Example sentences of "spokesman said the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman said the hotel hoped to be operating at 55 per cent occupancy within its first year and up to 70 per cent within three to four years . |
| 2 | A BR spokesman said the service was a measure of commitment to rail travel in Cleveland . |
| 3 | An Army spokesman said the documents were of low classification and details of IRA activities in them were ‘ purely fictitious ’ . |
| 4 | Belvoir Park Hospital 's spokesman said the Ladies Committee did not wish to comment on the controversy . |
| 5 | A fire brigade spokesman said the boy 's mother took him to Stranton fire station where staff freed him unharmed and undistressed . |
| 6 | A US State Department spokesman said the USA was " very disappointed " . |
| 7 | A GRE spokesman said the changes were not in reaction to the losses incurred over the past three years , as the life business had remained profitable . |
| 8 | A UN spokesman said the air bridge between Srebrenica and Tuzla would be operated by British and French helicopters . |
| 9 | But the department spokesman said the money should come from a community care grant to local authorities for the mentally ill . |
| 10 | A Buckingham Palace spokesman said the money would be divided between the Save the Children Fund , as intended by the Sun , and the Leonard Cheshire Foundation , subject of part of the broadcast . |
| 11 | A spokesman said the level of liquor in an evaporator was ‘ higher than it should have been ’ . |
| 12 | A UNHCR spokesman said the convoy , stuck at Serb checkpoints since last Monday , had been allowed through on the orders of the Bosnian Serb leader , Radovan Karadzic . |
| 13 | An expedition spokesman said the pair could remain at Patriot Hills for a week depending on weather conditions . |
| 14 | A Hoechst spokesman said the fumes were of a concentrated form of sulphuric acid which is irritating to the eyes and throat ; he said it was unclear how much material had leaked or how it had happened . |
| 15 | A spokesman said the fur ban had been introduced purely on commercial grounds . |
| 16 | British Rail has launched an inquiry , but a spokesman said the alarm bells and gates appeared to be working properly . |
| 17 | A Ministry of Defence spokesman said the crews were there on ‘ humanitarian grounds ’ . |
| 18 | A police spokesman said the person police want to hear from drove past in a large , light-coloured estate car after pulling out of Bagshaw Road , opposite the bank machine . |
| 19 | A Grampian Police spokesman said the incident had been successfully concluded at 2.40pm , adding : ‘ A man was taken into custody and a report will be submitted to the procurator-fiscal . ’ |
| 20 | Yesterday a Durham Police spokesman said the consultant in charge of Pringle had told detectives he is to undergo further surgery next month . |
| 21 | A police spokesman said the demonstrators were well behaved but wet . |
| 22 | A hospital spokesman said the wards had been declared election-free zones . |
| 23 | A police spokesman said the incidents are being investigated but it is not possible to speculate why vandals are concentrating on this car . |
| 24 | A local council spokesman said the council had declared war on large-scale home catering because of the outbreak . |
| 25 | A spokesman said the council would continue to work with associations and the government towards securing earmarked money . |
| 26 | The NGC spokesman said the council 's decision meant the public inquiry would consider the siting of the substation , a matter originally not on the agenda . |
| 27 | A spokesman said the council would reply to Mr Harper 's letter in due course . |
| 28 | The spokesman said the Council of Mayors of Arab Towns and Villages refused to accept the Bosnians even after it was given the text of a message from the vice president of Bosnia approving the flight . |
| 29 | The Benefits Agency spokesman said the figures for budget loans showed that 7,509 people were helped out of the 13,060 applications made . |
| 30 | An NRA spokesman said the spillage had been traced back to the Lartington Treatment Works , where there had been no threat to drinking water . |