Example sentences of "said [that] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AMP said that over the past 10 years , measured in terms of new annual premiums , Pearl 's market position has fallen sharply and its share has declined consistently . |
| 2 | He wrote Leopold a philosophical letter which has since become famous , in which he said that over the past few years he had come to regard death as the ‘ true goal ’ of man 's existence , and that he had become so closely acquainted with this ‘ best and truest friend ’ that the image of death was no longer terrifying , but rather reassuring and consoling . |
| 3 | He said that despite the Rotary Club being made up mainly of shopkeepers and small businessmen , they had been ‘ very helpful ’ in putting them in touch with Rotary contacts in London . |
| 4 | Reynolds said that despite the considerable economic progress made by Ireland in the past three years , the size of the national debt [ see below ] continued to be a major constraint upon development and prevented further tax concessions . |
| 5 | He said that at the recent mission in Cambridge Billy Graham had taught the grossest doctrines . |
| 6 | Addressing the Assembly , Yeltsin said that at the forthcoming Congress he expected an attempt to retreat from reforms . |
| 7 | He said that at the original trial , the magazine had no idea £25,000 had been paid to Mrs Sutcliffe by Mail on Sunday reporter Barbara Jones - and nor had the jury . |
| 8 | He said that under the present system , witnesses might give evidence on issues which turned out not to be in dispute — wasting court time . |
| 9 | Prof Sargent said that for the past five years , Croda Universal — the British company which has produced the oil — had funded research on ALD at the university . |
| 10 | Last year Stan Gooch said that among the Chinese lefthandedness runs at 18 per cent whereas the figure for Westerners ( which we presume to mean Europeans ) is only 9 per cent ( Letters , vol 95 , p 258 ) . |
| 11 | He always said that in the vain hope that the girl would respond to him differently from all the others who had so casually used her body . |
| 12 | She said that in the Southern General alone , £80,000 is being spent on new cookers which should guarantee vegetables that areal dente . |
| 13 | He also said that in the current , 1992 , fiscal year new lending would rise to $23,000-25,000 million , and that there was scope for considerable loans to the Soviet Union . |
| 14 | Martin Scannell of De Pinna , Scorers & John Venn ( 071–409 3188 ) said that in the late 1980s it was fashionable for UK citizens to buy property in France . |
| 15 | He said that in the interim period Mr Redwood had decided to establish an advisory committee to issue advice on specific issues which need to be tackled in advance of the Commission . |
| 16 | He said that in the early 1930s , and he would say it again today . |
| 17 | Dr Douglas Greer , ex Berkeley and now at the European Computer Research Centre in Munich , said that in the early days of Unix CSRG did a lot to make the system more modern and usable . |
| 18 | Mr Delors said that in the short run MEPs should be given greater powers to hold the EC executive responsible when national governments transferred powers to Brussels — under a new European treaty for economic and monetary union . |
| 19 | In presenting the proposals the president of the Commission , Jacques Delors , said that in the post-Maastricht era the " EC must find new money if it is to have a greater profile on the international scene " . |
| 20 | The next point that upset him was that I said that unlike the American President , the Prime Minister was relieved of a great deal of official ceremonial by the Queen and Prince Philip . |