Example sentences of "spokesman said [that] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman said that the organisation had met fishermen 's leaders and was exploring ‘ possibilities ’ of repairing the harbour and improving the facilities . |
| 2 | A BP spokesman said that the company was taking no action to seek alternative methods of transport until events in Panama became clearer . |
| 3 | A National Power spokesman said that the company was investing £700 million on fitting cleaning equipment at Drax . |
| 4 | A management spokesman said that the union had refused to accept a peace package as a whole , while the union negotiators claimed a lock-out of workers was in progress . |
| 5 | A Greenpeace spokesman said that the government had " been nobbled by the power industry " . |
| 6 | Announcing the agreement a US Defence Department spokesman said that the Pentagon had so far committed US$191,000,000 of the US$400,000,000 allocated by Congress to help Russia transport , dismantle and store nuclear and other dangerous weapons . |
| 7 | A garda spokesman said that the attack on Mr Keane , who works for the Republic 's Department of Agriculture , had not been reported to them . |
| 8 | An AA spokesman said that the firm was ‘ dismayed ’ at the writ . |
| 9 | Responding to foreign criticisms of the heavier sentences handed down to civilians as compared with those passed on soldiers following the massacre [ see pp. 38769 ; 38965 ] , the ABRI spokesman said that the civilians had been convicted of " subversive acts " against the Indonesian authorities , while the soldiers had been found guilty of acting beyond their authority in dealing with the demonstrators . |
| 10 | A MAFF spokesman said that the survey was unnecessary : " Pollution controls are set locally to the nuclear sites . |
| 11 | Speaking in Beijing on July 12 , a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said that the participation of Chinese experts in the talks did not signal any change on China 's " indisputable " sovereignty over the Nansha ( Spratly ) and Xisha ( Paracel ) Islands . |
| 12 | A police spokesman said that the woman victim had all her faculties and they feared that others could be taken in by the smooth-talkers . |
| 13 | A PKF spokesman said that the partners had decided to merge because ‘ they did not feel they would have the opportunity to grow much more unless they joined a bigger firm ’ . |
| 14 | An army spokesman said that the security vetting of personnel was a normal procedure in all defence forces . |
| 15 | An ODA spokesman said that the Administration acknowledged past failures , and that it was now aiming to pay more attention to the needs of the poorest and their environments . |
| 16 | A Coastguard spokesman said that the Larne Coastguard and Carrickfergus fishing vessel Hummer also attended the scene . |
| 17 | A company spokesman said that the closure was part of ICI 's policy of " getting out of potentially ozone-harming chemicals " . |
| 18 | A Chinese government spokesman said that the announcement had been made during Kaifu 's visit in part because of Japan 's experience as the only country to be subjected to nuclear attack . ) |
| 19 | Their spokesman said that the men were prepared to close down the generating plant immediately , but it would mean that the grid would go and that factories and hospitals would be without power for an indefinite time . |
| 20 | On the party 's past role , the spokesman said that the JP " begs forgiveness " from the people , adding that if " we have done anything wrong , we are ready to rectify ourselves " . |
| 21 | A spokesman said that the poachers were " redoubling their efforts to kill as many horned rhino in as short a time as possible " . |
| 22 | On Aug. 18 a government spokesman said that the Cabinet had " approved in principle " a law against bonded labour . |