Example sentences of "[be] quoted as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several plain-clothes detectives went further and telephoned a commentator on commercially-owned Ulster Television and asked to be quoted as anonymous detectives in the police division responsible for Rathcoole I who knew that no evidence whatsoever existed against the men arrested . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Colleagues were quoted as saying that Heber was rarely seen on campus . |
| 4 | ODD ONE OUT : 1 All except Neil Kinnock were quoted as saying they 'd leave the country if Labour won the election . |
| 5 | Unnamed friends of the prince were quoted as saying that he would never be involved in a slanging match with Diana . |
| 6 | In the context of the agreement , analysts were quoted as suggesting that acquiring a software base for a new supercomputer has traditionally been the biggest drag on sales , and doubting that Convex and HP had cracked it — but up to now there has been no massively parallel machine that is both hardware-and software-compatible with a big existing applications base . |
| 7 | In the context of the agreement , analysts were quoted as suggesting that acquiring a software base for a new supercomputer has traditionally been the biggest drag on sales , and doubting that Convex and Hewlett had cracked it — but up to now there has been no massively parallel machine that is both hardware- and software-compatible with a big existing applications base . |
| 8 | Production was highest in August , decreasing in late autumn to low winter and spring levels ; rates were quoted as ‘ quite high ’ even in temperatures close to freezing point . |
| 9 | UN officials were quoted as saying that the Sudanese government had allowed the international relief operation to be recommenced following pressure from donor governments . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Aid workers in Freetown were quoted as estimating that between 3,000 and 5,000 Sierra Leonean civilians and Liberian refugees had been killed by the NPFL since incursions began in March [ see p. 38136 ] , and the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva was quoted on May 4 as saying that 10,000 people had fled from the border area . |
| 12 | Unemployment statistics varied widely , but Soviet economists were quoted as predicting 10,000,000 unemployed by the end of 1991 ( 8 per cent of the workforce ) . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 " . |
| 16 | Now he 's quoted as saying , ‘ Sparc is the way to go ’ in the workstation market . |
| 17 | It 's quoted as describing Sundowner Heavy as ’ quite delightful ’ . |
| 18 | The second real objection to this form of psycho-biography is that as soon as Freud is quoted as gospel , the whole argument descends into music hall burlesque for everybody but dedicated Freudians . |
| 19 | Diana , for instance , is quoted as saying : ‘ I just love it when I arrive somewhere and everyone is waiting with their tongues hanging out . ’ |
| 20 | Twain is quoted as recording that ‘ one may ride ten miles , hereabouts , and not see ten human beings ’ and that ‘ the hills are barren … the valleys are unsightly deserts … it is a hopeless , dreary , heartbroken land … |
| 21 | A senior British officer , on a visit to the trenches , is quoted as being astonished to observe German soldiers walking about within rifle range behind their own line . |
| 22 | ‘ A duke can live comfortably in a castle , after all ’ , the architect Cedric Price is quoted as saying . |
| 23 | About his men , Lancaster is quoted as saying : ‘ A tramway servant is now regarded as a responsible public servant and not , as formerly a drudge ’ . |
| 24 | It also has Rocktron 's unique ‘ Speaker Reactance Simulation ’ circuitry which is quoted as ‘ yeilding the much sought after sound of the most impressive tube amps″ without the reliability and maintenance problems . |
| 25 | Sancha 's publicity guru , Max Clifford , is quoted as saying : ‘ Her idea is to write a book and then turn it into either a television drama or a documentary . |
| 26 | The system is quoted as correctly recognising 94% of characters of a data set of 112 people 's writing . |
| 27 | ‘ We 're not laying claim to a social plan just for the pleasure of doing one , but because we believe accompanying measures must be put in place and the occasion must be seized to explore all possible avenues towards preserving the maximum employment , ’ the representative is quoted as saying . |
| 28 | If a bill is quoted as service charge and VAT included the VAT is extracted first ( see example ) then the service charge is extracted . |
| 29 | By the way , despite what Dove is quoted as saying in the note , there is a direct quotation from his ‘ assigned ’ opera , Figaro : in No. 5 , ‘ The Countess Interrupts a Quarrel ’ , after the clarinet has hinted at the Count 's ‘ Contessa , perdono ! ’ , there is his spouse 's ‘ Più docile io sono … ‘ , the second phrase warmly harmonized à la Steve Reich — a little too sweet for my taste I 'm afraid . |
| 30 | Simon Peter is quoted as issuing a warning against any authority other than the Nazarean hierarchy : ‘ Wherefore observe the greatest caution , that you believe no teacher , unless he brings from Jerusalem the testimonial of James , the Lord 's brother … ’ |