Example sentences of "can put [pers pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | You can put it that way round if you prefer . |
2 | If I can put it that way . |
3 | The north-east of England and the lowlands of Scotland are also ethnically similar , if one can put it that way . |
4 | Erm a few comments I 'd like to start with with Cleveland and the erm the idea that there 's there 's there 's there 's no problem whatsoever in accommodating erm the overspill if I can put it that way or the retention within Cleveland . |
5 | Perhaps not quite to the level of the the development that may be appropriate , but but yes , of of the three market towns in in Selby district it 's acknowledged that Tadcaster would have a a less significant role than the other two market towns , if I can put it that way , and yes , there are a number of constraints in Tadcaster , not not the least of which i is an ownership constraint . |
6 | Er , we believe that there is a shortfall , if I can put it that way , in quotes , of some seven hundred and fifty thousand in ninety four , ninety five , over what we would otherwise have expected to get if the previous method of distribution er , had been stuck with . |
7 | Can I just congratulate er the County Planning Officer on operating in an oasis o of , of if I can put it that way . |
8 | So these are all factors in here which er the the Well first of all the general public was provided with a a synopsis of this if I can put it that way in that the en original consultation leaflet included er extracts from this , summaries of it er in the leaflet , er and that set out clearly the differing traffic effects of the outer northern relief road compared with the inner . |
9 | But we er are welcoming the fact that there is a recognition of the rising population of Wales er in giving us this er this additional seat er primarily the additional population has not come in industrial South Wales which er er which er people think of perhaps as the most typically Welsh area , it 's actually in two counties of Clwyd and Dyfed that are erm growing most rapidly because of lifestyle migration , retirement migration erm into those two areas and that is why the additional seat , if you can put it that way , er takes from all the other four of course , is is the mid and West Wales seat which has been compared by the honourable member for Cornwall er tonight and it has only got a population of four hundred and one thousand but on the other hand of course it is such an extensive seat because the population sparsity in that area is much , much worse than even in Cornwall and therefore it is going to stretch from South of Milford Haven to the Llanrwst area really within probably twenty miles of the North Wales coast , it 's a who it 's the whole of two counties plus one additional very badly populated constituency erm in in the county of Gwynedd , an awkward constituency but one that we are certainly looking forward fighting and winning to give us the five out of five er now that er the boundaries are going through tonight and obviously it 's all in line really er to look at the other , the third order of course , the question of the registration of overseas voters in the nineteen ninety two election overseas voters had their first opportunity to participate in Westminster elections . |
10 | ‘ If you can put it that way , ’ she said acerbically . |
11 | It got rid of the crap if I can put it that way , sorted out my priorities . |
12 | You mentioned just now about artificial foods , if I can put it that way . |
13 | Well it 's been a discussion — if we can put it that way that 's been going on more or less throughout the nineteen eighties |
14 | I think the fact that erm only twelve per cent of perceived sexual harassment cases come from tutors is n't to make that a minor problem , because the impact that sexual harassment , coming from tutors , institutional actors as it were , can have on students is phenomenal and you know one ca n't get too tied up in terms of the amount or the quantity of sexual harassment , I think one has to consider the quality of sexual harassment as well if one can put it that way , and it 's by no means a minor problem . |
15 | It means a lot of being enjoy being on the wrong side , if I can put it that way . |
16 | ‘ I wonder if I can put it another way , ’ said the Thing , and it managed to sound slightly annoyed . |
17 | Well the honourable gentleman as always makes er more than a debating point , I think he makes a serious point which er deserves to be answered , erm it is not , if I can put it this way , the intention of these orders er to turn auditors into er snoopers or narks er and to do so I think runs some very serious risks , not only of reducing and undermining the relationship between auditors and their clients , not only of imposing very substantial additional cost burdens on auditors which will have to be borne by companies and ultimately their clients , but also there has an example he 's given I think to be some difference , put it no more than that between public money and private money , even though I acknowledge that were talking here about the trusteeship in some cases of of er d er public deposits and funds . |