Example sentences of "say about the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He needs not to forget that there are demonic forces in the universe whatever people say about the existence of the devil . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've wondered about the implications of the placing of the head in the font , ’ Theodora said thoughtfully , ‘ and what you say about the possibility of its being a symbolic gesture . |
| 3 | So what you say about the rights of fathers is also about who is the ‘ real ’ father — the biological father or the man who cares for the child ? |
| 4 | And If what you say about the state of his finances is true then he 'd have every reason for faking his death to escape the music . |
| 5 | But to my mind the boy could begin by showing more respect altogether to people like your father who have been listening to what the League says about the problems of the land and the bosses and the conditions of the men and women who work on it . |
| 6 | It might be said that what Wittgenstein says about the criteria of someone having understood a colour-word provides a reason for answering the question affirmatively . |
| 7 | There is a difference , however , between what Mill says about the conditions of a colour-word being used meaningfully , and what Wittgenstein says . |
| 8 | We can rely neither on what it says about the state of the economy nor on the little that it reveals about the state of the public finances . |
| 9 | erm there 's no doubt that our society , whatever kind of sentimental things it says about the status of the housewife , gives the housewife extremely low status , and that power and status and respect in society are accorded to people who achieve things in the work world occupationally outside the home , and given that that is so I think women , to increase their self respect , have got to achieve things outside the home , yes . |
| 10 | This identification with , and punishment of , the mother-goddess is vividly portrayed in what Edith Weigert-Vowinkel says about the cult of the Phrygian goddess Cybele and her castrated son , Attis . |
| 11 | I understand what the hon. Gentleman says about the nature of the charge laid against certain people and the roles that they may have played in particular crimes . |
| 12 | None the less , there was a substantial majority in favour of accepting it as a basis for discussion , largely because there was much to be said about the interrelationship of pope , bishops and curia , and the draft provided this opportunity . |
| 13 | But there is something more to be said about the focusing of attention on the present and oneself . |
| 14 | ‘ One of the things that is often said about the success of British athletics at the moment is that it hides an awful lot that 's wrong . |
| 15 | What can be said about the success of these attempts and the character of the debate ? |
| 16 | I remembered what Edward had said about the presence of all the elements , wanting to work together , to meet and merge . |
| 17 | But it is important to note that since nothing can be said about the magnitudes of the differences between the various elements along the continuum , none of the standard arithmetic operations can legitimately be used . |
| 18 | There is nothing much more to be said about the siege of Krishnapur . |
| 19 | What is usually said about the invention of printing is that it greatly expanded an earlier minority culture , and at last made it into a majority culture . |
| 20 | If such be the case , what may be said about the Muftiliks of Molla Yegan and Molla Fenari ? |
| 21 | The same can not yet be said about the idea of regression . |
| 22 | Over the past few years I have read a great deal of specifically Christian literature in the field of economics and I have been impressed by one thing : while much has been said about the immorality of the modern corporation and the injustice of the structures of international trade and while a little has been said , especially in North America , about the role of government and the need for proper control of money and credit , very little has been written about trade unions . |
| 23 | This is fully in accord with what I have said about the expression of " we/they " oppositions in other contexts . |
| 24 | May I endorse most vigorously what my hon. Friend has just said about the benefits of NHS trusts operating within the health service . |
| 25 | There is much that can be said about the advantages of such a strategy , which is flexible and which can penetrate secular buildings with the salt of the gospel touching the lives of many who otherwise have no contact with the church . |
| 26 | The same can be said about the goal of family-oriented intervention and the provision of after care . |
| 27 | ii ) What can be said about the behaviour of accounting denominator and accounting numerator of a financial ratio and what are the implications for the ratio distribution ? |
| 28 | More is said about the subject of safety in the ALs of working and playing . |
| 29 | In view of what we have said about the suitability of particular registers for writing , you may be surprised that we ourselves are adopting a relatively conversational register in this book . |
| 30 | While Liz was nibbling pistachio nuts , surveying dominions , Shirley , hot , red and angry ( but not appearing to be angry ) was listening yet once more to her mother-in-law 's description of her digestive system and what the doctor had said about the swelling of her legs , a commentary which followed closely upon her complaints about the absence of her two older grandchildren who had ( in Shirley 's view very wisely ) buggered off to a disco at Maid Marian 's Nitespot . |