Example sentences of "officials said [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | West German officials said they hoped similar arrangements could be made . |
| 2 | But other US officials said they believed the subject of the convertible rouble , and the gold standard , would arise in Moscow . |
| 3 | West German officials said they understood the trains would be sealed from the inside , and would take roundabout routes to evade jumpers-on . |
| 4 | The Portuguese officials said they would hear the appeal on 18 October and confirmed the appeal only involved the fine and not the ban , which actually took effect at the Spanish Grand Prix last Sunday . |
| 5 | The cold war may be over and dead , but spooks still rule OK — the US Central Intelligence Agency has warned more than 70 US defence , aerospace and financial companies that their industrial secrets are targets of French intelligence agents and diplomats , Defense Week reports , adding that the warning has caused Hughes Aircraft Co to drop plans to exhibit aerospace equipment at the Paris Air Show in June ; a 21-page French government document from about 1990 outlines US aerospace and defence corporate secrets in which French companies are interested , US officials say ; according to the Washington Post , Hughes officials said they were told one item the French memo lists is Hughes ' HS601 communications satellite ; French firms recently outbid Hughes to provide $258m in communications birds to Arab lands . |
| 6 | But yesterday , as B&I showed off its 20,000 tonne vessel , the Isle of Innisfree , to travel agents , local civic leaders and the media , company officials said they were not worried by the opposition 's move . |
| 7 | But yesterday , as B&I showed off its 20,000 tonne vessel , the Isle of Innisfree , to travel agents , local civic leaders and the media , company officials said they were not worried by the opposition 's planned move . |
| 8 | Officials said they would lead to danger on the busy A689 which runs through the middle of the community . |
| 9 | In Sarajevo , UN officials said they hoped to begin medical evacuations from the besieged city soon . |
| 10 | College officials said they could not recall any previous speaker receiving such an enthusiastic welcome . |
| 11 | She was the target of a bomb attack during her visit and French officials said they suspected Iraqi government agents . |
| 12 | Mr Banerjee said only the would-be bomber had been killed , but witnesses and other railway officials said they had seen four bodies on the platform . |
| 13 | But last night union officials said they were optimistic that negotiations could soon re-start to resolve the dispute . |
| 14 | Jack , 55 , was fined £400 by Teesside Crown Court last month for sailing to the Arctic in breach of DoT detention orders after officials said his 70 year-old vessel was unseaworthy . |
| 15 | Whitehall officials said there was no planned campaign behind all the activity linking London and Johannesburg . |
| 16 | Though Belgium has been pouring money into Sabena to keep it upright , officials said there was no question of illegal state aids . |
| 17 | Airport officials said there had been no hint of trouble until radio contact was suddenly lost three minutes from touchdown . |
| 18 | Discretion is the better part of valour , or forewarned is forearmed : Associated Press , writing up IBM Corp 's layoffs in New York State , says ‘ Company officials said there was no violence or threats at the plants , although a Kingston sporting goods store that sells guns closed up shop Tuesday morning . ’ |
| 19 | Officials said he had told them he still has 20 children , 47 women and 43 men with him . |
| 20 | The officials said he had swallowed the drug in a small capsule but police had found it after forcing him to excrete it . |
| 21 | Officials said he would have the same message for all — the time has come to revive direct Arab-Israeli negotiations . |
| 22 | Auriol , winner of the Monte Carlo rally , was disqualified in Sweden after officials said he had been given oil outside a technical help zone . |
| 23 | UN officials said he was shot leaving school during stone-throwing protests . |