Example sentences of "bush said [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After one of his recent speeches , George Bush said that Jordan had ‘ moved over , way over , into Saddam Hussein 's camp ’ . |
| 2 | Last autumn President Bush said that what was wrong with the Soviet Union was not so much its ideology as the fact that it had had an ideology at all . |
| 3 | Asked to comment , Bush said that his views of Europe 's future security were " very close " to Mitterrand 's , and denied that there was a danger of a rift between the USA and its European allies . |
| 4 | In a speech to housebuilders in Atlanta on the same day Bush said that " the 1990s must be another decade of lower taxes and lower interest rates " . |
| 5 | On Germany , Bush said that he was not sure whether differences over the terms for German unification had been narrowed , although each side now understood the other 's concerns better . |
| 6 | Bush said that the Lithuanian independence crisis was " one of the thorns in the side " of US-Soviet relations . |
| 7 | Bush said that he would be willing to lift US sanctions once the Pretoria government had fulfilled conditions including the total lifting of the state of emergency . |
| 8 | Bush said that although " there are some things in it I had to gag and digest " , he would sign it " because for the first time it makes significant and long-term cuts in federal spending that should have a positive impact on America 's economic future " . |
| 9 | The Rafsanjani initiative was welcomed by the Soviet Union , by UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , and by French and Turkish spokesmen , but a US State Department official said that " the Iranians are not directly involved in this conflict and our interest is in getting Iraq out of Kuwait " , while Bush said that " we have to go forward and prosecute this [ the war ] to a successful conclusion " . |
| 10 | Bush said that Iraq should designate military commanders to meet their coalition counterparts within the next 48 hours to arrange for the military aspects of the ceasefire . |
| 11 | In his statement released on the eve of the resumption of the Geneva Conference on Disarmament [ see p. 37979 ] , Bush said that " we are formally forswearing the use of chemical weapons for any reason , including retaliation " and added that " the USA unconditionally commits itself to the destruction of all our stocks of chemical weapons within 10 years of [ the convention 's ] entry into force " . |
| 12 | Unveiling his plans during a speech to the US Air Force Academy in Colorado , Bush said that his initiative was intended " to slow and then reverse the build-up of unnecessary and destabilizing weapons " in the Middle East . |
| 13 | Making the announcement , Bush said that there had been " a profound transformation " in the apartheid system which he believed was " irreversible " . |
| 14 | Bush said that all five of the conditions had already been met , and that the USA accepted the argument of the Pretoria regime that all " true " political prisoners had been released [ see p. 38324 ] . |
| 15 | Summarizing the " central idea " underlying START , Bush said that " stabilizing reductions in our strategic nuclear forces reduces the risk of war " . |
| 16 | For his part , Bush said that the participation of the Soviet Union in the IMF and the World Bank on the basis of the special status granted to it at the G-7 meeting was " the most important thing that the Soviet Union could do right now " . |
| 17 | Bush said that restrictions on trade and investment would continue until the elections , but offered humanitarian aid and direct financial assistance for the elections . |
| 18 | Hopes that the committee 's decision might force better terms from the USA were disappointed when US President Bush said that the US side was not prepared to renegotiate . |
| 19 | At a news conference on Sept. 12 held to coincide with an emergency meeting of pro-Israel lobby groups in Washington , Bush said that he had " worn out the telephone " in lobbying Republican senators for their support in securing a delay which he regarded as crucial to the peace process , but that he was " up against some powerful political forces " . |
| 20 | In a nationally televised speech , Bush said that developments in the Soviet Union had made it possible for the United States unilaterally to " take steps to make the world a less dangerous place than ever before in the nuclear age " . |
| 21 | In a move reportedly designed to persuade the Soviet Union to abandon its rail-mounted mobile intercontinental missile system , the SS-24 , Bush said that the USA had given up plans to develop mobile versions of the MX and Midgetman missiles and that a programme to build the short-range attack missile ( SRAM ) had also been cancelled . |
| 22 | On Nov. 10 , US President Bush said that the USA would also impose trade sanctions , and on Nov. 11 the G-24 donor countries suspended aid to Yugoslavia . |
| 23 | Bush said that attention needed to be focused on the economic reconstruction of Cambodia " so its new political reconciliation has a home from which to grow " . |
| 24 | Assuring Singapore and other " friends " that the eventual closure of US bases in the Philippines [ see p. 38677 ] would " not spell the end to American engagement " in the Asia-Pacific region , Bush said that the US would " maintain a visible , credible presence " in the region through the use of forward deployed forces and bilateral defence arrangements . |
| 25 | In his annual State of the Union address to Congress [ see also pp. 38711-12 ] , Bush said that the proposed cuts would be the last of their kind , amounting to US$50,400 million over five years . |
| 26 | Justifying the decision to boost funding for SDI , Bush said that " we must have protection from limited nuclear missile attack " adding that " there are too many people in too many countries [ who ] have access to nuclear arms " . |
| 27 | In his veto message Bush said that if China was presented with such an ultimatum " the result will be weakened ties to the West and further repression " . |
| 28 | Bush said that they were committed to reaching an early agreement and Delors emphasized that there was too much at stake to allow failure . |
| 29 | Bush said that the agreement " brings us to the threshold of a new world , a world of hope and opportunity " , while Yeltsin said that it would make the world " more attractive , more human , kinder " . |
| 30 | In a statement issued on July 2 Bush said that it would remain US policy neither to confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons , but that " where we 've said we do n't have those weapons on board , we mean it " . |