Example sentences of "can say [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In more senses than one we can say with the Creed , ‘ I believe in the Holy Spirit , the Lord , the Lifegiver . ’ |
| 2 | All that I can say on the fixed link between Euston and the new complex — because I mentioned that a number of options are still being considered — is that it will be a dedicated link . |
| 3 | In the sense of working together on common tasks partnership is a banal truism — of course both central and local government are involved in education , housing , transport , social services etc. but having said that there is little else one can say under the umbrella of partnership . |
| 4 | All one can say about the legend of Mu is that it was invented recently and has no scientific backing whatsoever . |
| 5 | Is that the best thing you can say about the royal family . |
| 6 | That is more than I can say about the Liberal Democrats , who seem to be headed for their own Westminster bunker en masse , or for Robin Cook , Clare Short , John Prescott or Chris Smith — all of whose views I would in normal times respect and follow with interest . |
| 7 | Recent criticism has become increasingly interested in the institutions which seek to impose controls on what we can say about the Renaissance . |
| 8 | All I can say about the cuntona incident is why is he still walking ? |
| 9 | ‘ Which is more than I can say for the rest of this wretched world . ’ |
| 10 | That 's one thing you can say for the Jews : they 're not stupid ! ’ |
| 11 | which is more than I can say for the inflatable . |
| 12 | More than I can say for the other fella , Berger . |
| 13 | It is odd , and neatly illustrative of the contradiction in Spartan attitudes , that Herodotus can say of the Spartan-led Greeks in the same period that Samos ‘ seemed to them as far away as the Rock of Gibraltar ’ , while telling elsewhere in his book of a Spartan , son of Archias , who was called Samios because of his father 's Samian links ( viii . |
| 14 | Perhaps the most that one can say of the bureaucracy is that it is a force for inertia in public spending since , once created , agencies programmes and projects are very difficult to dismantle . |
| 15 | All I can say to the objectors in both categories is that those who do not see a problem do not have a problem , and they can happily ignore what I have written . |
| 16 | ‘ But that does not help what we can say to the Iranians . |
| 17 | I can say to the governor that you misunderstood the order and tried to defend yourself . |
| 18 | Probably if you 're having a new home built or something like that you may not have to recourse to those because while you 're having , you 're having your home built you can say to the electrician , alright I want X number of power points here . |
| 19 | can say to the individual , This training course is gon na help you do your job better in this , this |
| 20 | What I can say to the hon. Gentleman is that the Government are willing to consider any claim where any evidence can be adduced of exposure to radiation . |
| 21 | Well , what I think Chair , all , all that you can say to the Policy Panel then is , they take their recommendation on |
| 22 | without protest from a parent , without a protest from a hunter without a protest from er a anyone else , that is a shame , because I tell you what , if you go drag hunting , you can keep the jobs the people are still going to have to shoe the horses traders and people like that are still going to have to produce the carriages to take the horses with them and the only people job jobs are in jeopardy are not the kennel staff it 's the terrier men and to be quite honest , ladies and gentlemen , it 's the terrier men who have actually ruined your sport , cos of what they get up to in nineteen ninety three is a disgust and at the end of the day your P R has been absolutely wrong and I hope this afternoon that Conservatives and Liberals can join with us and I 've got to thank a certain Liberal because he 's he 's put his head on the block on several occasions on this when we stood on the platform as individuals , not as politicians , as individuals on this and I think that this afternoon we 've got a way forward , we can say to the hunt , come and talk you change , we 'll give you access . |
| 23 | What I can say to the honourable gentleman who I know always attends these European debates with great regularity , I 'll be only too glad to speak to him outside as well as the honourable gentleman to try and clarify these matters . |
| 24 | what I can say to the Right Reverend in response of that particular survey . |
| 25 | There is no way that any party , there is no way that the Liberal party can say to the Labour party or to anyone else , well we 'll support you , we think you 're getting in a mess but it 's your problem , you can carry it because that roughly is what they actually said and if it does go wrong , as it is sure that it will I am quite sure that it will be quite wrong to blame the Labour party entirely for that process , because it wo n't be entirely their fault . |
| 26 | You can say to the secretary . |
| 27 | Iago 's exploitation of trust enables him to make Othello kill Desdemona : all that Othello can say at the end is , ‘ Will you , I pray , demand that demi-devil/Why he hath thus ensnared my soul and body ? ’ |
| 28 | All I can say at the moment is not less than about six hours , not more than a couple of days . " |
| 29 | What I can say in the former case , at best , is " This is how people tend to look when they feel joyful " or " This is the kind of physical expression ( or behaviour ) that we associate with the joyous state " . |