Example sentences of "[noun sg] say that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Food Safety Directorate say that all packets of cling film should carry health warnings . |
| 2 | The Chamonix guides ' association say that 47 climbers died this year in the Mont Blanc range to the end of August — equal to the total for the whole of last year . |
| 3 | Health Department guidelines supported by the college say that HIV-infected health care workers could conduct a normal delivery as long as it did not involve invasive surgery . |
| 4 | This year it is therefore EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that we all sell our 2 books and as an incentive HQ say that each branch returning their block of completed lottery ticket stubs with a single branch cheque can keep 20% . |
| 5 | Only a day after reporting the second year of falling personal computer sales ( CI No 2,157 ) , the Japan Electronic Industry Development Association says that Japanese manufacturers ' shipments of personal computers jumped 6.2% in unit terms during the January to March quarter from a year earlier , and the rise in combined exports and domestic sales to 688,000 units from 648,000 units in the year-earlier quarter marked the first quarterly rise in two years ; exports rocketed 31% to 144,000 units but domestic shipments only inched up 1.1% to 544,000 units , but was still the first quarterly increase in two-and-a-half years ; because of the price wars , combined export and domestic shipments of made-in-Japan micros — when measured in currency terms , fell 8.3% — exports and home sales each off 8% . |
| 6 | John Payne co-promoter says that last Friday the speedway club was finished so Mr. Mole has saved the day … |
| 7 | The Old Testament says that human beings were put into the Garden of Eden ‘ to dress and keep it . ’ |
| 8 | Litzi Miller champion trainer says that some people do n't even bet they'e just happy to see their dog win |
| 9 | The witness said that these types of items had been encountered previously in improvised explosive devices and could be used in letter or parcel bombs . |
| 10 | The Hong Kong administration said that forced repatriation , which was halted in December 1989 after an international outcry led by the United States [ see pp. 37121-22 ; 37185 ] , was unlikely to start before November . |
| 11 | Amanda Tooth said that hard times made Antonia set her sights on someone who could help her make a name . |
| 12 | Speaking of the maximum number of jobs of 21,000 that could be associated with the Ove Arup proposal , British Rail says that these jobs would largely represent a redistribution of economic activity in Kent and London rather than the creation of new economic activity . |
| 13 | The brewery says that compulsory redundancies ca n't be ruled out . |
| 14 | The Farriers ' Registration Council say that that suspension is now lifted . |
| 15 | The public remains sceptical , but those who support the notion of satanic abuse say that social workers must not fall into the trap of believing it does not exist , just because it is difficult to prove . |
| 16 | Pedulla say that these basses are effectively customs without the exorbitant custom price tag . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Consumer Protection Act says that all goods must be safe , but the EC might interpret this as an unfair barrier to trade . |
| 19 | The Lord Chancellor says that Green Form advice can be abolished for all those above the income support level because the average Green Form bill — £82 — is not too much to afford . |
| 20 | In our application this requirement says that each hyperdocument should include its own context-table , which contains context-specifications for all the contexts used in the hyperdocument . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | keith richardson says that most people thought Gloucester were going to lose but it was a great win … they looked like a different side and played exceptionally well and were lifted by the supporters |
| 23 | Quine says that this thesis is owed to Pierre Duhem ; we can call it Duhem 's thesis ( Quine , 1969 , p. 80 ) . |
| 24 | It passes a law saying that all envelopes must be left unsealed , so that it can open letters with ease . |
| 25 | ‘ Ten , ’ said Ivy , in the tone of an editor saying that this correspondence was now closed . |
| 26 | This offence can be considered where a hole appears in the side of the silencer etc. , as some doubt exists whether the gases have passed ‘ through ’ the silencer etc. , if they have passed through half of the silencer , Until there is judicial assistance to say that such gases must pass all the way through a silencer to escape liability under regulation 54(1) , a regulation 54(2) offence may be the safest offence . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It would be a bit of an exaggeration to say that little Doug Flutie out-quarterbacked Houston 's big Warren Moon . |
| 29 | In Joyce v Sengupta ( 1992 ) , the Vice Chancellor said that essential ingredients for an action in trade libel were falsity and malice . |
| 30 | The presiding judge said that higher organs of the SED , beyond the city itself , clearly had been involved in the decision to falsify election returns . |