Example sentences of "is say that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Ackroyd pastiches Dickens in form rather than style — which is to say that this book is very long , Dickensianly long ( the main text signs off at page 1084 , where it gives way to a fat coda of source notes , bibliography and index ) . |
| 32 | That is to say that some changes are believed to arise internally within the system and are motivated by system-internal factors , whereas others are said to arise from the influence of neighbouring languages or dialects . |
| 33 | That is to say that most definitions of money include ‘ bank deposits ’ of some description and these are deposits with the monetary sector . |
| 34 | To answer in the negative is to say that older children will not benefit from the stunning picture , the arresting image , or the picture that illuminates a story , and that provides a range of visual possibilities . |
| 35 | But it is to say that compulsive gambling with all its damaging consequences can be seen just as much in the reputable halls of commerce as in the street corner betting shop . |
| 36 | The most popular way to regard the cases is to say that both groups are equally valid and that differences turn on the legislative instrument . |