Example sentences of "[noun] say [that] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experts at the institute say that this year 's figures , which include 6,700 more Warsaw Pact tanks than were previously thought to exist , mark the high tide of eastern bloc military might . |
| 2 | The Law Commission committee says that this principle is not good enough ; sellers should be under a legal duty to reveal everything they know and ought to know about their property — which would oblige them to carry out a survey before offering it for sale . |
| 3 | Quine says that this thesis is owed to Pierre Duhem ; we can call it Duhem 's thesis ( Quine , 1969 , p. 80 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Ten , ’ said Ivy , in the tone of an editor saying that this correspondence was now closed . |
| 5 | It is no exaggeration to say that this function of the budget shifts the emphasis away from the ‘ actual ’ results as recorded in the financial accounts , towards the budget . |
| 6 | If again we talk about the locality where thinking takes place we have a right to say that this locality is the paper on which we write or the mouth which speaks . |
| 7 | I 'm delighted to hear that sir and er I was also delighted to hear Mr say that this start date is not likely to be delayed because of this , this prior agreement that is necessary and I was hopeful that er Brandon bypass could retain the position that 's retained itself on our agenda papers this morning I E |
| 8 | Farmers say that this month 's heavy rain has stopped them harvesting much of their wheat . |
| 9 | Some geologists say that this uplift happened as recently , geologically speaking , as 45,000 years ago . |
| 10 | The blurb says that this book was written ‘ to help people learn from their elders and betters ’ . |
| 11 | Sources said that this decision was taken after an agreement between Hezbollah and Amal guerrillas , the Lebanese army , and Syrian forces . |
| 12 | The right hon. Gentleman said that this country would not be part of the key decisions on economic and monetary union . |
| 13 | In his definitive book Elgar On Record , Jerrold Northrop Moore says that this item was recorded before the landlines were working ; but the ‘ Woodland Interlude ’ from Caractacus was recorded under his supervision and this item plus the first half of Dream Children was later copied onto the same side for publication . |
| 14 | Greenpeace says that this gap ‘ will almost certainly have to be met by further ‘ waste profiteering ’ from other countries — a practice which guarantees profits for incineration companies and subsidises the incineration of UK-originated waste ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ It is not an empty claim to say that this conference is one of progress , indeed one of celebration , not of relaxation or complacency . ’ |
| 16 | Mr Kinnock said that this week 's conference had been a landmark for his party . |
| 17 | One can not imagine , for example , a geophysicist ignoring the results of his seismic surveys because they got in the way of his theories , and yet Weiss says that this sort of possibility exists in bad or unscrupulous social science research . |
| 18 | The garrison finally capitulated at 4 pm , enabling the Duke to write complacently : ‘ Now we may have the happiness to say that this part of the kingdom is clear of all the rebels . ’ |
| 19 | The importance of ISDN is as the foundation for the entire model ; the single , standard interface through which all the rest will be provided : ‘ Our model says that this guy needs one interface ’ , says Corris , then he can decide when making a call that he wants to use certain intelligent aspects of the network , he can say ‘ I need another channel … |
| 20 | Mr Levy-Lang said that this year a quarter of new lending will have been outside France , and 90 per cent of that will have been in the United Kingdom . |
| 21 | Biermann said that this business had now been completely integrated into the company . |
| 22 | But others say that this definition of rape will undermine the progress made so far in getting the courts to take rape seriously . |
| 23 | Ancient Hindu tradition says that this life force , known as Sakti or the ‘ energy of the gods ; , materialises in the form of a spiral and brings with it the forces of attraction and repulsion . |
| 24 | The company says that this year it plans to introduce an ‘ impressive ’ number of new products , including ‘ entry-level to technologically advanced ’ desktop and notebook personal computers , printers and servers , and has development efforts under way to address emerging technologies such as Intel Corp 's Pentium processor , ones with full motion video and stereo sound , pen-based machines and ‘ other small form-factor devices , ’ the firm promised . |
| 25 | Speaking in public , as he can not do at home , Mr Sisulu said that this weekend 's conference in South Africa called by the Mass Democratic Movement to bring together all anti-apartheid forces was likely to call for intensified economic sanctions . |
| 26 | Mosley said that this year would see reduced free practice and qualifying time on the track , and a reduction in the number of tyres permitted to be used by the teams . |
| 27 | Some climatologists say that this year 's El Nino outbreak could be the worst for 100 years . |
| 28 | Mr Levy says that this kind of scheme is ‘ good for a strong public company . |