Example sentences of "say in the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Have you used Say in the first one ,
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 ) .
7 This contrasts with a later theory which says that the split took place much earlier , say in the earliest Jurassic , if the two sub-orders did not evolve separately from primitive ornithischian stock .
8 This , again , is quite usual , say in the automotive industry ; * meeting stringent specifications laid down by the customer .
9 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 .
10 ‘ Have you noticed any change in your brother recently — say in the last few months ?
11 Right , so erm , what 's happened to , to world trade over time , say in the last century , what major changes have taken place in world trade ?
12 Before we come on to look at that , can somebody tell me what 's happened to world trade say in the last century , what are the major trends in world trade ?
13 Erm I ca n't tell you what time he 'll be home really erm well say in the twenty minutes he 's bound to be home cos he he 's been home and then he 's had to shoot out again , he 's gone to get the battery so he wo n't be long .
14 Two barristers , Alistair Kelman and Owen Keane , say in the latest Information Security Guide that the battle against viruses is being lost because of their ability to reappear in new strains which are immune to known antidotes .
15 Well , we want to obviously make er people aware er both of their chest , I mean we 're coming in to the autumn , the winter period when er people who have er a residual chest problem will suffer far more , than say in the warmer , dryer and summer months .
16 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 . ’
17 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 .
18 In fact the six-year-old is saying things remarkably similar to what Ludwig Wittgenstein says in The Blue Book .
19 And I think you can see why I call it pessimistic because , basically it says in the Anglican prayer book , there is no good in us , what 's in us is , is bad , in the sense of anti-social egoistic , and if people are going to cooperate and if there 's gon na be social order , then as it were , it has to be imposed on them .
20 As he says in the following extract :
21 He says in the 1950's there were plans to dump nuclear waste in mineshafts .
22 It says in the first b , yes well , mm , it does n't make sense , because they ca n't have it after seventy one can they ? er , initially .
23 She says in the old days women used to look out for each other 's children .
24 She says in the longer term there are substantial benefits from returning organic matter to the soil .
25 ‘ It says in the Daily Mirror that she fancies me , ’ he boasts lightheartedly .
26 While stressing it is too early to predict the final outcome , the survey organiser , Jeremy Wilson , says in the latest issue of BTO News that ‘ significant results ’ have emerged from analysis of early findings .
27 ‘ Hullo , mate , ’ he says in the English accent of his late father .
28 Breeder David Neville says in the past people have been fined small amounts .
29 As it says in the original rules :
30 How can I make him see his colleagues will look down on him if he says in the same old rut ?
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