Example sentences of "say it [vb past] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dell says it delayed the introduction of the Dimension machines until the small office and home office market picked up outside the US , but it also had to get its European manufacturing facility in Limerick , Ireland tooled up . |
| 2 | Organisers Editions Larivière says it made the decision not to proceed ‘ for its own reasons ’ . |
| 3 | The British Australian Studies Association says it organised the conference to get a greater understanding on Australian culture . |
| 4 | SynOptics Communications Inc has announced an order from the Unipart Group of Companies for its System 3000 intelligent hubs , which will be used to spearhead the latter 's migration from IBM Corp mainframe systems to personal computer local networks : the order comes via network integrator Harris Adacom , and comprises seven System 3000 hubs which will be used to run Token Ring and Ethernet ; the total contract is worth £250,000 , and SynOptics says it won the order ahead of competition from Cabletron and IBM . |
| 5 | The Spider Software unit of Spider Systems Ltd up in Edinburgh will be quietly cheering as Microsoft Corp launches Windows NT at Comdex this week : its SpiderTCP TCP/IP protocol is included in NT and Microsoft is also using SpiderStreams as the environment for running parallel protocol drivers ; the Scottish firm says it won the contract after Microsoft put the communications work out to international tender . |
| 6 | Reporting for the first time on its environmental emissions , the UK subsidiary of Swiss chemicals and drugs giant Ciba-Geigy says it increased the amount of waste it incinerated in 1991 while reducing the amount sent for landfill . |
| 7 | It 's said it lost the South the American Civil War , because Southern troops did n't have boots . |
| 8 | From the beginning the group had said it wanted the paper to be international , and It was . |
| 9 | His gentle manner of saying it robbed the remark of any reproof it might otherwise have carried . |
| 10 | Most women had strong views on EC membership , with 45 per cent saying it cut the chance of war . |
| 11 | He used to say it polluted the environment . |
| 12 | Gordon Smith , Caledonian 's sales director — the company is increasing its sponsorship though it remains coy on an amount — said it viewed the association with Currie as long term . |
| 13 | The UTU said it regretted the Department had gradually reduced severance enhancement levels as a result of severe criticism of the retirement scheme by the Comptroller and Auditor General and the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee . |
| 14 | Later , British Airways said it regretted the breakdown of talks . |
| 15 | Cllr Johnston said it took the city solicitor 's department two hours to find the application forms , after he had asked why interviews had not been held . |
| 16 | She said it left the council no choice but to activate the distress warrants granted by the courts . |
| 17 | The way he said it made the name sound like orchids and honey . |
| 18 | Someone said it owned the airline and was the government . |
| 19 | North Korea said it rejected the resolution , and would regard sanctions as a declaration of war . |
| 20 | AT&T said it expected the change on future earnings to be negligible and added that there would be no effect on cash flow . |
| 21 | Brent Walker said it expected the buyout negotiations ‘ would be successfully completed shortly ’ . |
| 22 | The DoE said it considered the road to be ‘ capable of carrying the existing and projected traffic volumes for the foreseeable future ’ . |
| 23 | Morland 's board of directors said it considered the offer inadequate and recommended shareholders took no action . |
| 24 | The leisure and recreation convener , Charles Farquhar , said it gave the council no pleasure to raise the charges , as it had a high regard for the people who ran the teams . |
| 25 | Commenting on an earlier , leaked draft version of the report , a Friends of the Earth spokesman said it gave the lie to government claims that water quality was improving . |
| 26 | The sleeves and shoulders are very sloping — can you see it 's sort of , the line 's gone very drooping , I mean somebody said it gave the impression of melting butter , and , and that 's really the sort of figure that you 've got . |
| 27 | Cupid , which is moving its head office from Accrington to Blackburn , Lancashire , said it needed the cash to reduce borrowings which had increased since it took over the Youngs formal wear business last year . |
| 28 | That one of Selby 's you know it was fine until they put an extension in just er a key station as soon as they did that this one started acting up , so he said it 's only since we did that , he said it happened the day after we put that in , I said okay , disconnected it , still did it , disconnected it at the , end here , still did it , erased it from the program so it did n't even know it existed , still did it |
| 29 | But she said it re-emphasised the need for the spaying of bitches to avoid litters of unwanted puppies facing a cruel death . |
| 30 | A spokesman said it appeared the Escort XR3i collided with parked vehicles at 9pm on Monday and the driver then abandoned the car . |