Example sentences of "says of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Palace boss Steve Coppell says of the striker : ‘ He can give us the pace Ian Wright used to offer . ’ |
| 2 | He says of the liberals that they were placed in a predicament by the fall : ‘ A democracy can not be imposed by force , the majority must favour it , yet the majority wanted what Khomeini wanted — an Islamic republic . ’ |
| 3 | She says of the building societies : ‘ How dare they ignore the real needs of loyal customers by pursuing a marketing ploy which only benefits a few . |
| 4 | The 25-year-old , who started his career with Tampa Bay Rowdies , says of the Americans : ‘ I feel more loyalty to them because it 's my wife 's country . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ The work is an incredible carrier of anxiety , ’ John Caldwell , curator for painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art , says of the Biennale piece , ‘ In a pornographic movie , the people never look at the camera because we need to sense that we 're looking through a window , we 're safe , we 're the voyeur . |
| 6 | Engels says of the Greeks : ‘ The downfall of Athens was not caused by democracy as the European lickspittle historians assert to flatter their princes , but by slavery , which banned the labour of free citizens . ’ |
| 7 | An unknown writer observing at the restoration work of 1887 says of the nave , the walls were found to be covered with old surface paintings , and Fielding in his Memories of Malling , writes , " In Halling Church until a few years ago existed the uncouth painting over the chancel arch , variously described as the tale of the unfaithful wife and the emblematic representation of the seven deadly sins . |
| 8 | Jim Hegan , one of the three , says of the day he was convicted : ‘ Everything that I was brought up to believe in respect for law and order and the RUCwas shattered . |
| 9 | It 's grown into a different shape over the years , ’ she says of the abundance of jugs , pebbles , paintings ( almost all done by members of the family ) , china , and even animal skulls , which jostle each other to form displays everywhere you look . |
| 10 | ‘ The trouble with the traditional with-profits endowments and deferred annuities which most school fees planners use is that they are inflexible , with heavy penalties for withdrawal , and the charges are high , ’ Walker says of the schemes . |
| 11 | The writer and professor Charles Handy says of the students at the London Business School , ‘ Most are opportunists . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , Anderson says of the president , ‘ Over the years he made all the key decisions on the economic strategies he finally embraced . |
| 13 | ‘ It would be nice to have it published , but even so , I have got a great sense of satisfaction from finding out things for myself , ’ she says of the volume , which includes 230 illustrations . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's a very folksy piece , ’ he says of the Hsiao concerto . |
| 15 | ‘ I would n't have given odds on it lasting ten minutes , ’ he says of the programme 's early days . |
| 16 | Swales , influential chairman of the International Selection Committee , says of the manager 's job : ‘ It destroyed Don Revie ; it did n't do Ron Greenwood too much good and Bobby Robson did n't like it one bit . |
| 17 | Maria Morgan , editor of the Guinness Book 's literary section , says of the publishers ' advertisement : ‘ The trouble is that as yet we do n't have a category for most widely read author . |