Example sentences of "[noun] said that about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The board 's inspectors said that about 40 per cent of incidents of pollution recorded there are due to contamination by silage effluent or slurry . |
| 2 | Tiu said that about 70 countries had already recognized Moldova as an independent state , and that relations with Hungary would be a first step to closer integration with Europe . |
| 3 | A report on June 1 quoting US official figures said that about 13,000 Kurds who had sought refuge in the mountains on the Iraqi-Turkish border [ see p. 38126 ] had died before reaching allied " safe havens " [ see pp. 38127-28 ] . |
| 4 | Vrba said that about 30 per cent of the workforce of the enterprises concerned would probably be made redundant after their sell-off . |
| 5 | But the Coastguard spokesman said that about five tonnes of diesel had escaped into the sea . |
| 6 | A spokesman for National Power said that about 15 per cent of British coal had an even higher sulphur content than orimulsion . |