Example sentences of "is to say that [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The narrowest position is to say that rape is committed only where D threatens violence or knows that V is in fear of violence , and that any other threat must fall within the lesser offence of procuring sex by threats . |
| 2 | A description that covers both cases is to say that geodesics are stationary paths ; this means that any small deviation of path from a geodesic produces no change in the length to first order in the deviation . |
| 3 | Which is to say that directions are better than sentences . |
| 4 | Which is to say that defences are being erected to protect the integrity of Western culture , of the Western idea . |
| 5 | That is to say that savings are a function of the rate of profit and unproductive consumption . |
| 6 | They are nice people : they believe that everything ought to be fair , that is to say that virtue is rewarded and villainy punished . |
| 7 | Our inclination is to say that language is not the primary thing , that we are analysing a phenomenon , and that what matters is the question , ‘ What sort of a process goes on in your mind when you know , remember , hope something ? ’ |
| 8 | In reality , a well-conceived general course may be just as coherent as a narrower one ; after all , the study of classics traditionally involves two languages and three disciplines and who is to say that classics is not both general and coherent ? |