Example sentences of "spokesman said the [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A BR spokesman said the service was a measure of commitment to rail travel in Cleveland . |
| 2 | An Army spokesman said the documents were of low classification and details of IRA activities in them were ‘ purely fictitious ’ . |
| 3 | A US State Department spokesman said the USA was " very disappointed " . |
| 4 | A GRE spokesman said the changes were not in reaction to the losses incurred over the past three years , as the life business had remained profitable . |
| 5 | A Hoechst spokesman said the fumes were of a concentrated form of sulphuric acid which is irritating to the eyes and throat ; he said it was unclear how much material had leaked or how it had happened . |
| 6 | A Ministry of Defence spokesman said the crews were there on ‘ humanitarian grounds ’ . |
| 7 | A police spokesman said the demonstrators were well behaved but wet . |
| 8 | A spokesman said the Government was confident of winning the vote and would not be drawn on ‘ hypothetical ’ discussion about defeat . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | A Greater Manchester police spokesman said the man was being questioned at an unnamed police station about firearms offences . |
| 11 | A police spokesman said the man was arrested last Thursday and appeared before Darlington magistrates on a drink-driving charge . |
| 12 | The spokesman said the man was taken to the Darlington Memorial Hospital , where his condition was not believed to be serious . |
| 13 | But an ambulance spokesman said the man was not seriously hurt , although he suffered shock . |
| 14 | A spokesman said the consortium was considering a judicial review . |
| 15 | A BA spokesman said the company was looking at Belfast City Airport but no decision had been reached . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , a Northumbrian Water spokesman said the company was investigating the Lartington works . |
| 17 | A Dayglobe Leisure spokesman said the company was still considering whether to appeal against the council 's decision . |
| 18 | The airport was set to remain closed today as talks continued , but a spokesman said the management was ‘ fairly hopeful ’ of a successful outcome . |
| 19 | A police spokesman said the vehicle was not in working order and the thieves probably took it away on a trailer . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | A MetroCentre spokesman said the men were in the basket of a mechanical hoist fitting brackets for hanging baskets when they fell . |
| 22 | A police spokesman said the bomb was discovered on the North Yorkshire Moors near Osmotherly by a hiker and his son on Friday . |
| 23 | A second police spokesman said the drama was simply a domestic incident which had got out of control . |
| 24 | But a spokesman said the murder was painstakingly investigated by professional officers . |
| 25 | PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin , stung by a humiliating rebuff from Russia 's supreme legislature , accused it yesterday of seeking to restore Communist rule and his spokesman said the president was poised for decisive action . |
| 26 | But a council spokesman said the club was in receipt of an 80pc discount . |
| 27 | A Devon County Council spokesman said the party was from Southway Comprehensive School , Plymouth . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | An FBI spokesman said the move was ‘ a very hopeful sign ’ but fears were growing that some sect members may commit suicide . |
| 30 | A Trust spokesman said the volunteers were hoping to remove grass from the marsh so reeds can spread across the water . |