Example sentences of "officials said the " in BNC.
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1 | US officials said the general would fall quickly , but he has proved a resilient and cunning opponent . |
2 | In Washington , US Administration officials said the soldiers — members of the elite Green Berets — feared the rebels had left booby traps behind and waited for Salvadorean troops to work their way to the sixth floor , on which the soldiers were trapped . |
3 | The officials said the plan , approved by the President last week , has as a central element the use of the US military to intercept drug transactions abroad . |
4 | Officials said the supply of money remained high relative to economic activity , and that companies that did not speculate excessively in land and shares in recent years had plenty of liquidity . |
5 | Officials said the Prime Minister wanted to ‘ unlock talent from all parts of the party ’ in completing the reshaping of his administration . |
6 | Officials said the radiation leak did not reach the open air . |
7 | UN officials said the ambush occurred 50 metres from a checkpoint manned by French UN soldiers on the highway into the city which is known as ‘ Sniper Alley . ’ |
8 | Pinto confirmed that a prototype Alpha box would be around by the end of the year ( UX No 376 ) — other officials said the emergence of shrink-wrapped non-proprietary Unix environments — with the added incentive of Unix System Laboratories Inc 's Destiny and Microsoft Corp NT already scheduled for Alpha — will open up the workstation market sufficiently for it to stake a claim . |
9 | Government officials said the UK 's exact contribution to the task force had yet to be worked out . |
10 | Officials said the accident , caused by sparks igniting leaking hydrogen , had nothing to do with the nuclear process at the Zaporizha plant , which is Europe 's largest . |
11 | Oil industry officials said the decision would force Mexico to import some petrol products until a new 300,000 barrels-per-day plant was completed . |
12 | Officials said the incident had not presented any danger to the environment . |
13 | Hanover officials said the plane was allowed to leave because they took seriously the hijacker 's threat to shoot passengers . |
14 | Hanover officials said the plane was allowed to leave because they took seriously Demeke 's threat to shoot ‘ one flight attendant every five minutes ’ . |
15 | Officials said the passengers were in poor health because of unsanitary conditions aboard the 310ft freighter East Wood during their weeks at sea . |
16 | AS rescue boats continued their grim search for victims of the Haitian ferry disaster yesterday officials said the death toll could be as high as 2,000 . |
17 | Officials said the fighting between the militias , which torpedoed peace talks last month , again endangers negotiations between rival factions . |
18 | Buckingham Palace has denied a report that senior royal officials said the marriage had run into difficulties . |
19 | BUCKINGHAM Palace has denied a report that senior royal officials said the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales had run into difficulties . |