Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] said [adv] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | HP vice president Wim Roelandts said flatly that it was because of the bad feelings built up when Vittorio Cassoni was running Unix that Unix is n't the dominant operating system today . |
| 2 | ENVIRONMENT Minister David Maclean said yesterday that it was ‘ unrealistic ’ to ask industry to stop dumping waste in rivers and the sea ‘ overnight ’ . |
| 3 | Cap Gemini Sogeti SA said yesterday that it was making the offer for the remaining 28.8% of London W-based software and computer services company Hoskyns Group Plc as it promised when it bought its majority stake from GEC Siemens Plc . |
| 4 | THE United States said yesterday that it was studying the possibility of parachuting relief supplies to civilians in Bosnia , but it emphasised that such an operation might not be successful in the rugged country . |
| 5 | AT&T Co said yesterday that it plans to call five long-term debt issues totalling $1,750m for early redemption and expects to use cash reserves and new debt to fund the exercise — with interest rates so low in the US , new debt is cheaper than most old debt ; one-time costs associated with the redemptions are expected to reduce first quarter 1993 earnings by about $0.04 per share but interest savings in subsequent quarters will reduce the full-year impact to less than $0.02 per share . |
| 6 | But CPSA spokesman Geoff Evans said yesterday that it was the tip of the iceberg . |