Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] as saying " in BNC.
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1 | Earlier this year , however , the state minister for primary industries , Dr Kang Yaik , had been reported as saying that there had been a " phenomenal " increase in production and that there was no need to for reductions because " exploitation is carried out very properly on a sustainable yield basis " . |
2 | 7 June The university authorities are reported as saying only posters that support the government and reform are allowed and not those which incite trouble . |
3 | Now detectives in the Irish Republic are reported as saying that members of the gang that kidnapped Nairac , have offered to help them find his body in return for immunity from prosecution . |
4 | It might be interpreted as saying that V has a mode of access to his own brain different from any modes of access to V 's brain available to BS ; or that V has a different mode of access to the external world , and that this constitutes the difference between him and BS . |
5 | This may be manipulated by subtracting the riskless rate from both sides and dividing the result by the standard deviation of the portfolio 's returns to obtain , This may be interpreted as saying that , in equilibrium , the ex-post risk premiums per unit of risk on well-diversified portfolios should be the same as the risk premium per unit of risk for the market portfolio . |
6 | With only a degree of oversimplification , his general conclusion can be summarised as saying that whatever is happening in the built environment will eventually be resolved to the benefit of the undifferentiated interests of capital in general , even if that resolution generates further problems that have to be resolved in turn . |
7 | In other words , it could be taken as saying that God 's presence is universal and complete , ours is partial and incomplete . |
8 | Workers were reported as saying : ‘ Our government ought to reach a peace before our entire villages and towns are destroyed , since we ca n't do anything about it anyway . ’ |
9 | ‘ We do n't want girls ’ , prospective employers were reported as saying , ‘ unless they are pretty ’ . |
10 | Some of those who took part in Ket 's Rebellion in Norfolk in 1549 were reported as saying that " gentlemen have ruled aforetime , and they ( the commons , that is ) will rule now . " |
11 | Rangoon-based diplomats were reported as saying that the number of political detainees was much higher than the official figure . |
12 | Members of the Islamic Nahdah movement ( Mouvement de la renaissance ) , led by Rachid Ghanouchi , were reported as saying that they had not put up candidates because of the government 's continued refusal officially to recognise the party . |
13 | On March 31 , Sierra Leonean commanders were reported as saying that 2,150 men of the 3,000-strong national army had occupied part of Lofa County in Liberia . |
14 | European observers were reported as saying that they had witnessed no serious problems during voting but did not comment on the claim of fraud after the close of stations . |
15 | On Oct. 1 Russian observers who had arrived in Baku , the Azerbaijani capital , on Sept. 28 to monitor the ceasefire , were reported as saying that in Kazakh district there were no hostilities and that they were to move on to Kubatlin district next day . |
16 | Opposition sources were cited as saying that the Vice-President , Ali Salem al-Bid , was in seclusion , having effectively resigned . |
17 | The United States government expressed reservations , US diplomatic sources being quoted as saying that Onusal would be a check on the government and not the FMLN . |
18 | Colleagues were quoted as saying that Heber was rarely seen on campus . |
19 | ODD ONE OUT : 1 All except Neil Kinnock were quoted as saying they 'd leave the country if Labour won the election . |
20 | Unnamed friends of the prince were quoted as saying that he would never be involved in a slanging match with Diana . |
21 | UN officials were quoted as saying that the Sudanese government had allowed the international relief operation to be recommenced following pressure from donor governments . |
22 | An upper house provided for representation on a regional basis , which ANC officials were quoted as saying could be combined with a system of representation according to political party . |
23 | By late June , however , close political aides of the PPP leader Benazir Bhutto were quoted as saying that the party was willing to co-operate with the army in putting an end to a " reign of terror " by its political rival , the Sind-based Mohajir Qaumi Mahaz ( MQM ) . |
24 | Hong Kong officials were quoted as saying that none of the deportees , the first to be sent back since Patten 's arrival , had offered resistance . |
25 | Nigerian military officials were quoted as saying , however , that the latest crash had " taken a big lump out of the middle of the armed forces " . |
26 | Dr Paul Altmann of the Kidney Unit at the London Hospital in Whitechapel is reported as saying : ‘ It is when you are absorbing aluminium over many years that it is potentially damaging . |
27 | One parent is reported as saying : ‘ All we wanted was parental choice . ’ |
28 | The Treasury Chief Secretary , Michael Portillo , is reported as saying the Government has a ‘ presentational problem ’ . |
29 | At column 930 , he is reported as saying : |
30 | A member is reported as saying , at column 1013 , that |