Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] tell the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the controversy grew yesterday over the alleged Princess Diana love tapes , electronics experts told the Mirror just how easy it is to eavesdrop on mobile phones . |
| 2 | But the cable operators told the government that they would not invest in cable unless they could have pay-TV as a sweetener . |
| 3 | PC Stephen Noble who attended the scene at the college annex told the coroner a check on the van revealed it had been stolen eleven days previously . |
| 4 | In reply Jesus told the parable of the two debtors , a simple story about two men , one of whom owed a lot of money and the other a little . |
| 5 | The Trade and Industry Secretary told the Commons : ‘ The Government is not asserting that the conduct of the department was beyond criticism , given the benefit of hindsight . |
| 6 | ‘ When it comes to the purity of our water , we have virtually no traces of bacteria in the finished product , which is more than can be said for some other Common Market countries , ’ Dr Derek Miller , assistant director of the soon-to-be-privatised Water Research Centre told the newspaper . |
| 7 | BRITAIN 'S projected £20bn trade deficit for this year is the market 's ‘ definitive judgement ’ on a decade of Tory government , Bryan Gould , Labour 's trade and industry spokesman told the conference yesterday , writes Judy Jones . |
| 8 | A noise specialist told the inquiry that levels at the Sundial were not high , it had double glazing and an air conditioning system so there was no need to open windows . |
| 9 | A noise specialist told the inquiry that levels at the Sundial were not high , it had double glazing and an air conditioning system so there was no need to open the windows . |
| 10 | The last three cases are also authority for the proposition that it is proper , though not obligatory , for the trial judge to tell the jury that , as well as going to credibility , good character is relevant when considering whether the defendant is the kind of man who is likely to have behaved in the way that the prosecution alleged . |
| 11 | Digital Equipment Corp told the Microprocessor Forum last month that its Alpha chip is in production at 150MHz , with usable yields up to 182MHz . |
| 12 | As one House of Representatives committee chairman told the Eisenhower administration in 1953 : ‘ do n't expect us to start from scratch on what you people want . |
| 13 | A specially prepared Project Focus type folder telling the story of a project or organisation we are committed to funding and stating what £1,000 will pay for . |
| 14 | Judge Stephen Brown halted proceedings after the lunch recess to tell the court that an extremely distressed television viewer had telephoned his clerk after seeing a film clip of Tony on the BBC lunchtime news . |
| 15 | One pub regular told the Echo : ‘ The pub was all locked up and it was obvious that something was wrong . |
| 16 | Air crash investigators told the inquest that the battery recovered from the wreckage was flat . |
| 17 | Air crash investigators told the inquest that the battery recovered from the wreckage was flat . |
| 18 | Council officers told the works and health committee that the scheme would help the many pupils that became involved in the food industry after leaving school . |
| 19 | A crash investigator told the court he 'd calculated the speed using a reconstruction and tyre marks left on the road . |
| 20 | He said he realised it could be difficult for busy bar staff to tell the age of a mature girl who looked over 18 . |
| 21 | I look forward to the Home Secretary telling the Home Affairs Select Committee what he proposes to do with the prison service . |
| 22 | Outside in the gallery Benjamin told the rest of the group what we had found . |
| 23 | Later Ministry of Agriculture officials told the nuns that this was a mistake and that the food poisoning was due to Salmonella typhimurium . |
| 24 | The JOB command tells the operating system of the ICL 3900 which individual is running this job ( PMM ) , what his university ( NU ) , faculty ( L ) and department ( G ) are , the name of the job ( LGPMMGIMMS1 ) and the priority to be given to the job ( 3 on a scale 1–5 ) . |
| 25 | When the children were young " big sister " was delegated to get the smaller ones ready for bed while her mother shared the leadership of the evening services.Joyce told the children fairy stories or Bible stories and they sang Army songs and choruses . |
| 26 | Eye movements tell the transmitter something about the receiver . |
| 27 | OPEC Secretary-General Subroto told the meeting that prices for OPEC crude had fallen 15 per cent in real terms in the past two years , and that the weakness of the US dollar had pushed real prices down by more than 6 percentage points since the last OPEC meeting in May [ see p. 38938 ] . |
| 28 | Harada says that checking the ratio of type L to type D in an amino acid analyser tells the age of the specimen . |
| 29 | A fourth taxi driver told the police he escaped a murder attempt in north Belfast a short time later , claiming he spotted a black Mini car carrying two men who pulled on masks and produced a gun when they approached his car on the Antrim road . |
| 30 | The opening episode tells the story of Jonathan , a patient with full blown AIDS who needs dialysis . |