Example sentences of "to say [that] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Viewed as an ‘ independent robot ’ , I am happy to admit that a particular area of my brain controls my digestive processes and ‘ I ’ do not , but I certainly do not want to say that that brain area is ‘ aware ’ of those processes . |
| 2 | A slightly technical way of putting this is to say that integrated letter writing is a fundamental pre-requisite of a successful recruitment system . |
| 3 | This is not to say that lower gliadin doses are not potentially harmful to coeliac disease subjects . |
| 4 | Dr John Mills and Dr Geoff James , who are consultant gynaecologists at Ninewells hospital in Dundee , have written to the 450 patients on their waiting list to say that in-vitro fertilisation treatment may in future be available only to those who can pay around £1,500 per cycle of treatment . |
| 5 | This is not to say that profitable trading strategies have not been devised using this method . |
| 6 | It is probably fair to say that full-time tribunal chairmen are considered of roughly equal status to circuit judges , with Presidents , regional chairmen and lawyer members of appellate tribunals roughly equal to High Court judges . |
| 7 | While reading commercial bar codes and displaying the relevant information is not a very practical proposition for the home user , that is not to say that do-it-yourself bar codes are totally impractical . |
| 8 | Further to John Wildig 's interesting article in Journal No. 8 ‘ Railway Happenings in Mid-Wales ’ I would like to say that further semaphore signals can still be seen at Machynlleth , where they control movements in and out of the DMU stabling and Permanent Way depot along with the run-round loops , and also at Llanbrynmair where they control low flying jets and high flying gricers ! |
| 9 | I am glad to say that immense capital investment is going into that , which did not happen under the last Labour Government . |
| 10 | ‘ You do n't mean to say that this chap Edward Lazenby we keep reading about and hearing on the radio is the same chap as that persistent creep Teddy who used to edit Focus when we were at Cambridge ? ’ |
| 11 | It would be a bit of an exaggeration to say that little Doug Flutie out-quarterbacked Houston 's big Warren Moon . |
| 12 | Mrs Billy Bond writes to us from Forest Row , East Sussex to say that most knitting machine shops are run by friendly and helpful people but Knitmates is outstanding . |
| 13 | Now I that 's a luxury I have to say that most recruiting people do not get . |
| 14 | It is not enough to say that most asylum applicants are deserving because they come from ’ unstable ’ or ’ strife-torn ’ countries . |
| 15 | It would probably be true to say that most woodwork projects around the house , from making a child 's desk to forming a stud partition wall , involve straight rather than curved cutting of wood . |