Example sentences of "the [noun pl] said the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Times said The Independent 's move was ‘ absurd ’ and undermined by its own declared circulation figures since the price cut . |
| 2 | The builders said the work would take six weeks , so I planned to move in after this , at the end of July . |
| 3 | Some of the survivors said the ferry 's top deck had caved in , and this was corroborated by military authorities in Jeremie . |
| 4 | Patrick McManus , of Concern Worldwide , said : ‘ Your report was spot-on and the pictures said the rest . |
| 5 | In the dressing room all the lads said the crowd were out of order . |
| 6 | The inspectors said the quality of courses was often better in polytechnics than in colleges . |
| 7 | The directors said the disposal of non-core businesses would continue with the full benefits of its shift in activities not expected before 1991 . |
| 8 | A spokesperson for the workers said the dust was so thick in the air it could be seen : ‘ This is not the first time this had occurred . |
| 9 | The officials said the plan , approved by the President last week , has as a central element the use of the US military to intercept drug transactions abroad . |
| 10 | A neighbour at the flats said the youngster was ‘ a lovely little girl ’ . |
| 11 | Although no-one can deny the impressive growth of small electronics firms that make , for instance , personal computers ( see ‘ The Great British Small Computer ’ , p 639 ) the consultants said the IT industry : • is unimaginative in designing new products • lacks marketing ability • has insufficient skills in distributing goods • does not sell enough overseas • lacks enough big companies with comprehensive product and marketing strategies . |
| 12 | The sources said the incidents were in Croat villages seized by mainly Muslim Bosnian forces in an offensive near Travnik in central Bosnia . |
| 13 | The sources said the operation would be run from a NATO air headquarters at Vicenza , in north-eastern Italy , and would probably include fighters from the United States , Britain and France . |
| 14 | The partners said the acquisition was aimed at giving CGI Informatique access to the large commercial network of IBM plus IBM 's skill in systems integration , and it would help CGI 's expansion , especially its international expansion . |
| 15 | In February the Americans said the prevention of wars like the Yugoslav one in the post-communist world was in America 's interest . |
| 16 | I was surprised when the doctors said the injury had gone . ’ |
| 17 | As The New York Times informed its readers , ‘ The doctors said the penis contained a tiny hydraulic system that permitted a fluid to be pumped from a reservoir in the abdomen into the penis to cause erection . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The newspapers said the deadline was Friday . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ The police said the gas canister was about three-quarters full , which suggests it had only been tested and never used in earnest , ’ she said . |
| 20 | The weathermen said the storm had rivalled summer hurricanes in its intensity . |
| 21 | The magistrates said the issue of compensation could be sorted out in the civil courts . |
| 22 | ‘ The boys said the bed was rumpled , but they were n't convinced it had been slept in . |
| 23 | The vegetarians said the cage , five feet high and just over three feet wide , was a true representation of the conditions chickens face . |
| 24 | The MPS said the Government should prioritise giving paramedic training to enough ambulance crews to ensure full cover for each frontline ambulance in remoter regions . |
| 25 | In their letter , the MPs said the deaths of Johnathan Ball and Tim Parry at Warrington had marked ‘ a new low in the so-called republican campaign to free Ireland ’ . |
| 26 | The MPs said the bank had to accept responsibility for its failure as BCCI 's supervisor , which had been demonstrated so clearly in the report by Sir Thomas Bingham , a High Court judge . |
| 27 | The MPs said the absence of any disciplinary action against any of the individuals involved could undermine the Bank 's future effectiveness because it might lead staff to conclude that failure to carry out their responsibilities effectively carried no adverse consequences for them . |
| 28 | The unions said the minister promised them in a private April 19 meeting that the operator 's status would not budge for two years . |
| 29 | However , the nuns said the ministry changed its account after initially telling them that Salmonella enteriditis was responsible . |
| 30 | Mr Paddy Ashdown , for the Liberal-Democrats said the numbers ‘ fell far short of the necessary minimum ’ . |