Example sentences of "said that [adv] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Feb. 14 Col. Abdullah al Kandari of the Kuwaiti air force said that over 200 people had been executed since the start of the allied bombing . |
| 2 | Mr David Walker , FT managing editor , said that over 100 journalists , or nearly a third of the staff , had been referred to the company 's medical department with possible RSI symptoms . |
| 3 | A statement by the provisional government of Eritrea on Aug. 1 said that over 82,000 prisoners of war and former government officials , and over 43,000 of their relatives , had been repatriated from Eritrea ; it said that in view of severe food shortages it had been impossible to feed them . |
| 4 | In October the Russian Orthodox Bishops ' Council said that nearly 3,000 church buildings had been reopened in the past 18 months , bringing the number of working parishes to 9,734 ; the number of theological students had doubled to 3,948 . |
| 5 | A Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service announcement on Aug. 31 said that nearly 1,500,000 people had voted " yes " to the proposed constitutional changes ; the radio further reported that almost 75 per cent of the country 's 2,500,000 voters had participated . |
| 6 | The government said that only two people had been killed as " groups of ill-intentioned people " attacked the security forces . |
| 7 | The great James Agate said that only two roles of dramatic criticism matter . |
| 8 | Mr Ahtisaari said that only 315 people were then found to be unaccounted for , because the mission 's list contained duplications , vague identifications , names of people who have been released and repatriated , names of people never detained and some who have been reported dead . |
| 9 | A report in the Independent of May 18 said that only 138 MPs in the 217-seat National Assembly had taken part in the voting . |
| 10 | A Faroese government spokesman said that only 1,550 whales had been killed in the past ten years in a non-commercial hunt which gave islanders an important local source of nutrition . |
| 11 | Describing the donor response as " feeble " , Veloso said that only 387,000 tonnes of food had been pledged by donors , out of 916,000 tonnes requested ; less than 20 per cent of the amount requested had actually arrived in Mozambique . |
| 12 | But the Coastguard spokesman said that about five tonnes of diesel had escaped into the sea . |
| 13 | He said that about 100,000 people would be outwith the new eligibility levels but that of those only about 7,500 were ever likely to seek legal aid . |
| 14 | Tiu said that about 70 countries had already recognized Moldova as an independent state , and that relations with Hungary would be a first step to closer integration with Europe . |
| 15 | He then said that about three quarters of all international passengers will end up at King 's Cross . |
| 16 | Henry Stackpole , said that about 400 US Marines and engineers would remain in the country until June 15 . |
| 17 | A report on June 1 quoting US official figures said that about 13,000 Kurds who had sought refuge in the mountains on the Iraqi-Turkish border [ see p. 38126 ] had died before reaching allied " safe havens " [ see pp. 38127-28 ] . |
| 18 | At the May 22 press conference Interior Minister Abdullah Kallal said that almost 300 people — about 100 of them members of the armed forces — had been arrested over recent weeks in connection with a coup plot directed by Ghannouchi . |
| 19 | A Foreign Ministry spokesman said that almost 1,000 people were estimated to have been killed " and many more injured " . |
| 20 | On Oct. 22 a UN spokesman said that almost 250 people had died of hunger daily in Bardera since the relief workers left . |