Example sentences of "[noun sg] say that it was " in BNC.
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| 31 | IBM Corp has had to call in the headhunters again to find itself a new chief financial officer : it has tapped Russell Reynolds Associates , and the executive search firm says that it was actually hired by IBM prior to appointment of Louis Gerstner as chairman and chief executive . |
| 32 | The government said that it was clear that Mr Athulathmudali was yet another victim of the Tigers , who for more than a decade have been fighting for a separate Tamil state on the island . |
| 33 | The government said that it was reorganizing and restoring morale in national anti-drug institutions . |
| 34 | This demand was supported by the United States government , while the Netherlands government said that it was stopping its annual US$120,000,000 aid payment to its former colony . |
| 35 | On Nov. 18 the German government said that it was recalling its ambassador as a protest at the " increasing brutality " aimed at the opposition movement . |
| 36 | Troops advanced from the garrison towns of Malakal and Juba , while the government said that it was still prepared to participate in any future peace talks with the rebels which Nigeria might succeed in mediating [ for October 1991 postponement of talks see p. 38519 ] . |
| 37 | The US government said that it was very concerned about the incident , denying Peruvian claims that the aircraft , en route to Panama , was off course . |
| 38 | In a statement on Nov. 10 , however , the Iskandarov government said that it was resigning to save the country from destruction . |
| 39 | The government said that it was concerned by press reports that the authorities in the Transkei " homeland " ( bantustan ) had concluded a military accord with APLA and provided training bases . |
| 40 | Sir David Scott Cairns OC , our counsel , thereupon rose from his seat and mildly brandished the licence to say that it was all permitted . |
| 41 | An Irish Development Authority spokesman said that it was continuing the battle for a complete retention of Galway , and arguing that ‘ Ireland , under any independent analysis , stands up more strongly than Scotland . ’ |
| 42 | This choice was helped to be made when one of them wrote me a nasty letter saying that it was clear that I wanted the other as my friend ( which , if I may say , was a lot of nonsense ) ! |
| 43 | The authorities ' campaign of arrests of suspected militants continued , although on Jan. 28 the ULFA issued a statement saying that it was ready to respond to any mediatory initiative . |
| 44 | In late January ULFA had issued a statement saying that it was ready to respond to any mediatory initiative [ see p. 37964 ] . |
| 45 | No one could be found after the sale to say that it was crazy to pay sums of up to £40,000 for garnitures which until recently were as deeply unfashionable in the English house as the aspidistra . |
| 46 | Johnny returned after lunch with his knee bandaged up but the hospital said that it was not really too serious but this meant that he was unable to take part in the afternoon 's activities . |
| 47 | ‘ I never wanted to enter your house again , but your letter said that it was a question of life and death , ’ said Alan Campbell . |
| 48 | By contrast Mrs Cowan , s son-in-law said that it was no trouble to him to visit his mother-in-law every day and help take care of her , but that he would ideally prefer her to be in residential care because there she would have constant care and companionship , which was what she really needed . |
| 49 | The appellant said that it was very far and very expensive . |
| 50 | One officer said that it was so precise that his men could have leaned against it ; another , that his only casualties were those who followed the wall too closely and became queasy from the fumes of explosives . |
| 51 | The mother says that it was not a wrongful removal and that , even if it was , she has a defence under article 13 in that there is a grave risk that the return of the child would expose him to physical or psychological harm or otherwise place him in an intolerable situation . |
| 52 | The couple have now left Ross on wye , Jonathans girfriend says that it was only a small minority who were involved in racial abuse but it was so unpleasant they now feel they ca n't live there any longer . |
| 53 | On May 15 the Kurdistan Front said that it was not possible at present to issue a list allowing Turkoman inhabitants of the region to elect candidates but that " at the first available opportunity " Turkoman candidates would be elected to the National Assembly . |
| 54 | Beverley Cross said that it was an admiration of one performer for another ‘ and also he had such a soft spot for her after that year in Share My Lettuce . |