Example sentences of "the [adj] authorities [verb] [that] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Iranian authorities countered that they had repeatedly asked the Turkish government to present evidence for such claims . |
| 2 | In mid-July the Croatian authorities announced that they did not have the resources to cope with any more refugees unless substantial help from abroad was forthcoming . |
| 3 | The German authorities denied that they promised any of payments or leniency towards the two Hamadei brothers held in a German prison [ see pp. 38455 ; 38695 ] . |
| 4 | The German authorities announced that they would request his extradition in connection with his alleged collaboration with international terrorists and in particular the 1983 bombing of the French consulate in Berlin [ see p. 33039 ] . |
| 5 | While the French police eventually traced the pieces to Osaka , lack of cooperation on the part of the Japanese authorities meant that they were not returned to France until June 1990 , and then only on the condition that they were returned to Japan by December of that year . |
| 6 | Responding to criticism from neighbouring countries , including Russia , the Chinese authorities said that they had always exercised restraint in nuclear testing and that China was still committed to a complete ban on nuclear testing within the framework of effective nuclear disarmament . |
| 7 | When station redcaps were self-employed , there were many of them , but when the federal authorities insisted that they should be employed by their companies their numbers rapidly dwindled . |
| 8 | Relations with South Africa deteriorated further [ see p. 39178 ] when on Dec. 1 the Angolan authorities announced that they were holding the crew of a South African plane which had made an emergency landing in Luena , Moxico province . |
| 9 | The modal split of the remaining , motorised , shoppers was , of course , dominated by the car-borne , so this was then used as the basis of advice to the local authorities to ensure that they were providing sufficient car-parking space . |