Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] say that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I challenged the Minister to pick up the telephone and ask the Secretary of State for Defence to say that those houses in Naylor road , Swindon , must now be transferred to the ownership or management of a housing association or the local authority . |
| 2 | The Ministry of Defence said that Belgian ammunition of that particular batch had never been supplied to the British Army , and how it had come into Britain was unknown . |
| 3 | Gwynne Lyons of FoE says that Anglian Water will in future have special equipment to remove phosphate from the ‘ raw ’ water entering some of their reservoirs . |
| 4 | In reply , the Secretary of State said that parental wishes were paramount . |
| 5 | The Secretary of State said that those people who were to receive discounts would be separately marked on the lists . |
| 6 | The Secretary of State said that British Coal 's market has been in decline for decades . |
| 7 | I notice also that the president of the chambers of commerce said that British industry and commerce were on ’ an improving trend of slowly and steadily climbing out of the recession ’ . |
| 8 | Earlier he ends chapter three with a hint of humour saying that many people are not what they seem despite the appearances and begs her to try her utmost not to be worse than she appears , concluding : Here the word " form " is ambiguous referring to his writing as well as to a life-style . |
| 9 | This has been considered in a number of recent winding-up cases , notably in Re Abbey Leisure Ltd [ 1990 ] BCC 60 , where the Court of Appeal said that two grounds for preferring a winding-up order to the transfer notice procedure and valuation by a company 's auditor were : ( 1 ) that there was nothing unreasonable in a petitioner with a minority holding refusing to accept a discount being applied to the valuation of his interest in the company , which an auditor was likely to decide on ; and ( 2 ) that there was machinery available in winding-up for the proper determination of claims , which was not available to an auditor . |
| 10 | The Court of Appeal said that difficult questions of law were raised , that there was a ‘ serious issue ’ to be decided and that , pending the full trial , the injunction should be granted . |
| 11 | The Court of Appeal said that public interest in non-disclosure for these reasons had to be weighed against public interest in justice being done . |