Example sentences of "it said [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been thinking about what you said , ’ it said before Rincewind could open his mouth . |
| 2 | I was reading my instructions though and it said before you start pressing knobs |
| 3 | Yes that seems to me to fit that sort of bill , erm to be quite honest I would prefer that we base the promises on a previous paper that T six six one , er you know , sort of er typical success of the fact looking forward cos at least erm that 's not so erm , you know , sort of difficult to erm you know achieve as erm sort of repairing potholes within , when you consider that the reason that the potholes do n't get mended is because government legislation has it that we have to actually erm have lines painted all round them , so that they can be part of the package of er road mending in many cases , I mean urgently erm difficult ones are not that common er so I think that perhaps some of these promises are so difficult because it gives with one hand and takes back with the other , you know , it says we promise , but , I , I would say that 's not much of a promise , you say I promise to erm , you know , erm merge , I forgot about , but if it said but , you know , if it rains I wo n't tell you , er it would be very sad |
| 4 | He also criticised the reference to critical control points under which it said that : ‘ Food business operators shall identify any process undertaken which may be critical to ensuring food safety and ensure that adequate safety procedures are identified , maintained and reviewed . ’ |
| 5 | I have also heard it said that the lemon reduced the foam to manageable proportions , but why would anyone want to flatten a naturally sparkling drink ? |
| 6 | But it said that Germany 's cellular subscriber base could soar to three million by the year 2000 , compared with 150,000 today . |
| 7 | It said that fears for public order would make a hearing undesirable . |
| 8 | It said that he had reneged on his monetarist beliefs ; that arrogance has been his undoing ; and that his policy lay in ruins . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've heard it said that we are going to be a service economy . |
| 10 | It said that ‘ the party 's ignorant and arrogant behaviour over the years towards reserved and moderate criticism provoked the crisis . ’ |
| 11 | It said that Gen Aoun had threatened to destroy Beirut and kill deputies and leaders who approved an Arab-backed peace plan . |
| 12 | It said that the ambulance control centre at Waterloo was in ‘ chaos and confusion , ’ and maintained that ambulance crews were continuing to answer 999 calls , even though they were suspended . |
| 13 | It said that a strike would be damaging to the company and to its staff . |
| 14 | It said that strikes usually lasted five days but it could not differentiate between official and unofficial disputes . |
| 15 | He remembers hearing it said that each man in one gang at least vowed to kill or disable the keepers if they attempted to thwart their attacks on the game . |
| 16 | It said that a continuing strong demand for credit showed that higher interest rates , whose effects were mitigated by direct subsidies and tax relief , were not holding down investment . |
| 17 | It said that while recovery in east Germany had begun , the east would remain dependent on the west 's financial aid for longer than expected , while taxes might have to be raised again . |
| 18 | It said that the study had proved that the capital and operating costs then being achieved made the advantages of diesel much less attractive and that the cost benefits had diminished . |
| 19 | As far as danger to the local population was concerned , it said that a ‘ North East wind is blowing across the Windscale factory and is taking any radioactive dust or vapour out to sea ’ . |
| 20 | It said that the Special Powers Act was preventing British standards of justice from prevailing in Northern Ireland , and went on : |
| 21 | It said that as a result of these investigations the committee was satisfied that there was no evidence of Londonderry Corporation being guilty of discrimination . |
| 22 | I have heard it said that when bream break surface it is simply to obtain the extra oxygen available there . |
| 23 | It said that he was more suited in his role as surveyor of Crown property than as a designer of the Downing Street offices . |
| 24 | It said that the Commissioners of Works were inviting ‘ architects of all countries ’ to submit designs for the concentration of Government Offices on the site between Whitehall and the Houses of Parliament , and for two buildings , one for the Foreign Office and the other for the War Department , which the ‘ Government have determined to erect forthwith , as parts of a general scheme ’ . |
| 25 | It said that inherently bad foundations and faulty construction meant that the cost of maintaining the old building for any length of time ‘ must be necessarily large ’ , and even at the time of his examination the building was undergoing further repairs . |
| 26 | It said that the governors ‘ do not see the immediate necessity for applying to the Crown for a Royal Charter to be granted to this Institution ’ but that ‘ every facility ’ would be given to the veterinary surgeons ‘ for procuring an Act of Parliament to prevent certain grievances complained of by the Memorial , which could not be relieved by a Charter ’ . |
| 27 | It said that to publish the Data Sheet ‘ would be inappropriate … at this time ’ . |
| 28 | It said that the ‘ benefit/cost ratio of Super-SARA is low and that , at the present time , the risk can not be discounted of substantial cost overruns . ’ |
| 29 | It said that where a dominant enterprise charged prices below the average variable cost , those prices must necessarily be considered predatory , because the enterprise could have no other interest in charging loss-making prices besides the elimination of its competitors . |
| 30 | It said that he had a big problem he did n't want to bother me with , but that if anything happened to him , I was to pass on this envelope to you . |