Example sentences of "say that [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Candidates say that on the doorstep , education questions concern mainly national policies . |
| 2 | They say that at the moment of death the whole of one 's past life flashes before one 's eyes . |
| 3 | If the right hon. Gentleman had paid more attention to the CBI yesterday , he would have heard the director general say that since the crash of October 1987 , real take-home pay is up by 11 per cent. , manufacturing productivity is up by 20 per cent . |
| 4 | They say that without the introduction of a full-scale growth incentive public confidence will remain at rock bottom with no increase in spending . |
| 5 | Sun Microsystems Computer Corp and Oracle Corp say that under the Transaction Processing Performance Council Benchmark A the eight-processor model of Sun Microsystems ' new Sparcserver 1000 under Oracle7 Co-operative Server delivered 400.80 transactions a second for price-performance of $5,987 a tpsA . |
| 6 | At this point you say that in the night they all wanted to have a party so they got up . |
| 7 | How can the Labour party say that in the year when we opened up the whole of industry to competition , in the year when we tightened the price control and made it clear that the customer is high on our list of priorities ? |
| 8 | But patients say that in the course of treatment , they are never permitted to express tearfulness or despair . |
| 9 | I think that the hon. Gentleman will know what I mean when I say that in the context of coming towards the end of a particular available time , whether it is the time for talks or the time for a general election , there is reluctance among certain parties — and I make this remark generally — to turn their cards face upwards if there is any danger that other people will not have turned their cards face upwards by the time the whistle blows . |
| 10 | Flaubert 's niece Caroline says that towards the end of his life he regretted not having had a wife and family . |
| 11 | He says that below the Forest of Dean lies one of Britains largest natural reservoirs . |
| 12 | But the Coroner says that for the time being , Marc 's death will remain a mystery . |
| 13 | Reuter says that with the help of General Media International Inc , the Penthouse magazine empire has just launched a dial-up service in the US where for a monthly fee plus usage , lechers can view their favourite Pets from their personal computer , ask them to perform various acts — and play photographer , taking shots with the mouse while the model performs … |
| 14 | ‘ She always says that on the court she is n't a mum for me and I ca n't imagine that she is n't my mum . |
| 15 | He says that at the beginning of the relationship he wrestled with himself , knowing that he should back off from Mandy . |
| 16 | And she says that at the moment she 's more interested in just having fun than dating . |
| 17 | Exactly yes we 'll take a breathing space until the new year I mean Neil says that at the moment he 'd be quite happy to get into a job where if he was a good worker he could progress in the job and I said an what about doing your radio repairs in the evening , but he just , he said yes . |
| 18 | Caro Hunt says that at the age of five he could beat her and it was then she realised he had a lot of promise . |
| 19 | He says that at the end of the Laws of Moses one finds the following words : " Moses , having heard the words of God , transmitted them to the Jews . " |
| 20 | ‘ In the gospels , Sir John , Christ says that at the end of the world the very heavens will rock and the planets fall to earth in a fiery blaze . ’ |
| 21 | every body always says that about the night life , I do n't know why |
| 22 | MacNeill Weir in his guide says that about the year 1827 a large distillery was built close to the River Laggan at Mulindry . |
| 23 | Pliny the Elder , writing in the later first century AD , says that about the time of Vulso 's triumph statues of wood and terracotta ceased to be used at Rome and were replaced by luxuria from Asia Minor . |
| 24 | But his mother says that without the compensation her son had hoped for , it 's his long term future she 's worried about . |
| 25 | In the last chapter , in prison , he says that without the crime he would not have found within himself such questions , desires , feelings , needs , strivings , and development . ’ |
| 26 | Fred Gillett of the American science team says that despite the sun 's heat falling on IRAS , the satellite 's insulation is working so well that there is ‘ less heat going into the system than is radiated by the tip of my little finger ’ . |
| 27 | Bede says that after the defeat and death of Oswiu 's son and successor , Ecgfrith , in the battle of Nechtanesmere in 685 , the Picts recovered their land which the Angles had held and the Scots who lived in Britain and certain of the Britons ( perhaps of Strathclyde ) their independence ( HE IV , 26 ) . |
| 28 | Benazir Bhutto says that after the summer of turmoil in Pakistan , this could be the last chance for parliamentary democracy . |
| 29 | He says that in the case of a face one has recognised , talk of ‘ separating ’ the familiarity from the impression of the face does not have any clear sense for him . |
| 30 | It says that in the book thing , there 's no bunkers . |