Example sentences of "be [adv] quoted [conj] [v-ing] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ Despite this clear statement of their findings , this paper is widely quoted as showing that there is no link between colic and maternal diet . |
| 2 | The Katsina police commissioner was later quoted as saying that there had been no deaths , contrary to media reports . |
| 3 | A spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry was later quoted as reaffirming that the disputed islands belonged to Iran , and as referring to the GCC 's use of " inappropriate words " . |
| 4 | The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer , Norman Lamont , was also quoted as saying that he did not believe that the present position of the dollar had rendered it " uncompetitive . " |
| 5 | A senior official in the Zambian Ministry of Planning was recently quoted as saying that development aid has to be spent more on sustaining than developing . |