Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] say that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is the Prime Minister aware that building employers say that conditions are worse than they have been in 40 years , that car sales are down 20 per cent . |
| 2 | It 's all very well for all the major computer manufacturers to say that all the money is in software and services these days , and that hardware is a commodity business , but if no-one wants to make the hardware , there 's no industry . |
| 3 | We then collect together all the remaining processor flags and registers into what is known as a process state word or PSW ( some computer manufacturers say that the P stands for " processor " , or , incorrectly , for " program " ) . |
| 4 | In evaluations of the length of time spent on supervised clinical allocation before employment , the vast majority of course tutors said that course members felt that time allowed was inadequate , and would happily have continued for longer . |
| 5 | The RICS guidance notes said that an application could be made by letter , although it would not be processed until the official form had been completed and the fee paid . |
| 6 | He knew that it would be going to the Ministry of Defence , but the paperwork submitted to the Department of Trade and Industry would state that the purchaser was the Ministry of Agriculture ; Department of Trade and Industry rules said that manufactured goods could be exported to Iraq only if they had no military usage . |
| 7 | Several thousand people massed in the streets of Bamako , and opposition groups said that 148 had been killed and hundreds wounded in the three days . |
| 8 | On April 21 a statement signed by all major opposition groups said that the " frustrating and disappointing " new Cabinet represented " a challenge to popular opinion " and that the ruling family was thereby " opening many doors , threatening national unity and blowing the winds of unease , doubts and evil " . |
| 9 | Opposition deputies said that the bill would establish " an apartheid regime " , as citizenship had implications for obtaining work and property ownership . |
| 10 | Salomon Brothers says that in ten of 11 categories , including nappies , toothpaste and washing powder , P&G 's market share fell last year . |
| 11 | Following this decree , a meeting of representatives of 130 opposition parties said that they would not participate in the conference unless it had sovereign powers . |
| 12 | Investment bankers say that grey markets allow short-selling that drives down a new issue 's price . |
| 13 | Leaders of opposition factions said that Mr Yeltsin 's easy ride meant they were simply holding their fire for a more opportune moment to challenge the government during the nine-day Congress . |
| 14 | Industry watchers say that if the SQL Access Group survives and successfully markets completed specifications by the summer , then the two products can co-exist . |
| 15 | On Aug. 24 aid officials said that the UN had once more suspended flights to Juba after shells landed near a plane unloading food at Juba 's airport . |
| 16 | Oil industry officials said that Mexico would have to import some petrol products until a new 300,000 bpd plant was completed . |
| 17 | Aid workers say that hoes , fertiliser , blankets and clothes are badly needed , but that maize is not . |
| 18 | Administration officials said that an emergency meeting of the National Security Council ( NSC ) considered deploying US troops to back the rebels on Tuesday , but decided against it . |
| 19 | Bush said , however , that he would use his executive discretion to modify or suspend US sanctions when two more of the five conditions were met ; administration officials said that they expected the freeing of political prisoners and the lifting of the state of emergency in Natal to be regarded as adequate moves . |
| 20 | Administration officials said that to achieve that goal , the planes would fly at night and high enough to avoid danger of being shot down and would have no combat escorts . |
| 21 | Brigade officers said that but for the two men 's prompt action the woman almost certainly would have died . |
| 22 | The secretary of the local tennis club telephones to say that he wants to make a booking for their annual dinner and dance . |
| 23 | Reports using Kurdish opposition sources said that Saddam Hussein had named Brig. -Gen . |
| 24 | Yesterday Department sources said that the father is launching a legal battle in Buenos Aires to get control of the girl . |
| 25 | The newswire quotes industry executives saying that the trio plan to announce by the end of the month that they have produced a working sample of the chip , which they had not expected to be ready until early next year . |
| 26 | Aid agencies say that although well-meaning , the volunteers are threatening official relief work by making aid lorries vulnerable to attack . |
| 27 | Some club members say that problems have arisen because power at Rugby has been restricted to a small executive committee , and major constitutional changes at the club now seem likely at the annual meeting in June . |
| 28 | When the measures to privatise British Telecom were being debated in the House , Opposition Members said that the public telephone box was threatened with extinction . |
| 29 | What humbug it is for some Opposition Members to say that one should buy British and then travel around in foreign cars . |
| 30 | It is difficult for Opposition Members to say that there is no problem and that money can be spent because the general tide of expert opinion is in the Government 's favour . |