Example sentences of "say [conj] [noun sg] have [be] " in BNC.

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1 But then , the Tories say that poverty has been abolished !
2 The paper says that Sun has been working on the project for two and a half years under the code-name Green at its SunLabs unit under former Apple Computer Inc executive Wayne Rosing , and is forming a new company , First Person Inc , to exploit it .
3 He says that industry has been neglected , what 's needed is more investment , and more help for industry .
4 Arthur Thomas , quality , finance and planning manager for research and technology in the Wilton Materials Centre , says that reaction has been mixed : ‘ At first it was greeted by some of the senior managers as ‘ hyped up ’ JS jargon , though they 're fully committed to the process now .
5 I have already said that anathema had been pronounced over the Avant-garde from the beginning of the Thirties , and that made it very difficult for the avant-garde artists themselves , as well as for their families .
6 The fifth round of talks between North Korea and Japan on normalizing relations ended in Beijing , China , on Nov. 20 , with both sides saying that progress had been made .
7 ‘ Angy and I had supper together on the Monday evening but she never said that girl had been here , or that Rick was corning to see her . ’
8 ‘ You said that policeman had been here . ’
9 According to Radio France International Cheiffou said that progress had been hindered by various obstacles including intrigues by political parties and the unjustified expectations of the army .
10 He said that leadership had been shown and the members had conducted themselves in a disciplined manner with pride and dignity .
11 They said that difficulty had been created because of the uncertainty of poll tax funding and of the regime laid down by the Government .
12 Opening an extraordinary MPLA-PT congress in Luanda on April 24 , dos Santos said that agreement had been reached on a ceasefire to begin the following month and that elections would take place in September 1992 .
13 A communiqué issued after the meeting said that agreement had been reached on ( i ) the implementation of the CFE treaty without renegotiation ; ( ii ) a commitment by all former Soviet republics to honour the obligations of the Soviet Union under the CFE treaty ; and ( iii ) the ratification of the CFE treaty by all newly-independent states and completion of the process in time for the March-July session of the Helsinki Review Conference .
14 Just to say that claim had been processed at his end , had all relevant documentation , etc .
15 It will not be possible to say whether validation has been effective in ensuring that the Council 's courses are truly fulfilling their aims until the first graduates start entering industry but we have already started to review the operation of the validation process .
16 Since Sartre and Althusser there have been a number of possibilities : for some , the absolute historicism of the Frankfurt School has become increasingly attractive , although in its current manifestation in the work of Habermas we might say that history has been eclipsed far more effectively than by any comparable French philosopher .
17 They would say that walking has been , and always will be , the principal method of human transport , yet during the current motorised interlude those that can not or will not ride must step aside — literally — for those that do .
18 But the Lord Chancellor 's Office who oversee Swindon Crown Court , would only say that security had been reviewed , but that they would n't reveal details .
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