Example sentences of "the [noun prp] say [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Masai say that Engai Narok ( the black god ) , who lives in the dark storm clouds , has fed the earth with life-giving rain . |
| 2 | On March 13 the UGTA said that negotiations with the government would begin on March 16 . |
| 3 | The ANC said that discussions with the government , which had been resumed following the intervention of UN envoy Vance [ see p. 38991 ] , had proved " fruitless " because there had been " no visible movement " from the government in terms of meeting the ANC 's core demands [ see p. 38948 ] . |
| 4 | Meantime , sources in the UK say that IBM 's highly-parallel computer system will come with 16 boards per rack and 32 engines per board , 10 MIPS per engine . |
| 5 | The PAC said that de Klerk had not conceded enough to persuade the movement to bring its exiled cadres home . |
| 6 | THE General Accounting Office of the US says that America 's planned missile to shoot down Soviet satellites is too complicated and would cost tens of billions of dollars . |
| 7 | The Halifax says that mortgage applications this year are 40% up on 1992 . |
| 8 | The DUP says that Republican violence paid off in the disarming of the RUC , the disbanding of the B Specials , the banning of Orange , Black and Apprentice Boys ' parades resulting in the imprisonment of Loyalists , the overthrow of Ulster 's parliament , the plan for talks with Dublin to change the status of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom , the abolishing of the Oath of Allegiance to the Queen in the new Assembly and Executive , the making of such oaths illegal for appointment to government boards , the removal of the Governor , the obliteration of ‘ On Her Majesty 's Service ’ from official paid envelopes , the attempt to destroy democracy by power-sharing which was a blow at the secrecy of the ballot box and an insult to British citizenship and standards , the proposal to set up machinery for the transfer of Northern Ireland 's powers to a body or bodies in or with the Irish Republic , and the continued existence of areas in Northern Ireland where the Queen 's writ did not effectually run . |
| 9 | However , other friends of the Yorks say that Andrew became a willing player in the charade . |
| 10 | The CBI says that order books are picking up and this follows brighter news on retail sales . |
| 11 | In a statement on July 31 the IRA said that Gow had been killed because he had been central to the formulation of British government policy decisions on Northern Ireland , including those during the hunger strikes of 1980-81 and the " shoot-to-kill " operations of 1982 , and had remained a close confidant of the Prime Minister until his death . |