Example sentences of "said of [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We looked in vain in Siemens AG 's first half report on Monday for any mention of its Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG computer subsidiary , and with all the dreadful economic news coming out of Germany , it began to assume the air of the dog that did n't bark : Siemens said of its overall business that it did not show any revival in the first half , and that continued economic decline affected domestic business and led to a decline in incoming orders , and there was no recovery in its foreign business ; laying it on with a trowel , Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's leading economic advisor was quoted on Tuesday as saying that German workers failed to recognise the danger of high wages in a time of recession , and that German products were too expensive for world markets as wage increases outpaced growth in productivity , and earlier , Siemens Nixdorf had had to rebut a magazine report that its losses would be even worse this year , saying that it was certain that its results would improve this fiscal year ; the article , in Manager Magazin , also said that Siemens was looking for a replacement for Siemens Nixdorf management board chairman Hans-Dieter Wiedig , and added that plans to reduce the workforce to 41,000 by 1995 from 47,200 at the end of February could well be accelerated . |
| 2 | She gave up the branch chairmanship of the Civil and Public Servants union in 1990 after 10 years and said of her multi-purpose role : ‘ My husband used to say our lounge was like an office on Sunday nights when I was sorting through my paperwork for the week . ’ |
| 3 | Mrs Harding said of her forthcoming retirement : ‘ I imagine I will keep up some of the work and stay in touch with a lot of the friends I have made . ’ |
| 4 | Ice cool Dr Apps said of their big night out : ‘ It will be a bit boring but we 'll take a walkman and try to get a good night 's sleep . ’ |
| 5 | What pleased me very much was that someone said of my first photographs taken abroad that they looked like they had been taken anywhere . |
| 6 | What pleased me very much was that someone said of my first photographs taken abroad that they looked as if they could have been taken anywhere . |
| 7 | I visited a college there in , in that offshore island in the Indian Ocean and met the principal of that theological college and I said to him , I asked him how the college was going and he gave the same blandness to his answer as to my question and then he said of his theological college we are still training an aristocracy for the church and ensuring the inertia of the people of God . |
| 8 | Ian Stark once said of his great mount Murphy Himself that if Murphy 's ears were really pricked while they were going round a cross country course that he was probably out of control ! |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm going to offer a programme that 's going to create half a million or more jobs in the short run , that is highly progressive , that is very well balanced , that is faithful to the great middle class of this country and good for the things that we care about , jobs and health care , ’ he said of his economic plan . |
| 10 | Dr. Berry said of his new appointment : ‘ I see the Westlakes research Institute as providing a tremendous opportunity for extending scientific and technological knowledge . |
| 11 | Cliff Bastin said of his celebrated partner : ‘ The first thing that struck me about Alex was his terrific self-confidence . |