Example sentences of "say the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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1 | I saw many coins that are found here , and one pasture is called Castle Close at the corner ; they say the foundation of a wall was dug up there . ’ |
2 | At the level of the intelligible image , say the painting of a Paul Klee ‘ head ’ for example , the notions of rapid scanning and directional focus are familiar from the work of Yarbus ( 1967 ) . |
3 | They say the thought of having coach loads of inquistive tourists driving through the hamlet would turn their Paradise into a living Hell . |
4 | The police say the majority of people dealing in ecstasy are smart , entrepreneurial types selling to young naive people and they 're charging massive prices for what may be ecstasy , but could be something far more dangerous . |
5 | They say the majority of the staff group they met considered they were able to foster better relations when prisoners wore civilian clothes . |
6 | Researchers say the grafting of pancreatic cells may eventually free many from daily injections . |
7 | Insiders also say the presence of his wife at the meetings contributed to his decision to pull out . |
8 | State Department officials say the presence of Fusaria is not surprising . |
9 | Say the rest of us did n't know where it was . |
10 | They say the cost of the FA-18 , spread over ten years , is not inordinate in a rich country that spends SFr10 billion-15 billion a year on defence , if one counts everything ( including the hidden contributions of businesses that regularly lend their employees to the army at full pay ) . |
11 | If we say the cost of production of a bird laying 276 eggs per 52 week period is 60p per dozen ( I 'm taking Stuart Hinchly 's ) figures demonstrated at the Royal Show ) , by retailing our own produce this should give us an average price of £1.25 plus per dozen . |
12 | But rail users say the cost of running the scheme may force up ticket prices . |
13 | Powergen say the cost of introducing the changes is too high . |
14 | Sun executives say the issue of Sun chief executive officer Scott McNealy giving up his other post as president of Sun Microsystems Computer Corp , Sun 's systems planet ( UX No 433 ) , has been raised many times and never acted on . |
15 | Insiders say the issue of new SCO stock will not dilute existing shareholdings significantly : former president Larry Michels has 16% , his son and current chief technology officer Doug , holds 20% , Microsoft has 16% , employees own 22% and other investors have 26% . |
16 | Left : ‘ And they say the art of conversation is dead … |
17 | Erm however he 's saying that you know where , where there is erm you know , pe peasant erm associations basically that they are trying to , you know , get together , club together and make sure that say the surcharge of , of each of land erm is at least being re reduced or abolished . |
18 | So if I say the bearing of B from A is seventy degrees then that 's where we start from . |
19 | The Liberal Democrats say the purchase of a London City Licence by a motorist wishing to drive into central London would entitle the driver to a ‘ Freedom of the City ’ pass which would give free travel to public transport in the central area and free car parking at out of centre park and ride sites . |
20 | Police say the shock of the burglary could have caused her death . |
21 | What you you say the shock of it . |
22 | Some say the character of armagnac is under threat , others point out that double distillation actually predates single , continuous distillation in the area . |
23 | The first ten years of the Peloponnesian War , to which we now turn , were to show that he did not , and that Periclean democracy — which was based on the power of money ( ‘ hail in due apportionment of wealth ’ say the chorus of Aeschylus ' Eumenides to Athens , line 996 ) and on the admiration of that power — was more precarious than Pericles had allowed . |
24 | Well er as I say the position of the Parish Council the fact that there have been so many objections are fully reported in the committee papers today . |
25 | Some clergy say the Church of England is doomed if it says no to women priests . |
26 | Some people find it difficult to judge the probability of a given outcome , say the success of a specific development job , directly . |
27 | Some people find it difficult to judge the probability of a given outcome , say the success of a specific development job , directly . |
28 | Police and motoring organisations say the lack of anywhere for drivers to rest greatly increases the risk of an accident . |
29 | Personal introductions are commonly executed by a third party rather than through say the medium of a telephone call requesting a meeting . |
30 | Conservationists say the birth of Freckles the duckling will help to publicise the battle to save wetlands . |