Example sentences of "say that [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Council also says that taking legal action should be possible without having to send a solicitor 's letter first , as seems to be general practice at the moment . |
| 2 | David Mills , the erstwhile head of the Hazardous Chemical wing of Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) — and well known for his criticisms of the lack of effective policing of what he defends as largely sound rules — says that placing high-temperature incinerators in some sort of hierarchy of risks is ‘ a terribly subjective business . ’ |
| 3 | He says that illustrating this book was ‘ one of the happiest times of my life . ’ |
| 4 | This policy found little favor with the Pentagon which has said that maintaining these bases , for at least another 20 years , is a central priority in a new military doctrine , publicized under the title ‘ Discriminate Deterrence ’ . |
| 5 | Gerashchenko warned of the dangers of letting enterprises go bankrupt , but government officials said that approving new credit could undermine agreement with the IMF to restrict the budget deficit to 5 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) . |
| 6 | A report in the Israeli media on Nov. 8 said that following these elections a communiqué issued by the Hamas leadership in the diaspora referred to the importance of a " quiet dialogue " between Hamas and the PLO in order to avoid the violent public clashes between their members . |
| 7 | ‘ One farmer came back and said that employing 300 Kenyans cost one-fifth as much as weedkiller , ’ he said . |
| 8 | A scientist at the centre said that finding uncontaminated air in any of the three coffins would be the " Rosetta Stone of the atmosphere " . |
| 9 | Olivetti said that stringing 24 CPUs together was as high as Pyramid could go with the R3000 . |
| 10 | Jiang responded by saying that in 1978 , Deng Xiaoping , then Vice-Premier , said that resolving this issue should be left to the wisdom of future generations . |
| 11 | This is not to say that selling public sector assets is an unwise activity ; only that cash accounts do not provide the complete picture of what happens when you do . |