Example sentences of "[art] [noun] says [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The organiser of a country show which failed to pull in the crowds says he 'll be holding a full enquiry into what went wrong . |
| 2 | The housewife says she has an old and inefficient vacuum cleaner : this is a statement about the inappropriateness of the tool to the work . |
| 3 | The base says they need modernisation . |
| 4 | The board says it needs such a store in any case in the 1990s because there may be a shortage of reprocessing capacity at British Nuclear Fuels ' Sellafield plant ( New Scientist , 3 February , p 289 ) . |
| 5 | The interim dividend is being held at 4p , and the board says it expects to keep the final dividend , and therefore the total , unchanged at 6p . |
| 6 | The board says it expects to hold the total dividend for the year to April at 8.3p , and the shares fell 12p to 288p on the cash-call news . |
| 7 | The RAF says it ca n't comment until a board of inquiry reports back . |
| 8 | The RAF says it 's continuing tests and have decribed the helicopter as a ’ very reliable aircraft . ’ |
| 9 | The brewery says it 's now found a buyer and the White Horse will stay in business . |
| 10 | The officer in charge of the case says it was a highly significant find . |
| 11 | The officer in charge of the case says it was a highly significant find . |
| 12 | Gloucester City Football Club have done an about turn too … they 've got Brian Godfrey the man they sacked as manager three months ago back in charge … the chairman says he made a mistake … three cheers for him … |
| 13 | He er especially when the chairman says he 's got every faith in him . |
| 14 | Even if the buyer says he has not made up his mind yet , the salesperson can continue with his presentation or ask the customer a question , depending on which is most appropriate to the given situation . |
| 15 | I think we 've only got four which er this aircraft can fly or for the moment the three tornado F three bases and the one jaguar base er is the ministry says they 're looking at cutting back on those ? |
| 16 | The ministry says it will take this action under the 1854 Defence Act if the commoners — local residents — can not agree to relinquish rights which affect military installations . |
| 17 | The ministry says it will provide special funds to help fight the disease . |
| 18 | The ministry says it has paid for 6,000 miles since the scheme started in 1986 . |
| 19 | The Ministry says it has a duty to buy from overseas if that provides the best value for money for the taxpayer . |
| 20 | ( 1.65 m ) and you weigh 9 st 11 lb ( 62.1 kg ) , the chart says you are just right provided you have a large frame . |
| 21 | The work will take around 15 months to complete , but the Vicar says they 're trying not to let it disrupt life at the Abbey . |
| 22 | The vicar says he 'll can live of his savings for a few weeks , but if there 's still no escape from the dole he 'll have to return to Greece . |
| 23 | ‘ Because the ghost says them to me . |
| 24 | This is the Watermead estate begun in the mid eighties just outside Aylesbury — the CPRE says it does n't object to housing being built , but the way it 's done ’ |
| 25 | The driver says he bought a beer . |
| 26 | Come on , please , the driver says I know , I know , speed up , let's test her stamina . |
| 27 | If the Government spends less than the budget says it would spend during the year , then it is obviously better off at the end of the year and can then spend more or repay borrowings or reduce taxes . |
| 28 | The Duchess says she 's very pleased with the work and delighted they 've got a chance to put their skills on show . |
| 29 | A hoax is a hoax , of course , but it seems different when the phoney says he is Balenciaga 's grandson . |
| 30 | The EPA says it was obliged to approve the pueblo 's standards : " If an entity such as a state or a pueblo wishes to adopt standards that are stricter than national standards , we can not stop them . " |