Example sentences of "quoted [conj] [verb] that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A company spokesman , Jerzy Pietraszek , was quoted as saying that the strike had caused the loss of 25,000 tonnes of electrolytic copper from the planned annual production of 320,000 tonnes . |
| 2 | A company spokesman , Jerzy Pietraszek , was quoted as saying that the strike had caused the loss of 25,000 tonnes of electrolytic copper from the planned annual production of 320,000 tonnes . |
| 3 | In the same issue the former FDLJ leader , Mohammed Adoyta Yussuf , now president of the FRUD , was quoted as saying that the FRUD " wishes to replace the tribalist regime of President Gouled with a government of national unity which represents equally the Issas , the Afars and other communities " . |
| 4 | On April 23 , a Sierra Leone military spokesman was quoted as saying that the border was now quiet [ see also p. 38136 ] . |
| 5 | Two weeks earlier , on March 15 , Mehrdad Kowkabi , an Iranian student held in the UK for 15 months , had been deported after a court dropped charges of arson against him , and Iranian officials had been quoted as saying that the government might respond to this " positive step " by releasing Cooper . |
| 6 | In an interview soon after his appointment as Director General , Joe Pilling , a senior civil servant , was quoted as saying that the transformation of the Prison Service into an executive agency would help to distance it from the Home Office and achieve greater operational freedom , adding : |
| 7 | De Klerk was quoted as saying that the agreement had cleared the way for negotiations , but he emphasized the government line that " mere suspension of the armed struggle " by the ANC or its armed wing , Umkhonto we Sizwe , was insufficient . |
| 8 | Two days later , Mobutu was quoted as saying that the conference would convene on April 29 to draw up a new constitution which , if approved by a referendum , would lead to multiparty politics . |
| 9 | The foreman was quoted as saying that the woman in question had shown ‘ everything she had ’ . |
| 10 | In a recent article in a Dutch newspaper ( NRC Handelsblad 25.3.92 ) , Keune was quoted as saying that the paint was ‘ an industrial product with good properties for objects which have to endure a lot of wear and tear , but that it was not something to be used in restorations . |
| 11 | The FDA was quoted as saying that the asthma drug Intal , which accounts for about half of Fisons ' pharmaceutical sales , was still on sale despite ‘ violations ’ only because of its medical necessity . |
| 12 | The PR dangers were summed up early on when one analyst was quoted as saying that the bid was akin ‘ to mugging an old age pensioner ’ . |
| 13 | By late June , however , close political aides of the PPP leader Benazir Bhutto were quoted as saying that the party was willing to co-operate with the army in putting an end to a " reign of terror " by its political rival , the Sind-based Mohajir Qaumi Mahaz ( MQM ) . |
| 14 | She apparently told her sometime lover , Marlon Brando , ‘ I do n't know if I do it right ’ and Norman Mailer , another to enjoy her favours , was quoted as saying that the screen goddess was ‘ pleasant in bed , but receptive rather than innovative ’ . |