Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] say [that] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now their successes have been tarnished in a report by school inspectors who say that educational standards have fallen and the marking was far too lenient . |
| 2 | NOW that we have come back — with our half-used tubes of Factor 20 sun-cream , the remnants of a jar of Arnica ( for bruises ) , and the broken paper umbrella that decked my son 's wiener schnitzel for our last supper — I can give the lie to all those Doubting Thomases who said that five small boys on skis was a recipe for disaster , not a holiday . |
| 3 | But given that the authors themselves say that 20 per cent of those over 80 suffer from senile dementia ( p. 297 ) an important group of clients and their carers seem to have been dis-enfranchised . |
| 4 | Poor survey : Chartered surveyors are being badly hit by the construction slowdown , according to a new survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors which says that small practices have suffered a 28% drop in workload in the past year . |
| 5 | Their claims were supported on the same day by UK Foreign Office sources who said that Iraqi forces were pursuing a policy of " tremendous inhumanity " . |
| 6 | In certain situations we said that written-down cost could be used as an alternative . |
| 7 | In Heath 's personal and confidential letters to chairmen of policy groups he said that interim reports should concentrate on points that might be considered for inclusion in a manifesto for an Autumn election . |
| 8 | The complaint that there is never a moment 's peace is countered by some nurses who say that such a system allows for a ‘ snooze hour ’ after lunch when no routine tasks were undertaken and the ward was as quiet as possible . |