Example sentences of "said that [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claiming that 180 soldiers had been killed or wounded in the attacks , the FMLN said that its offensive had been launched because of the " total immunity that exists in this country for members of the armed forces who violate human rights " , and to counter the military 's " triumphalist and all-powerful " attitude to the current peace process . |
| 2 | The Danish government said that its decision on Aug. 9 to take back the waste was made to " protect Denmark 's international reputation " . |
| 3 | The Mexico-based Human Rights Committee of Guatemala ( CGDH ) also said that its members had been threatened with death for participating in a " national dialogue " involving members of the exiled opposition , held in March 1988 [ see pp. 36927-28 ] . |
| 4 | Greenpeace said that its members had found rusty drums — labelled " industrial goods for further use " — at a barracks in Rovno , Ukraine , containing liquid mercury , old paints made with heavy metals , pure DDT , hydrogen cyanide and other hazardous chemicals . |
| 5 | In its conference call with analysts yesterday morning , IBM said that its outlook continues to be difficult and uncertain in light of the destabilisation of its hardware business , and that sales of mainframes declined in a ‘ high double digit ’ rate in the first quarter on a year-to-year basis and that sales the AS/400 declined in all major geographies . |
| 6 | In its conference call with analysts yesterday morning , IBM said that its outlook continues to be difficult and uncertain in light of the destabilisation of its hardware business , and that sales of mainframes declined in a ‘ high double digit ’ rate in the first quarter on a year-to-year basis and that sales the AS/400 declined in all major geographies . |
| 7 | Somalia said that its forces had been pursuing anti-government rebels . |
| 8 | At its final meeting in Mitchell 's Plain in Cape Town , the UDF publicity secretary Murphy Morobe said that its affiliates would henceforth work to build the ANC , " our ideological senior and mentor , into a mighty force for justice , democracy and peace " . |
| 9 | UNICEF said that its target could be met if both developing countries and donor governments increased to 20 per cent the proportion of their spending devoted to basic needs and health care . |
| 10 | The product shows what can be done without formal specifications , however just how much of a lead the company has given itself is debatable : IBM said that its network node specifications will be published at the end of the month for public scrutiny . |
| 11 | IBM made the announcement at the Semiconductor Industry Association meeting in San Jose , where it said that its Technology Products unit would have to start shuttering plants if it did n't succeed in its new initiative of selling chips to other vendors and offering them on the merchant market . |
| 12 | It said that its study had not discovered any conclusive evidence on the damage done to humans by low-level exposure , but it stated that the lack of information and knowledge of the effects of exposure to low doses of the chemicals over a long period had led the working party to adopt the precautionary principle that absence of evidence was not evidence of absence . |
| 13 | She adds : ‘ You would n't castigate the British servicemen who appeared on the television during the Gulf war and said that whatever Saddam Hussein did was good and whatever the Allies did was bad . |
| 14 | When Pauline Kael reviewed him as the bloated Jake La Motta in Raging Bull , she said that what De Niro was doing was certainly something , but she 'd hesitate to call it acting . |
| 15 | Interestingly , 39 respondents said that their companies gave out emergency treatment kits to protect against non-sexual transmission of HIV but only six said that their companies gave out condoms to protect against sexual transmission . |
| 16 | Interestingly , 39 respondents said that their companies gave out emergency treatment kits to protect against non-sexual transmission of HIV but only six said that their companies gave out condoms to protect against sexual transmission . |
| 17 | In more than 70% of his interviews , researchers said that their citations had motives which were combinations of two or more of the factors Brooks had identified . |
| 18 | In our main 1979 survey , 11 per cent of credit buyers said that their contracts had included some form of insurance against being unable to pay , while 19 per cent did not know ( Appendix I , Table 35 ) . |
| 19 | At a news conference on May 5 , Dumas and the Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Vellayati said that their talks had been " very positive " and expressed the hope that discussions aimed at resolving the financial dispute between the two countries [ see p. 37929 ] would end with " positive results " . |
| 20 | At the end of the EC delegation 's visit , the Israeli Prime Minister , Itzhak Shamir , rejected the EC 's call to include the PLO in Middle East peace talks , and Israeli officials said that their country would resist EC attempts to exert economic pressure . |
| 21 | The researchers said that their findings should be an ‘ added incentive ’ to short men to maintain a healthy lifestyle . |
| 22 | Yemen was already housing some 50,000 Somali and Ethiopian refugees and the authorities there said that their resources , especially health care provision , were overstretched . |
| 23 | In the conference call that followed Digital Equipment Corp 's announcement of its figures ( CI No 2,148 ) , news of which did n't reach us until after close of play on Wednesday , company executives said that their outlook for the rest of the year continues to be cautious given the current economic environment , and they declined to forecast profits : Bill Steul , chief financial officer , said that during the third quarter , DEC 's US business showed a decline of just under 5% , and that total product revenues were flat , while services grew at about 12% in the quarter ; business was a little soft in Germany and France and continues to be down in Japan , but that there are some signs of improvement in Japan ; DEC , in its final quarter of fiscal 1993 , does not expect much in revenues from its Alpha-based systems running Microsoft Corp 's new NT operating system before next fiscal . |
| 24 | US officials said that their forces would delay departure until after the referendum . |
| 25 | I do not entirely believe the member who said that their traditions were more important than the money . |
| 26 | My right hon. Friend the Minister rightly said that their parents could be fined , but some parents have less control over their children than Robert Maxwell 's children had over their fraudulent father . |
| 27 | All claimed that they had attacked La Tablada because they believed a military coup was under way and that they were trying to forestall it ; they also said that their attempts to surrender had been ignored and that at least four of their comrades had been tortured and killed . |
| 28 | On Oct. 22 , 1989 , Ogonek published a poll , only 12 per cent of respondents to which believed that perestroika ( " restructuring " ) would lead to significant positive change ; only 23 per cent said that their living standards had improved over the previous two to three years . |
| 29 | We know , we never suggested that said that their business is going down with us and that there was no extra business there for us |
| 30 | Most of the housewives — twenty-four out of the forty — said that their husbands only commented negatively , never appreciatively . |