Example sentences of "be [adj] to say [art] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | He would hardly be likely to say the same thing about Kylie . |
2 | I am delighted to be asked to deliver Lynda 's speech to such a large body of people committed to helping the disadvantaged and to be able to say a few words about how government is meeting the challenges that it faces in the developing world . |
3 | It seems to me that you 're a bunch of people having fun doing what you do , and I think a lot of people would like to be able to say the same . |
4 | How many SSDs will be able to say the same in five years ' time ? |
5 | Jacques Fouroux maintained a sane approach when he wrote after the Paris quarter-final : ‘ It 's true that since the beginning of the World Cup the refereeing has played a significant role in the outcome of the game , but it would be chauvinistic to say the same about the way Mr. Bishop has refereed . |
6 | We can hardly deny that " existence predicates " carry a logically independent descriptive content without being prepared to say the same of " truth-predicates " . |
7 | Port erm , borrowing , and I think some Tory members are being disingenuous to say the least on this issue . |
8 | It is desirable to say a few words about Reg. v. Skipp [ 1975 ] Crim.L.R. 114 and Reg. v. Fritschy [ 1985 ] Crim.L.R. 745 . |
9 | Now , one member of the joint traffic management sub-committee who has been closely associated with all of these three issues is county councillor Tony and I must say , Mr Mayor that I am surprised to say the least by the way in which councillor appears appears to have been treated by some members of the labour party in this city . |
10 | What with the fog , the rain and the dark it was frightening to say the least ! |
11 | I find found that absolutely incredible and I thought it was bizarre to say the least , the procedure we had to go through the other er evening erm with two hours of acrimonious debate er a break while you consulted er the officers before we got to some er sensible way forward which is now incorporated in this amendment er to spend a hundred thousand pounds on actually trying to trace . |