Example sentences of "[noun] yesterday to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | GERMANS in East and West reacted with disappointment and scepticism yesterday to a promise by the East German leaders to talk about change . |
| 2 | A JUDGE awarded £147,000 yesterday to a hero fireman left a nervous wreck by the Kings Cross fire disaster and told him : ‘ You are the most courageous man I have had the privilege of meeting . ’ |
| 3 | FOREIGN ministers of the European Community lent enthusiastic support yesterday to a Commission plan to give Poland and Hungary food and financial aid worth $215m ( £140m ) , together with loans worth up to £700m . |
| 4 | MAGISTRATES granted bail yesterday to a 19-year-old man accused of carrying out a smash-and-grab raid at an Essex jewellers . |
| 5 | APOTTERY horse ( left ) made in China in the eighth century was sold at Sotheby 's in London yesterday to a Japanese dealer for a £3.7million , a world auction record for any Chinese artefact , writes Donald Wintersgill . |
| 6 | THE LABOUR leader , John Smith , pointed the way yesterday to a historic loosening of the party 's ties with the unions . |
| 7 | PRESIDENT Najibullah of Afghanistan , installed by Moscow six years ago , lost power yesterday to a coalition of generals and a rebel commander as guerrillas closed in on the capital , Kabul . |