Example sentences of "is say [that] [noun] be " in BNC.

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1	In addition , it is said that gas is cheaper , but that is not true on two counts .
2	It is said that invoices were raised against Wessex on behalf of Abbey and that when payment was received by Abbey the moneys were diverted by Mr. Tully and others and were partly dissipated in bribes and partly disguised and concealed in various bank accounts and other havens .
3	It is said that Watt was rather jealous about this .
4	‘ Bénezet is saying that Tutilo is taken for murder .
5	And the palace is saying that Charles is seeking custody of the plants . ’
6	The narrowest position is to say that rape is committed only where D threatens violence or knows that V is in fear of violence , and that any other threat must fall within the lesser offence of procuring sex by threats .
7	A description that covers both cases is to say that geodesics are stationary paths ; this means that any small deviation of path from a geodesic produces no change in the length to first order in the deviation .
8	Which is to say that directions are better than sentences .
9	Which is to say that defences are being erected to protect the integrity of Western culture , of the Western idea .
10	That is to say that savings are a function of the rate of profit and unproductive consumption .
11	They are nice people : they believe that everything ought to be fair , that is to say that virtue is rewarded and villainy punished .
12	Our inclination is to say that language is not the primary thing , that we are analysing a phenomenon , and that what matters is the question , ‘ What sort of a process goes on in your mind when you know , remember , hope something ? ’
13	In reality , a well-conceived general course may be just as coherent as a narrower one ; after all , the study of classics traditionally involves two languages and three disciplines and who is to say that classics is not both general and coherent ?

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