try to stop the tiger trade . |
| 7 | Common sense requires one to recognize that the most significant things were what was being said for the first time , at least in that form , in modern Catholic history and with such authority . |
| 8 | Which is more than can be said for the other engine . |
| 9 | This contained cunningly inlaid pouches holding a little gold and some silver ( which I pocketed to have Masses said for the poor man 's soul ) , and a small roll of parchment . |
| 10 | There is perhaps something to be said for the continued use of the term student from the motives that led the Greeks to call the Furies the Eumenides , " the kindly ones ' , in the hope that the use of a flattering name might induce them to live up to it . |
| 11 | Eighteenth-century politics have long had an unsavoury reputation , and although in the case of Scotland much of that reputation can be traced to the persuasive , but not strictly accurate , writings of Henry Cockburn and other Whig reformers of the early nineteenth century , it must be conceded at the outset that there is something to be said for the received account . |
| 12 | The same can not be said for the Labour party which fought the previous two elections on a programme that the hon. Member for Walsall , South ( Mr. George ) said was disastrous and should have been consigned to the rubbish heap . |
| 13 | The same could not be said for the pre-tournament favourite , Jose Maria Olazabal , who added a 75 to his opening 76 . |
| 14 | There 's a lot to be said for the modern falconry centres — anything that helps people to appreciate birds of prey is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned — although it 's a shame they have to be turned into tourist attractions . |
| 15 | For all its faults , it can at least be said for the modern world that it has produced a substantial body of articulate opinion that blends passion with compassion in its concern for the impoverished and starving peoples of the world . |
| 16 | There is something , at least , to be said for the old order : ‘ Educational injustice enabled people to preserve their illusions , inequality of opportunity fostered the myth of human equality . ’ |
| 17 | In instrumental terms there is much to be said for the informal approach . |
| 18 | At least in one case prayers were said for the brave men fighting on both sides . |
| 19 | The hon. Gentleman spoke for himself , which can not be said for the hon. Member for Rugby and Kenilworth ( Mr. Pawsey ) , who is not in his place , the Back-Bench chairman of the Conservative party education committee . |
| 20 | Seventh Day Adventists were the favoured race skippers — they did n't drink , which was more than could be said for the lighter crews . |
| 21 | The trouble is that charity work never ends and the same can be said for the constant need for money to pay for research work , buy new hospital machinery or vehicles for disabled youngsters . |
| 22 | What TC said , most people have been saying for the last couple of seasons . |
| 23 | Christina disliked her nasal drawl , and said for the final time , ‘ Well , nice to have met you both . |
| 24 | ‘ Look , Jeremy , ’ Celia said for the second time . |
| 25 | No you said for the new office . |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't say how I feel , ’ Herr Nordern said for the twentieth time . |
| 27 | She said she said for the first week you unwind , I thought if we have a weeks holiday that means that the time you unwind you 're back to work again ! |
| 28 | De Gaulle said for the first time since their defeat , the French people had reason to hope for liberation . |
| 29 | " You encouraged him , " she said for the tenth time . |
| 30 | ‘ Good boy , ’ the Italian said for the last time , thickly , breathless . |