Example sentences of "[noun sg] said [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | His department said that it only kept records of strikes lasting more than three days and involving more than 100 people . |
| 2 | On Sept. 11 the US State Department said that it endorsed the conclusions of the Gershony report and had expressed its concern to the Somali government . |
| 3 | Pyramid said that it will continue to concentrate on high-end systems , claiming that the low-end market was now saturated by Siemens Nixdorf and Olivetti . |
| 4 | The association said that it had heard of several cases in which EHOs had ordered unacceptable action from wine and drinks wholesalers under the 1990 Food Safety Act . |
| 5 | The Inland Revenue said that it did not have enough workers to carry out the revaluation in England and Wales , so from that date there were no revaluations of property . |
| 6 | The lawyer said that it was not possible to say that the young people had suffered any permanent effects as a result of their experience . |
| 7 | You must have heard the old story about the bucket of water ; when it was shown to the optimist he described it as being ‘ half full ’ while the pessimist said that it was ‘ half empty ’ . |
| 8 | Although the Israeli delegation said that it was prepared to discuss issues raised by the Palestinians , the two sides remained deeply divided over the organization of the talks . |
| 9 | Most recently , the Cadbury Committee said that it was not persuaded by those who called for such a limitation . |
| 10 | Although there is a lack of reliable data on acute pesticide poisoning , the committee said that it was clear that approximately two thirds of all poisonings were suicide attempts and that a quarter were accidental . |
| 11 | He fell to thinking of the shape in the well-pit , and then dropped into a drowsy half-dream , in which El-ahrairah said that it was all a trick of his to disguise himself as Poison-tree and put the stones in the wall , to engage Strawberry 's attention while he himself was getting acquainted with Nildro-hain . |
| 12 | The council said that it had deposed the President , abolishing his office , and had suspended parliament pending new elections . |
| 13 | In its reply , in a memorandum to HM Treasury , the Institute said that it was not convinced that the proposals were needed . |
| 14 | On March 28 an Interior Ministry spokesperson said that it was possible that former Communist leader Todor Zhivkov himself might be implicated in the crimes committed in the camps . |
| 15 | The Labour Party energy spokesperson said that it would be " quite outrageous if the public were to be left with a liability of anything like £6,600 million when the profit to fund that liability [ was ] being passed to the private sector " . |
| 16 | Because this would cause Mr Goodman financial hardship , a High Court judge said that it was wrong to grant a stay . |
| 17 | ‘ The trial lasted six days and in his summing up , the judge said that it was too difficult to determine the age of the dogs and that he did not believe a breeder would know her own stock — so basically the ‘ coincidence ’ was too strong . |
| 18 | The Judge said if it had cost one penny more he would have been hanged . |
| 19 | The director said that it would take between one and two weeks for the Soviet Union to send the forces it is currently pulling out , back into eastern Europe . |
| 20 | The Hungarian Foreign Ministry in announcing its unilateral decision on the question of joint citizenship said that it was prompted to act by the Romanian government 's " negative " attitude and the unsettled status of thousands of refugees from Romania in Hungary . |
| 21 | Papa said that it was a good servant , but a bad master , and he never joined in temperance rant . |
| 22 | The jobs that do seem to be safe are those of top management : an official familiar with the agenda for next week 's board meeting said that it does n't include any discussion of personnel changes involving John Akers or any other executive . |
| 23 | Amnesty said that it had evidence of children being detained , either on suspicion of illegal political activities , or with their fathers , some of whom were serving heavy sentences for their alleged involvement in the attempted coup of 1981 [ see pp. 31353-54 ; 31563 ] . |
| 24 | My hon. Friend said that it should be abolished this year , or at least in 1992-93 . |
| 25 | After the Head of Department had gone , the Head said that it was interesting and pleasing that the interview had identified an objective for the Head of Department which was congruent with the institutional needs of the school : to extend the range of his activities with Art . |
| 26 | The Court said that it was not easy to see in the circumstances what other inquiries Savory Milln could have made . |
| 27 | The court said that it could not tell the Chief Constable how he should respond to the situation as it could not judge the explosiveness of the situation at the time . |
| 28 | The county court said that it was not , this interpretation being opposite to that reached by a different county court . |
| 29 | The court said that it was not intended in Seymour to cast doubt on Venna which had used the Cunningham definition ( but was pre-Caldwell ) , and Venna was approved in DPP v Majewski [ 1977 ] AC 443 and seemingly by Lord Diplock himself in Caldwell . |
| 30 | The court said that it would not regard the separability of the information in question as being conclusive , but the fact that the alleged " confidential " information is part of a package and that the remainder of the package is not confidential is likely to throw light on whether the information in question is really a business secret . |