Example sentences of "saying that it would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sarah refused saying that it would cost too much in petrol to have an extra person in the car . |
| 2 | He says that there should be an increased capital allowance for this year , cunningly saying that it would cost nothing in the first year ; that is equivalent to saying that the bill is in the post , as we all know that it is paid after 12 months . |
| 3 | Moreover , Bismarck sold the idea of the Empire to the other states by saying that it would contain Prussia . |
| 4 | On Aug. 6 Islamic Jihad issued a statement saying that it would send within the next 48 hours " a special envoy " with an extremely important message to Pérez de Cuéllar . |
| 5 | The government justified the measures on security grounds , saying that it would end illegal infiltration by " aliens " who committed crimes including poaching and murder . |
| 6 | Mr Major bragged about his opt-out from the social chapter , saying that it would attract foreign investment from Britain 's neighbours . |
| 7 | The Taiwan stock market fell 3.3 per cent following the decision , which was not officially announced , while the Foreign Ministry criticized the bank 's intervention , saying that it would damage Taiwan 's year-old financial liberalization programme . |
| 8 | Libya , Sudan , and Iraq supported the coup , saying that it would lead to the restoration of " international balance " . |
| 9 | French ID checks plan ‘ racist ’ FRENCH human rights groups have condemned a draft law sanctioning random identity checks , saying that it would heighten racial tension and cast suspicion on anyone who was not white . |
| 10 | Even Moran had to admit it though he dismissed it as well by saying that it would have done well enough for the likes of him as it had been . |
| 11 | He is saying that it would have been unlawful to honour the patient 's request , even if he had been willing to do so . |
| 12 | Perhaps more worrying for the Government is the attitude of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , who was reported by a most reliable gossip columnist called Peterborough in that impeccably Conservative newspaper The Daily Telegraph as saying that it would have been better if there had been no deal at all . |
| 13 | Self-government for Scotland was given the thumbs-down by the Scottish business community , with more than 60 per cent of respondents saying that it would have a detrimental effect on business , while only 10 per cent thought there would be some advantage . |
| 14 | Aunt Sarah was right in saying that it would take five days to reach Liverpool , since the barge could go no faster than the horse which pulled it . |
| 15 | On May 28 UK Secretary of State for Defence Tom King dispelled speculation that the Rapid Reaction Force would be predominantly European by saying that it would include a US army division . |
| 16 | The North Korean President , Kim Il Sung , rejected later the same month a proposal for a Korean commonwealth put forward on Sept. 11 , 1989 , by the South Korean President , Roh Tae Woo [ see p. 36892 ] , saying that it would perpetuate division . |