Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] to say [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of saying that a person feels a pain in his foot it might be less misleading to say that he has an in-the-foot pain . |
| 2 | We can examine whether the Social Attitudes Survey in 1984 finds the same pattern ; we might expect , on the basis of this reasoning , that the more educated people would be less likely to say that they would break an unjust law . |
| 3 | It would be more correct to say that something which was used as the target has changed , for the " target " is a subjective designation and does not change until management decides to change it . |
| 4 | Surely it would be more accurate to say that he shifted from one theory to another , and that both formulations had their external , political aspect ? |
| 5 | We tend to think of the reptiles as somehow past their ‘ prime ’ , but it would be more accurate to say that they had been displaced from the top jobs in nature , while more than holding their own in the shop floor . |
| 6 | This is sometimes said of Buddhism , but it would be more accurate to say that the question of God 's existence is a debate within Buddhism itself , and that the different forms of Buddhism are partially the product of different answers to the question of God 's existence . |
| 7 | It would be more accurate to say that although we do not have a right to such things we do have freedom to do them . |
| 8 | It would be more accurate to say that it shows the decline of community and public practices . |
| 9 | Microsoft 's Jack Fogg claimed it would be more accurate to say that Windows NT is ‘ a better Unix than Unix ’ than ‘ a better Windows than Windows ’ , which is probably good news for Unix as well . |
| 10 | It might be more accurate to say that he had escaped from him . |
| 11 | It would be more accurate to say that very few spent less than seven or eight years in the trade , the majority spent at least 10–12 years , while about a fifth remained in the trade for life . |
| 12 | Although it is true that the authority of istoria declined within the period covered by the exhibition , it would be more accurate to say that the development of the female nude demonstrates the substitution of classical mythology by a different kind of modern myth , replacing gods and heroes with the modern artist . |
| 13 | It may also be more accurate to say that the user responds to the system rather than the other way around . |
| 14 | On the basis of the above analysis by the Court it might be more accurate to say that the test is a commercial one but that it relates not to the transfer of ownership of enterprises , but to the transfer of economic or organisational activities . |
| 15 | Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the TNCs are ‘ indifferent ’ to democracy in the Third World as long as the people do not elect left wing governments ! |
| 16 | I believe it would be more accurate to say that by using a solicitor , you 're dealing with a highly trained specialist in conveyancing and related matters , who , if not a property specialist in terms of marketing , may well employ one , a description which applies to no estate agent , let alone a ‘ handful ’ . |
| 17 | It may be more true to say that they are not over-stocked , which is a different matter entirely . |
| 18 | It might be argued by some that his approach was too prosaic , but it would perhaps be more true to say that he cloaked classical ideals in the trappings of his own environment . |
| 19 | ‘ Perhaps , but I think it would be more apt to say that I 'm disillusioned . |
| 20 | This understanding may be due to the farmers being highly tolerant because there are so few walkers , but if you 've ever sat down to have a chat with a shepherd on the windy fellsides you might be more likely to say that tolerance and friendliness is in their nature . |
| 21 | It would be simplistic to interpret ‘ TransForm ’ as a study of the overlapping and interconnection of painting and sculpture in the twentieth century ; it would be more exact to say that avant-garde movements abandoned the concept of ‘ a painting ’ or ‘ a sculpture ’ as such . |
| 22 | ‘ In so far as the patient was being phased off this treatment , ’ he had begun , pointing with the back of his pen to certain entries on Commander Barnwell 's chart , ‘ it would be technically correct to say that there has been a minor error . ’ |
| 23 | For example , if the words prior to dogs/clogs had been raining cats and then it would be fairly safe to say that the intended word was dogs . |
| 24 | If someone , looking at a flower , said , ‘ It 's blue ’ , on account of what he saw , drawing no inferences , and not lying , then it would be psychologically true to say that it looked blue to him even though it would be linguistically odd to say this if one had no reason to doubt that the flower was blue . |
| 25 | In such cases it may be often difficult to say whether he is intended to be an arbitrator or to exercise some function other than that of an arbitrator. borderline cases identified above ( 15.7.7 ) , particularly the reference to experts of general disputes ( 6.9 ) . |
| 26 | In conversation about this family it may be perfectly understandable to say that ‘ one of Keith 's problems is that he is so aggressive ’ but it is not defining the problem from the viewpoint of intervention . |
| 27 | Thus it would be virtually true to say that ultimately fossil fuels serve as food in developed countries . |
| 28 | But he said it would be quite wrong to say that the country 's history had been one long mistake since the revolution . |
| 29 | A well-known example is ‘ controversy ’ , which is pronounced by some speakers as and by others as ; it would be quite wrong to say that one version was correct and one incorrect . |
| 30 | If asked , they will be quite ready to say that it is grossly indecent , but far less ready to say that it tends to deprave or corrupt . |