Example sentences of "[noun sg] said that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Amanda Tooth said that hard times made Antonia set her sights on someone who could help her make a name . |
3 | In Joyce v Sengupta ( 1992 ) , the Vice Chancellor said that essential ingredients for an action in trade libel were falsity and malice . |
4 | A US State Department statement at the end of the meeting said that significant differences remained between the two sides , but they had agreed on the importance of ending the war peacefully . |
5 | A joint communiqué said that procedural matters had been resolved , opening the way for substantive negotiations , but both parties agreed on the need for other " opposition groups or factions " to participate if lasting peace were to be achieved . |
6 | The 1987 White Paper said that public sector landlords ‘ should seek an adequate return on investment ’ . |
7 | In reply , the Secretary of State said that parental wishes were paramount . |
8 | The Secretary of State said that British Coal 's market has been in decline for decades . |
9 | The government said that large numbers of civilians had been killed in UNITA assaults on the town . |
10 | Though weather disrupted loading at fields which transfer supplies to tankers , the firm said that total production from UK fields was just 5 per cent down at about 1.9 million barrels per day ( bpd ) . |
11 | A Green Party spokesman said that spent fuel rods are highly radioactive and potentially lethal . |
12 | On Aug. 10 the state prosecutor said that investigative proceedings against Honecker were being extended to include homicide and grievous bodily harm in connection with this policy . |
13 | I notice also that the president of the chambers of commerce said that British industry and commerce were on ’ an improving trend of slowly and steadily climbing out of the recession ’ . |
14 | On Feb. 6 Tunisian radio said that live ammunition had been used against demonstrators attacking National Guard headquarters in the southern towns of Souk al-Ahad and Kebili ; eight people were injured , including three National Guardsmen . |
15 | Voix du Zaïre radio said that enraged students set on the junior education minister , Issalu Isangi , who was badly beaten up . |
16 | The report said that disturbed children were more than twice as likely to become smokers as other youngsters . |
17 | The report said that specific Pan Am security flaws both in Frankfurt and London made a " disturbing story " . |
18 | Its new report said that total growth was expected to reach 3.6 per cent in 1993 . |
19 | The Franks Report said that British arms sales to Argentina encouraged the Falklands war . |
20 | The Ministry of Defence said that Belgian ammunition of that particular batch had never been supplied to the British Army , and how it had come into Britain was unknown . |
21 | The company said that complex negotiations were proceeding quickly but it would be some time before there was progress to report . |
22 | The Minister said that British consumers would not want to buy inhumanely produced veal if they had the choice . |
23 | The Panel said that industrial group Williams Holdings plc and Ultramar , the oil company since acquired by Lasmo , had both boosted earnings per share figures for the year ended 31 December 1990 . |
24 | Lord Parker , in Re H.K. ( N.C. , 1967 ) , reviewing the decision of an immigration officer said that good administration required him to act fairly . |
25 | Rumours in the market said that Japanese banks which had initially indicated a willingness to put up some of the necessary funds , were behind the problems . |
26 | Some kinds of adult education through the trade union movement were given in the workplace , but a Central Sandinista de Trabajadores ( CST ) representative said that educational classes in workplaces had sometimes been suspended because of economic difficulties within the enterprise . |
27 | The Court of Appeal said that public interest in non-disclosure for these reasons had to be weighed against public interest in justice being done . |
28 | The Court of Appeal said that difficult questions of law were raised , that there was a ‘ serious issue ’ to be decided and that , pending the full trial , the injunction should be granted . |
29 | The Catholic Press Office said that new guidelines on child sex abuse involving religious orders would be available to bishops before the end of the year . |
30 | In London , the Foreign Office said that Common Market countries were considering a withdrawal of ambassadors from Romania . |