Example sentences of "say only that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Gorbachev 's role is unclear : Hans Klein , the West German government spokesman , would say only that Mr Kohl 's last telephone message to the Soviet leader was on Friday , with a reply on Sunday . |
| 2 | He will say only that he will probably stay on as chief executive after he steps down as publisher . |
| 3 | The spokesman would say only that Mr Maxwell was co-operative in matters relating to the ‘ trading companies ’ . |
| 4 | I can say only that when I was at Bletchley the belief among my associates was that information had been received and that Ultra did not fail ; the intelligence it provided could not be fully acted upon for fear of betraying Ultra itself . |
| 5 | We can say only that the project has some experienced sonar experts , including Bill Thomas of Kelvin Hughes and Dr Brian Woodward of Loughborough University , and from Simrad of Norway , who have the longest commercial experience of horizontal sonar in the world . |
| 6 | Last night , a shocked Jean would say only that she was ‘ distressed and deeply hurt ’ . |
| 7 | He declined to give details on the machine and Chen would say only that his new system is not the design that Cray Research Inc rejected , leading to Chen quitting Cray to start his own company . |
| 8 | On the thorny question of support for the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment on its kit ( UX Nos 375 , 379 ) , Sun will now say only that if there is demand for it from customers , then ‘ fine , why not ? |
| 9 | Alekseev — reflecting the Soviet Union 's interests at the time — asked about diplomatic relations , but Castro would say only that ‘ what is fundamental now is not diplomatic relations . |
| 10 | On European monetary and economic union , I will say only that I wholeheartedly support the views expressed by my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister , the Foreign Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 11 | In my own defence I can say only that I went along for the ride , as it were , if you 'll forgive the expression , Mr Milton . ’ |
| 12 | But if a pay rise of 20 per cent was announced for town policeman tomorrow he would say only that they deserved it . |
| 13 | Mr Christie would say only that a club statement would be issued later . |
| 14 | The BBC would say only that the speculation was ‘ premature ’ . |
| 15 | The BBC would say only that any speculation was premature , adding : ‘ It is the highest rated chart-based show on any channel with a loyal audience of seven million . ’ |
| 16 | I shall say only that when we returned for worship next day the whole building was pristine . |