Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] said [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An Iraqi government statement issued on March 30 said that the devices were " merely electrical capacitors , used for many industrial , scientific and technical purposes " . |
| 2 | An International Labour Organization ( ILO ) report of March 30 said that the slump in production would mean that more than 15,000,000 jobs would be lost in the former Soviet Union in 1992 — 12 per cent of the workforce . |
| 3 | Reports on Jan. 22 said that the recently privatized Muslim Commercial Bank Ltd and the Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan , a development finance organization , were to appeal to the Supreme Court against a ruling by an Islamic court banning bank interest [ see p. 38683-84 ] . |
| 4 | The Algerian Foreign Ministry said on Jan. 17 said that the war " imposed " on the " fraternal Iraqi people " had been " forcefully rejected " , and the largest of all the protest demonstrations took place in Algiers , where a march organized by the fundamentalist Front Islamique du Salut ( FIS ) on Feb. 1 reportedly involved 400,000 people . |
| 5 | A government press note issued on Jan. 11 said that the riots had been sparked off by inmates demanding " the release of all prisoners following the liberation of the country from autocratic rule " . |
| 6 | However , Le Monde of July 2 said that the programme " read more as a catalogue of good intentions than an exact timetable for the pursuit of economic reforms " , implying that its approval was timed to coincide with the G-7 meeting [ see p. 38990 ] . |
| 7 | A separate statement issued by Germany on July 7 said that the summit had deplored the continued fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh ; condemned non-compliance by Iraq with UN Gulf war resolutions ; and urged the resumption of negotiations in South Africa . |
| 8 | Reports on Aug. 7 said that the government had airlifted hundreds of Palestinians , expected to total 3,000 by mid-August , to Jordan [ see pp. 38118 ; 38166 ; 38309 ] ] . |
| 9 | A Vietnam News Agency report on May 21 said that the joint team had investigated " 11 reports on sightings of live Americans " in various cities and provinces . |
| 10 | Commenting on the incident , the New York Times of May 3 said that the US administration had employed " diplomatic symbolism " to show its irritation at Israel 's intransigence in the current peace negotiations . |
| 11 | Le Monde of Sept. 6 said that an estimated 400,000 hectares of rice had been affected , adding that rice prices had more than tripled in a week . |
| 12 | However , a report of July 29 said that the Armenian delegation was returning to Rome . |
| 13 | The EC statement of May 8 said that the call " violated the most elementary principles and obligations governing relations between sovereign states " . |
| 14 | The Guardian of May 23 said that the fighting , previously " confined to sporadic small arms skirmishes " , was intensifying with the use of heavy weaponry and organized military formations . |
| 15 | Reports on Aug. 15 said that the Prosecutor General , Abolfazi Moussavi Tabrizi , had threatened to impose the death sentence on anyone violating the dress code . |
| 16 | A report on Sept. 19 said that the World Health Organization ( WHO ) expected death rates in Kuwait resulting from oil fire pollution to increase by 10 per cent in 1992 [ see pp. 38119 ; 38166 ] . |
| 17 | Reports on July 20 said that the United States had tightened restrictions on aid to the mujaheddin after the abduction of two US aid workers in mujaheddin-held territory . |
| 18 | A joint communiqué issued on May 19 said that the talks between Jiang and Gorbachev had been held in a " friendly , frank and businesslike atmosphere " and had covered " the whole range of Soviet-Chinese relations " . |
| 19 | A Polish television report on Aug. 19 said that the remaining 450,000 Soviet troops were continuing to withdraw from Poland as planned , and President Walesa remarked that the coup proved the need for a continuing NATO military presence in Europe . |
| 20 | However , a Defence Department ( Pentagon ) spokesman quoted in The Washington Post of July 19 said that the set of remains alleged to be Col. Robertson had in fact been those of a " non-human mammal " . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , reports on Sept. 20 said that a Harvard University medical team which had recently returned from Iraq had found that the number of child deaths due to malnutrition and disease had trebled since the imposition of sanctions . |
| 22 | Launching International Literacy Year 1990 , UNESCO Director General said that the absolute number of illiterates had begun to decline for the first time in history . |
| 23 | Mandela on Oct. 12 said that the ANC was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalization if the business community could provide an alternative which would redress the economic imbalances in the country . |
| 24 | A statement by the human rights organization Amnesty International on Feb. 5 said that the recent trials of Tiananmen dissidents fell " far short of international standards " . |
| 25 | Reports on Oct. 18 said that the German Defence Minister , Gerhard Stoltenberg had assured ministers that the new corps did not signify a " questioning of NATO 's central role " , but that both UK and Netherlands officials had expressed concern . |
| 26 | Praising the " spirit of the Asian Games " , the People 's Daily on Oct. 8 said that the successful hosting of the event would become a " lasting impetus to boost China 's modernization drive " . |
| 27 | Subsequent reports on Oct. 1 said that the head of the UN-IAEA commission on Iraq [ see pp. 38165 ; 38211 ] , Rolf Ekeus , had " firmly instructed " the team to brief only the commission or the IAEA , after it emerged that Kay had passed information directly to the US administration while held in Baghdad . |
| 28 | A report from the Syrian news agency ( SANA ) on Feb. 23 said that an undisclosed number of refugees had arrived from Baghdad and Dahuk province in Iraq . |
| 29 | A report on Tehran radio on March 6 said that the new security pact would " hurt the interests of all the countries in the region " [ see also p. 38119 ] . |
| 30 | A report in the Guardian of Nov. 7 said that a ban by NATO countries ( which dominated COCOM ) on exporting " secret " high technology to communist countries had cost the UK telecommunications company British Telecom a £4,200,000 ( US$7,100,000 ) order to supply optical fibre equipment for a new telephone link in Vietnam . |