Example sentences of "say [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You see , ’ I overheard her say through the half-closed door , ‘ I told you he could be useful . ’ |
| 2 | Now if our estimates , say for the marginal to consume or the incoming elasticity of demand , right if our estimates are based on a regression in which the real or the underlying marginal propensity to consume or income elasticity demand is varying from plus four to minus two , you know , is our point test generate from , from regression analysis they are going to be completely meaningless . |
| 3 | Police say against the wrong victim , the stun gun could be deadly . |
| 4 | Experts say with the right help , the problems are easy to overcome ; both mother and child benefit . |
| 5 | She 'll go and talk to people , sort things out for herself , say with the Social or something . |
| 6 | With His Spirit we are enabled to praise God and say with the heavenly host , ‘ Glory to God in highest heaven ’ . |
| 7 | With his Spirit we are enabled to praise God and say with the heavenly host , ‘ Glory to God in highest heaven . ’ |
| 8 | If this file is fully inverted , the resultant file will contain as many records as there are unique descriptor values — say V. The inverted file will be made up of variable-length records . |
| 9 | Once upon a time , say until the late 1960s , advertising and public relations were skills that called for good writing ability , a flair for commerce , art talents , a large degree of personal charm and verbal fluency , and a sociable nature . |
| 10 | The opposition , a diverse and mostly respectable group of people who have been clamouring for a bit of say in the new Kuwait , did not get even a token position . |
| 11 | Parker developed a formula that gave the employees and local community a substantial say in the new company , with 47% of the equity going to employees , and 6% to local banks , churches and interested parties . |
| 12 | If the person who does the interviewing is not the person for whom the new employee will be working then it is essential that that person should at least be allowed to sit in on interviews and have an agreed say in the final decision . |
| 13 | It is often not appreciated , at least in the U.K. that the medical profession has had very little say in the major decisions about the design of the health services . |
| 14 | In addition to according the USSR a forceful say in the economic priorities of its trading partners , there is evidence that Soviet leverage over terms of trade has produced specific concessions in the foreign policy arena ( such as material and diplomatic support for Soviet policy in South Yemen and Angola ; offset costs for Soviet forces deployed in the Warsaw Pact ) . |
| 15 | This , again , is quite usual , say in the automotive industry ; * meeting stringent specifications laid down by the customer . |
| 16 | Sorry , when I say in the main , some of it I might , I just want to clarify with the quality committee as to whether they agree or not . |
| 17 | Wary of causing further commotion , Jack said OK and found to his astonishment at the end of the service that the question had not been ‘ Do ye want a lift ? ’ at all — not at all , at all as they say in the Emerald Isle — but ‘ Do ye want to lift ? ’ , and as he staggered along on his then-arthritic hip bearing the coffin with five other pall-bearers , he kind of wished he 'd stuck to ‘ No thank you , I 'll walk . ’ |
| 18 | The effect has been to deny the right of employers to a proper say in the educational process because their interest has been confined to recruitment after the event rather than as participants in provision . |
| 19 | But if you just take those points er an and , and think them through in your own mind about how this system of government differs say from the British system of government and the position of local government in the British system , you can see that , well we do n't really have local government do we ? |
| 20 | They were on the front doorstep , or round the front doorstep , probably say on the front doorstep , trouble is they found the front doorstep on the side |
| 21 | Venables , who freely admits he took on a huge financial burden for his 22 per cent stake , is alleged to want more say on the financial side , but Sugar prefers him to concentrate on coaching . |
| 22 | And you 're , Ooh stabilizers. you say to the other kids , Ooh you do n't need stabilizers . |
| 23 | She had a particularly fine line in funeral cards , ’ he overheard the tall fat soutane say to the small fat soutane as he wandered by . |
| 24 | The European community on the other hand also saw a growth of output of over twenty percent , twenty three point seven percent but that gave rise not to eighteen million but to only six million additional jobs and I just say to the honourable gentleman the lesson for Europe is to go further down the route that I have suggested of further deregulation and less bureaucracy and a stable economic framework , than to go down the route that he is advocating in his short address and question to me . |
| 25 | And , I say to the Chief Officers of this Authority , that their that their proposed that their proposed claim of fourteen percent is nothing short of disgraceful . |
| 26 | Try to relate the interim end-result of everything you do , decide or say to the overall profitable contribution expected of you at the year 's end . |
| 27 | They usually say to the old love about the new , ‘ I love you but am in love with her , ’ meaning that their nature is divided : their protective and uxorious souls reach out for the old love : their sexuality towards the new . |
| 28 | I say to the British people : after all they have done , they simply do n't deserve to be re-elected . ’ |
| 29 | What did the big chimney say to the little chimney ? |
| 30 | What did the big chimney say to the little chimney ? |