Example sentences of "[subord] to say [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can make no better compliment to Karajan , the Vienna State Opera Orchestra , and the singers than to say that all these intrinsic qualities of the work , not generally understood , were brought home . |
| 2 | It is difficult to think of more threatening language than to say that political union must be accepted if countries wish to avoid being dominated . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not really inclined to do a post-mortem on ‘ Provision ’ , other than to say that I acknowledge that it was less successful and less fun than the previous album , ’ he says in a most matter-of-fact voice . |
| 4 | In the middle of the nineteenth century Faraday ( 1791–1867 ) , one of the wisest of men , could do no better than to say that the strength of solids was due to the cohesion between their fine particles and that the subject was a very interesting one . |
| 5 | Whether or not you will be asked to pay for your course remains at the discretion of course organisers and managers , therefore , and I am unable to give any hard and fast guidance here , other than to say that they will have to be kept at a reasonable level to be affordable , particularly by those who have been unemployed or bringing up a family . |
| 6 | Mace declined to comment , other than to say that ‘ we are in the process of trying to figure out how to set up a separate company . ’ |
| 7 | Mace declined to comment other than to say that ‘ we are in the process of trying to figure out how to set up a separate company . ’ |
| 8 | This is not to say that all investors or brokers are compulsive gamblers any more than to say that all drinkers are alcoholic . |
| 9 | I can not take the matter any further at this stage , other than to say that no request has been received , as yet , for a statement to be made . |
| 10 | He declined to comment on the progress of his mission other than to say that his visit had been " very , very useful " . |
| 11 | This could not be explained , other than to say that the two things caused the passage to " jar " . |
| 12 | Yes I I do n't really want to respond to that other than to say that Bond End is d it 's still an extremely important consideration , it 's in the conservation area , it 's an important part of Knaresborough and it was obviously something that members had in mind when they they made their decision on on the relative merits . |
| 13 | That is not a matter that I can take into consideration other than to say that I am satisfied that the proper figure for a multiplier for working life , er which I shall take in this case , is the multiplier of sixteen contended for by Mr . |
| 14 | There is probably no finer praise than to say that those who listen to Robson 's programme and then read his book should be guaranteed a sleepless night . |
| 15 | I refer to this significant dispute in passing , without engaging in it , except to say that feminists are divided on whether they want to establish a countercanon or extend the existing one . |
| 16 | A spokesman : ‘ I have nothing new to say , except to say that when I do have something to say I will say it . ’ |
| 17 | I have never eaten brawn — no doubt I should do so — so can not comment on it except to say that it is made from the pig 's head which is simmered with herbs and spices ; the resulting meat is set in the naturally produced aspic . |
| 18 | Further comment might be superfluous , except to say that the disposal of fission products should interest many chemist but is hardly central to a text on inorganic chemistry . |
| 19 | I 'm afraid Ivy did n't say anything interesting about Murdoch and Spark , except to say that the former is to be taken more seriously — than the latter , not than she is . |
| 20 | I really can not find fault with this book except to say that even splendid photography can not make me love all of Piffetti 's furniture . |
| 21 | The portfolio will be further expanded in the future as extra Unix variants are supported ; no names yet , except to say that the company is not rushing to implement under IBM Corp 's AIX : most customers who are interested in a Unix version are looking for prime open system vendors , says UK marketing manager David Miller , adding that AIX is not usually towards the top of the list . |
| 22 | The portfolio will be further expanded in the future as extra Unix variants are supported ; no names yet , except to say that the company is not rushing to implement under IBM Corp 's AIX : most customers who are interested in a Unix version are looking for prime open system vendors , says UK marketing manager David Miller , adding that AIX is not usually towards the top of the list . |
| 23 | For Sparc , the weaknesses listed were not significant , except to say that Sparc is unlikely to support Windows NT . |
| 24 | Even in notation , the differences in musical language between orally transmitted ‘ folk ’ song , printed bourgeois song and recorded rock song come through : they hardly need comment , except to say that they do fit many of the stereotypes of the neo-McLuhanite model ( see Ex. 3.1 ) . |
| 25 | I take no point on this except to say that normally ( and this case would probably have been no exception ) some documents and some items of information would be disclosable while privilege would be claimed in respect of others . |
| 26 | He declined to speculate on dates , except to say that he saw no sign of it happening next year ( 1992 ) ; there was too much backlog to be mopped up . |
| 27 | You do n't mention him , except to say that he was a biologist and that he went to England to work for two years at the chemical weapons experimental establishment at Porton Down . |
| 28 | He would n't talk about the pilgrimage , except to say that he was disappointed at having had to abandon it He seemed far from exalted . |
| 29 | Except to say that women 's entry into education generally was conceded reluctantly and belatedly a hundred or so years ago , long after the rules had been established and the parameters had been set . |
| 30 | Except to say that it was scrupulously chosen , as was usual with Eliot , I forget what we ate on the occasion : we had so much to talk about . |