Example sentences of "[noun sg] spokesman say [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An association spokesman said it was vital the borough council was aware of the problems being encountered . |
| 2 | A fire brigade spokesman said they had fed the name of the compound into a computer and the print-out said it could be toxic if it caught fire . |
| 3 | While accepting that 49 complaints is above average , an ITC spokesman says it is not a deluge . |
| 4 | The council spokesman said there was no evidence that the water was unsafe to drink . |
| 5 | A county council spokesman said there were buses at day centres around the county available for hire . |
| 6 | A council spokesman said there was no question of applications being overlooked and all candidates had been sent letters explaining the situation . |
| 7 | A council spokesman said it was hoped the sum would ultimately represent a saving for the authority , as the cost of tackling graffiti , which was likely to occur would be far greater . |
| 8 | A Cleveland County Council spokesman said it would make a decision on re-opening the road after the strength tests today . |
| 9 | A council spokesman said it was their understanding that the effect of the order was to activate the 15-day prison sentence . |
| 10 | A county council spokesman said it was hoped that councillors would agree to a site visit to see for themselves if lay-bys were necessary . |
| 11 | An MoD spokesman said it was because the initial charge was not one of rape that the Suffolk police had not been informed . |
| 12 | KPMG has audited the company for years , but a General Accident spokesman says they ‘ would n't rule out ’ the idea of going to tender . |
| 13 | The group spokesman said its members did n't need any lessons in either cross community co-operation , tolerance or good neighbourliness from what he described as ‘ the bigots of the Orange and Black Orders ’ . |
| 14 | A Scottish Prison Service spokesman said it would look carefully at the recommendations . |
| 15 | A Customs and Excise spokesman said they can not tell if there has been an offence as they are not sure if an import licence was ever necessary . |
| 16 | A Northumbrian Water spokesman said there was no danger of running out of water because there were always at least seven days of water supply from tanks at Broken Scar and Longnewton . |
| 17 | An Anglian Water spokesman said he then agreed to leave . |
| 18 | A Commission spokesman said there had been ‘ progress albeit at a fairly low level ’ and that a new round of talks would take place in Brussels on 11-12 March , only ten days before the sanctions date set by Washington . |
| 19 | A British Rail spokesman said they had an eye-witness who confirmed the warning signals were working properly . |
| 20 | An Abbey spokesman said it was common practice to advise that a parent 's name should be put first for an account of a very small child . |
| 21 | A West German government spokesman said there had been technical hold-ups , but he was confident the refugees would leave soon . |
| 22 | A BA spokesman said he could not comment in detail until the report had been published . |
| 23 | The hospital spokesman said it was believed a smoke alarm was set off by someone having a cigarette in a toilet . |
| 24 | A hospital spokesman said it was too soon to say whether there would be any permanent brain damage . |
| 25 | A hospital spokesman said she would be kept in for observation while doctors decided on the best treatment for her . |
| 26 | A hospital spokesman said there was no move to privatise any sections of the catering service . |
| 27 | A company spokesman said they were also looking to cover four other domestic meetings and were negotiating to televise several overseas Grand Prix events . |
| 28 | A company spokesman said they were delighted at the order . |
| 29 | Peter Hall was said to have left the Dundee-based firm ‘ entirely voluntarily ’ and a company spokesman said his reasons for going were ‘ private ’ . |
| 30 | A company spokesman said he did n't know whether the firm would break even on its third quarter just ended — results are due in a couple of weeks — but an improvement on its second quarter loss of $7.2m ( which followed a first quarter which ended $18m in the red ) is expected . |