A short statement was read to students in the school.

Here the audience member reads a short statement making light of a current event.

The office put out a short statement that violence wasn't the answer to anything.

A short statement; none of those near him could quite make out what it was.

I'd like to make a short statement, then open it up for whatever questions you may have.

I'm going to give you a short statement to begin with, then we can have questions.

They used the human microphone method to read out a short statement.

A rather short statement has been released by the bank.

Nine months later the conflict was ended with a short statement.

I would like to make a short statement, consisting of two parts.