Example sentences of "[noun sg] spokesman said the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But an ambulance spokesman said the man was not seriously hurt , although he suffered shock . |
| 2 | But the department spokesman said the money should come from a community care grant to local authorities for the mentally ill . |
| 3 | A US State Department spokesman said the USA was " very disappointed " . |
| 4 | Last night a department spokesman said the charities ‘ appeared to be right ’ in their claims although some other beds had been temporarily provided . |
| 5 | A fire brigade spokesman said the boy 's mother took him to Stranton fire station where staff freed him unharmed and undistressed . |
| 6 | A fire brigade spokesman said the fire broke out at a house in The Bank at 9.30am . |
| 7 | A council spokesman said the greens were well kept and rolled every day , adding : ‘ The cost of the vandalism will run into hundreds of pounds . ’ |
| 8 | A local council spokesman said the council had declared war on large-scale home catering because of the outbreak . |
| 9 | An Essex County Council spokesman said the authority was unable to provide alternative travel for pupils affected by the strike , and parents should make their own arrangements if possible . |
| 10 | A Middlesbrough Council spokesman said the authority 's policy was to buy up properties in the area with a view to demolition . |
| 11 | A Devon County Council spokesman said the party was from Southway Comprehensive School , Plymouth . |
| 12 | But a council spokesman said the club was in receipt of an 80pc discount . |
| 13 | Questioned about the nature of the Norway exercise , the MoD spokesman said the men had been learning to live and fight in Arctic conditions . |
| 14 | A Dayglobe Leisure spokesman said the company was still considering whether to appeal against the council 's decision . |
| 15 | As two hundred Palestinian deportees were allowed to return to Israel , a Palestine Liberation Organisation spokesman said the PLO and Israel have agreed to recognise each other . |
| 16 | Mr Threlfall , who is still awaiting the letter , said he would investigate , while an ambulance service spokesman said the ambulance had taken 24 minutes to respond . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , a Northumbrian Water spokesman said the company was investigating the Lartington works . |
| 18 | A Virgin spokesman said the outcome would be either ‘ settle up or sue ’ . |
| 19 | A Micron spokesman said the company ceased investing and reassigned engineers to other projects last month because it was n't getting the ‘ best bang for the buck . ’ |
| 20 | A Lower Saxony state interior ministry spokesman said the woman was hurt when the impact of the dummy bomb threw hard pieces of earth into her face . |
| 21 | A Ministry of Defence spokesman said the crews were there on ‘ humanitarian grounds ’ . |
| 22 | Last night a Shell spokesman said the company never commented on partnerships in any wells . |
| 23 | A health board spokesman said the wages ' computer tape was handed over to the Clydesdale Bank on Wednesday , as normal , which would have allowed processing of the £1,360,000 wage bill in time for withdrawal yesterday . |
| 24 | An Army spokesman said the documents were of low classification and details of IRA activities in them were ‘ purely fictitious ’ . |
| 25 | An army spokesman said the curfew would continue until further notice , but army radio said it would be lifted on Sunday . |
| 26 | A BA spokesman said the company was looking at Belfast City Airport but no decision had been reached . |
| 27 | A BA spokesman said the talks kept stopping and starting . |
| 28 | However , a Midland Bank spokesman said the group expected the dividend flow from the investments acquired to be preferable to the dividend flow from its Argentinian loan portfolio . |
| 29 | A hospital spokesman said the wards had been declared election-free zones . |
| 30 | But the Department of Health spokesman said the funding position had been made clear from the start . |