Example sentences of "officials said [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Officials said every couple had been personally matched by Moon using photos and a computer . |
| 2 | They submitted their final report together with recommendations to him two months ago and last night , Foreign Office officials said a decision was expected soon . |
| 3 | Military officials said a relief column heading for Huambo , where a battle has raged for six weeks , clashed with Unita forces about 60 miles from the city . |
| 4 | US officials said the general would fall quickly , but he has proved a resilient and cunning opponent . |
| 5 | In Washington , US Administration officials said the soldiers — members of the elite Green Berets — feared the rebels had left booby traps behind and waited for Salvadorean troops to work their way to the sixth floor , on which the soldiers were trapped . |
| 6 | The officials said the plan , approved by the President last week , has as a central element the use of the US military to intercept drug transactions abroad . |
| 7 | Officials said the supply of money remained high relative to economic activity , and that companies that did not speculate excessively in land and shares in recent years had plenty of liquidity . |
| 8 | Officials said the Prime Minister wanted to ‘ unlock talent from all parts of the party ’ in completing the reshaping of his administration . |
| 9 | Officials said the radiation leak did not reach the open air . |
| 10 | UN officials said the ambush occurred 50 metres from a checkpoint manned by French UN soldiers on the highway into the city which is known as ‘ Sniper Alley . ’ |
| 11 | Pinto confirmed that a prototype Alpha box would be around by the end of the year ( UX No 376 ) — other officials said the emergence of shrink-wrapped non-proprietary Unix environments — with the added incentive of Unix System Laboratories Inc 's Destiny and Microsoft Corp NT already scheduled for Alpha — will open up the workstation market sufficiently for it to stake a claim . |
| 12 | Government officials said the UK 's exact contribution to the task force had yet to be worked out . |
| 13 | Officials said the accident , caused by sparks igniting leaking hydrogen , had nothing to do with the nuclear process at the Zaporizha plant , which is Europe 's largest . |
| 14 | Oil industry officials said the decision would force Mexico to import some petrol products until a new 300,000 barrels-per-day plant was completed . |
| 15 | Officials said the incident had not presented any danger to the environment . |
| 16 | Hanover officials said the plane was allowed to leave because they took seriously the hijacker 's threat to shoot passengers . |
| 17 | Hanover officials said the plane was allowed to leave because they took seriously Demeke 's threat to shoot ‘ one flight attendant every five minutes ’ . |
| 18 | Officials said the passengers were in poor health because of unsanitary conditions aboard the 310ft freighter East Wood during their weeks at sea . |
| 19 | AS rescue boats continued their grim search for victims of the Haitian ferry disaster yesterday officials said the death toll could be as high as 2,000 . |
| 20 | Officials said the fighting between the militias , which torpedoed peace talks last month , again endangers negotiations between rival factions . |
| 21 | Buckingham Palace has denied a report that senior royal officials said the marriage had run into difficulties . |
| 22 | BUCKINGHAM Palace has denied a report that senior royal officials said the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales had run into difficulties . |