Example sentences of "said that [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The law said that every first-born male should be consecrated to God .
2 The Doctor who came to see the poor Doc ( a psychoanalyst and neurological specialist ) said that every neurotic case went back to the childish fear of the father .
3 Leonard Bernstein once said that every Koussevitsky concert was ‘ a gala occasion ’ .
4 Baldick quotes the much later Newbolt Report ( 1921 ) , which said that a liberal education based on English
5 In Belgium on Nov.10 Defence Minister Guy Coëme said that a Belgian general , reportedly General Major Raymond Van Calster , head of the Belgian Army 's intelligence and counterespionage services , was in charge of a secret Western intelligence network operating in several NATO countries .
6 McCarthy , Lord Hewart C.J. said that a reasonable suspicion of bias was sufficient to quash the determination .
7 One pharmacist belonging to a national firm contacted the head office , which said that a suitable product can be made by special order at £100 for 100 .
8 Brown Brothers Harriman analyst William Milton has followed Dan Mandresh and downgraded his rating on IBM Corp and lowered his first quarter and full-year 1993 earnings estimates : he cut his rating to sell from neutral and lowered his first quarter forecast to a loss of $0.72 per share from a loss of $0.45 , and his full-year estimate to a loss of $1.10 from a profit of $0.35 a share ; he said he made the changes because of sharper than previously expected declines in IBM 's mainframe business and more severe than expected pricing pressures ; he also said that a noticeable deterioration in employee productivity contributed to his revised outlook — productivity has fallen given declining employee morale as IBM struggles to restructure ; ‘ There 's very little a new chief executive can do initially that 's not already being done , ’ he added .
9 Benny went on down the street , past the empty shop which people said that a real Italian from Italy was going to open up .
10 He said that a small number of serving officers in Bosnia and Ulster may be made redundant .
11 The UN said that a Japanese volunteer in Cambodia was probably killed not by the Khmers Rouges , as had been thought , but by somebody disgruntled at not getting a job .
12 It said that a month-long inquiry had shown BA would not dominate the market for flights between London and Brussels , so it had no reason to object to the takeover .
13 He said that a solid body moving through a fluid medium such as air was in fact propelled by the air , which was cleft by the moving body and then rejoined behind it to provide the forward drive , for there could be no such thing as a vacuum , that is , mere nothingness .
14 He agreed you 'd made mistakes , but said that a good King should always be generous , as our King is .
15 Drnovsek said that a new government would be formed within days , and promised early elections .
16 Declaring the beginning of the " Third Republic " , Mobutu in his televised speech said that a new constitution would be drawn up and a transitional government appointed .
17 The Social Democrats once said that a new citizenship law should accompany any restriction of the right to asylum .
18 Johnson said she should be sent to St Kilda , that she ‘ stood in the way of what was good ’ ; he called her beauty ‘ insipid ’ , and said that a skilful craftsman could cut a better face out of a cabbage .
19 Robin Cook , a member of the national executive and the health spokesman , said that a Labour government which sought to force its programme on an unwilling nation would be unsocialist .
20 At a rally attended by hundreds of Labour supporters from the arts , showbusiness and sport , he said that a Labour government would be in stark contrast to the ‘ vanity and self-interest ’ which had characterised the last 13 years .
21 He said that a Labour Government would create a new GLC .
22 And Roy Hattersley said that a Labour Government would cut crime on the estate .
23 He said that a final decision would follow more detailed studies by Union Railways , the British Rail subsidiary which was formed to develop the tunnel link project .
24 The paper said that a close contest could push the price up to over $1bn ( £610m ) .
25 Egil Myklebust , president of the company , which also has interests in agriculture , petrochemicals and light metals , said that a weak world economy had caused a sharp drop in prices for its main products since 1991 .
26 John Matthews , chairman of the CIA energy committee , said that a recent CIA investment survey had shown that although investment had dropped from £2000m in 1991 to £1600m–£1800m in 1992 , the amount invested in health , safety and the environment had gone up considerably and the amount invested in energy efficiency had remained level .
27 He said that a recent report in New Scientist that the Turin lead experiment had been censored , coupled with the conversion of several eminent scientists to the anti-lead cause had convinced him that action was urgent .
28 She said that a black dog had asked her , ‘ What would you have me do to this man ? ’
29 OUR parents always said that a hearty breakfast was good for us .
30 Later , on Dec. 24 , Mandela said that a high-level meeting between the two parties was a " crucial step " towards stopping the violence .
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