Example sentences of "quote as [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The Iraqi News Agency was quoted as reporting on Aug. 3 that Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Esmat Abdel Meguid , at a meeting with the Iraqi and Yemeni delegations in Istanbul on Aug. 3 , had expressed support for the ending of the blockade . ) |
| 2 | Viljoen was quoted as saying on Radio South Africa on Feb. 5 that there was no reason why a deadline of April 30 for the release of political detainees and the return of exiles could not be met . |
| 3 | A United States State Department official was quoted as saying on April 16 that US sanctions would remain in force pending South Africa 's compliance with the remaining two of five conditions set by the US Congress . |
| 4 | Three weeks of fighting around Monrovia since the start of the latest rebel attacks [ see p. 39131 ] had killed 3,000 people and wounded 8,000 , a World Health Organization ( WHO ) official was quoted as saying on Nov. 3 . |
| 5 | The C.-in-C. of the Indonesian armed forces , Gen. Try Sutrisno , was quoted as saying on Nov. 23 that Gusmao would be " accused of engaging in subversive acts , murder and theft , accusations which may mean the death penalty " . |
| 6 | Yazdi had been quoted as saying on Nov. 27 that Iran would continue to implement Islamic-based laws , including the death penalty . |