Example sentences of "he said the [noun] " in BNC.

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31 He said the council tax bill for expensive properties would be a much smaller percentage of the house value than it would on cheaper housing where the majority of people live .
32 He said the council is pledged to quality service throughout the town and cars parked in gardens did not match that pledge .
33 He said the council would be marketing the property again .
34 He said the order , set up in 1099 as a religious order , was much more than just the ambulance service .
35 He said the head of rescue services in each resort chose whether to call on help from Chambery .
36 He said the head of rescue services in each resort chose whether to call on further help from Chambery .
37 He said the Frenchman would pay generously . ’
38 He said the Sunday Mirror had offered to publish an apology but Elton John had rejected it because the paper had recklessly published the article .
39 He said the RA expected it to be long campaign but were prepared to give it as long as it took to secure their aims .
40 He said the Budget had two objectives in that respect : to support the recovery in the year ahead ; and to set out a clear medium-term strategy for bringing the borrowing requirement back towards balance .
41 He said the Budget was anti-poor and anti-Scottish because it cost 30 per cent more to heat homes in some parts of Scotland than the south-east of England .
42 He said the guitar nights started in Formby and soon outgrew the venues .
43 But he said the RMT were still opposed to the contracting out of the fencing and tree lopping work .
44 He said the taxi was stopped on the underdeck of Craigavon Bridge and four men , including the three accused , were arrested .
45 He said the standard was very high .
46 BRITAIN 'S senior EC commissioner Sir Leon Brittan upped the stakes in the Cabinet row over Europe last night when he said the UK should join the exchange rate mechanism of the European Monetary System within the next few months .
47 He said the US authorities planned to allocate 50,000 places to refugees from the Soviet Union in the next 12 months .
48 He said the US was trying to dominate other countries with its military muscle .
49 He said the US authorities were paying a substantial part of the costs incurred by the wives in preparing their legal challenge , but no provision had been made to meet a costs order in favour of Cherwell council .
50 He said the US had received reports of only three Somalis killed and an ‘ undetermined ’ number of wounded .
51 Officially it is for ‘ consultations ’ but the usual reliable sources say it follows a series of death threats by white bigots who were displeased when he said the South African-controlled Koevoet paramilitary forces were ‘ on a turkey shoot ’ against Swapo guerrillas .
52 He said the decision was made because the Portuguese economy had achieved the necessary stability .
53 Although margins have been hit over the past few years by competition from contractors and because the company has kept its prices fairly constant , he said the decision to ‘ cross-skill ’ employees should result in increased margins .
54 He said the decision was " quite independent " of the European Commission 's threat to take the government to court for its failure to carry out a full environmental impact assessment of the scheme , but warned that a new river crossing was still necessary and the government would bring forward new proposals .
55 Health Minister Brian Mawhinney , speaking at Stoke Mandeville Hospital he said the decision was down to the doctors .
56 He said the decision was ‘ little short of a vote of no confidence in Sir Bryan Carsberg ’ and called for an investigation of the role in the affair of the Corporate Affairs Minister , Neil Hamilton , between December and February , when he declared a possible conflict of interest and withdrew from consideration of the bid .
57 He said the decision to hold the meeting in North Wales demonstrated the Americans ' commitment to the area .
58 But he said the union was concerned at the delay in setting up a Staff Commission .
59 He said the Josephs were not there and Rain let him assume they were on their way and expected to find four very wet friends .
60 He said the registrar 's office ceremony was ‘ a formality , not a proper marriage ceremony ’ .
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