Example sentences of "deny that there had been " in BNC.

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1 Azerbaijan 's Minister of the Interior , Iskender Khamidov , left for Nakhichevan to hold talks over the issue , denying that there had been a conflict .
2 The Prime Minister has again denied that there had been any direct British assistance to the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia .
3 Havers strenuously denied that there had been a cover-up , and Mr Douglas Hurd , then a Minister of State at the Foreign Office , maintained that a full inquiry into the affair had revealed nothing to suggest that national security had been prejudiced .
4 Although the CEGB immediately denied that there had been any unreported incident at the power station , the effect of the health authority report was electric .
5 The unrest was taken sufficiently seriously to prompt vigorous attempts by senior members of the government to dampen this constant speculation about the leadership : for example , Sir Geoffrey Howe , among others , publicly denied that there had been any Cabinet-level discussion about the Prime Minister standing down .
6 The magistrate , Mr S.K. Upadhyaya , resplendent among the dusty villagers in a navy blazer and a silver-tipped walking stick , denied that there had been any attempt to intimidate voters .
7 Mrs. Healey denied that there had been any collision and proposed to call expert evidence to prove that any damage to the plaintiff 's car could not have been done by her car .
8 Israel initially refused to comment on the report but it was finally confirmed on Dec. 28 by Arens who denied that there had been any direct contact with Iran .
9 The regime , however , sought to play down the unrest and on Nov. 26 the Sudanese ambassador to Egypt denied that there had been a coup attempt , asserting that the situation was stable .
10 In a broadcast on the same day Foreign Affairs Minister Pascoal Mocumbi denied that there had been violations , and accused the MNR of contradicting itself .
11 The authorities denied that there had been any insider trading by dealers anticipating price rises resulting from the March 21 suspension of trading .
12 French relief workers claimed that the Djibouti government and French army officers stationed in Djibouti had sent back a group of refugees across the border into an inhospitable desert region of Ethiopia on June 2 ; however , the French Foreign Ministry denied that there had been any forcible expulsions from Djibouti .
13 On March 13 the Greek government denied that there had been any interference in Albania 's internal affairs , and dissociated itself from a recent declaration by the Metropolitan of Konitsa in which the archbishop had urged Greek Albanians to return to Albania in order to vote in the elections .
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