Example sentences of "said that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mujaheddin sources said that the soldiers were returned on humanitarian grounds ; there was no indication of an exchange of prisoners despite earlier reports that the Kabul government was prepared to exchange 73 mujaheddin prisoners for the two Soviet servicemen . |
| 2 | ‘ Were n't you worried when Mr Trueman said that the residents would have to pay more and might n't be able to stay if they became ill ? |
| 3 | He agreed that a mother 's censorship would be very limiting , and , after consulting Isobel , who was enchanted with the idea , he said that the furniture could be brought in . |
| 4 | Odd-Knut said that the locals , many of whom were in the fishing and related trades , were incensed . |
| 5 | And Reynolds said that the fight to clear his name had made him a stronger person . |
| 6 | Four years ago , the Government said that the poll tax would solve the local government finance problem . |
| 7 | The hon. Member for Leeds , North-West — a Conservative — said that the poll tax was a disaster . |
| 8 | Although Commonwealth observers reported that voting had been free and fair , Mancham said that the poll had been rigged against the Democratic Party , claiming that there had been an " abundant use of state apparatus " in the SPPF campaign and that there had been irregularities in the establishment of the electoral lists , allowing some people to vote more than once . |
| 9 | Mr Alton said that the poll tax meant many people had dodged electoral registers in a bid to avoid payment . |
| 10 | The Bermuda discussions were brought before the British Cabinet on 4 February ; Lord Winster said that the talks were only preliminary , but the Americans were treating them as a final agreement . |
| 11 | Cable & Wireless said that the talks were at an early stage . |
| 12 | A joint communiqué issued on May 19 said that the talks between Jiang and Gorbachev had been held in a " friendly , frank and businesslike atmosphere " and had covered " the whole range of Soviet-Chinese relations " . |
| 13 | Against the advice of Brooke , Major met them on May 15 in an attempt to break the deadlock , after which Paisley said that the talks would " definitely " continue . |
| 14 | Reports on July 9 , quoting French officials , said that the talks had been " long , complex and delicate " and hinted that US and French insistence on the doctrine of " minimum deterrence " ( the capability legitimately needed by countries to defend themselves — see p. 38217 ) had prompted suspicion that it was a ploy to secure existing shares in the international arms market . |
| 15 | Last night , a spokesman for the IDA said that the talks with Digital 's president and chief executive , Robert Palmer , had been constructive . |
| 16 | They said that the computer models used to support the ice theory were ‘ fabricated ’ . |
| 17 | His Lordship said that the court fully understood the mother 's feelings . |
| 18 | Mr Justice Chadwick said that the court 's powers to control the sale of land belonging to a charity stemmed from the ancient powers of the Crown . |
| 19 | The Court of Appeal said that the court must look at the wording and surrounding circumstances to find out what interest the clause was intended to protect . |
| 20 | In his twenty-one-page judgment he said that the court lacked the resources and expertise to resolve the issue of whether the missiles created a risk of nuclear war between the USA and the USSR . |
| 21 | Several of these points were taken up in the Takeover Panel case in which Lord Donaldson said that the court should be wary of allowing judicial review to be used as a tactical or delaying device by a company which is the target of a takeover bid or by one of several rival bidders . |
| 22 | He said that the court was faced with a spectrum of possibilities . |
| 23 | Lord Roskill said that the court should interfere because of the unfair manner in which the council set about obtaining its objective and as such fell within Lord Diplock 's ground of procedural impropriety . |
| 24 | In Acme Transport v Betts [ 1981 ] 1 Lloyd 's Rep 131 , at p134 , Cumming Bruce LJ said that the Court of Appeal " were indebted to the judgment and tact of Counsel in that neither of them sought to confine us by referring to authority on the meaning of other exemption clauses in other contexts " . |
| 25 | Today , the Foreign Office said that the Court in Nepal , which originally ordered their detention , had been given 3 days to either release the men , or to start trial proceedings . |
| 26 | But defending solicitor , Nic Parry , said that the court should not allow the ‘ law of the jungle of Holywell ’ to rule and if the case had to be adjourned for reports , then Catherwood , who admitted assault , should be allowed home . |
| 27 | But defending solicitor , Nic Parry , said that the court should not allow the ‘ law of the jungle of Holywell ’ to rule and if the case had to be adjourned for reports , then Catherwood , who admitted assault , should be allowed home . |
| 28 | Newall 's lawyer , Christopher Finch , said that the court 's costs ruling had saved his client tens of thousands of pounds . |
| 29 | Stephen Gold , who gained notoriety for his part in hacking into the Duke of Edinburgh 's Prestel mailbox , said that the law would not be enforceable . |
| 30 | However , after hearing legal arguments , the judge , Clive Callman , said that the law was ambiguous . |