Example sentences of "[noun sg] yesterday [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Republic 's Foreign Minister Dick Spring yesterday insisted that Dublin was not pressing for a US envoy ‘ for the present ’ . |
| 2 | THE Scotch Whisky Association yesterday revealed that the industry suffered a 10 per cent collapse in UK sales last year — the worst performance since 1977 . |
| 3 | Deputy chief executive Freddie Fletcher reissued a news release from the club yesterday stating that an alternative form of financial restructuring was under review . |
| 4 | A visit to a specialist yesterday revealed that Bracewell had developed a bloodclot , which required surgery and an overnight stay in hospital . |
| 5 | In a string of unconnected announcements , IBM Corp yesterday said that the version of DB2 for OS/2 is generally available after a successful beta test , that it has a set of software development tools for the object-oriented C++ language , and it duly launched the Thinkpad 720 . |
| 6 | AT&T Co yesterday said that it had filed an application with the UK regulatory authorities to challenge British Telecommunications Plc by offering communications services within the UK , and between the UK and the US . |
| 7 | Convex Computer Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co yesterday said that they are hotting up the alliance that saw Hewlett take a 5% stake in Convex last year with a potentially substantial technology exchange to plug the massively parallel applications gap . |
| 8 | A notice in The Scotsman yesterday said that the ceremony , to be held in Balerno Kirk on Wednesday , is to be a celebration of his life . |
| 9 | The ministry yesterday confirmed that it intended to slaughter the birds . |
| 10 | In a move that was mandated by the Office of Telecommunications last summer , British Telecommunications Plc yesterday announced that it was cutting by £40 the cost of a new line for residential customers : from June 1 , it will cost £99 ; a new line for a single line business will also cost £99 , down from £152.75 ; residential customers will also now be able to spread the cost of phone service connection by paying an initial charge of £25 and four quarterly payments of £25 — which sounds like a great deal … |
| 11 | Far Eastern trader Inchcape Plc yesterday announced that it had taken a 15.3% stake in Gestetner Holdings Plc , the world 's largest independent photocopier dealer , with the support of 29.5% shareholder Ricoh Co Ltd . |
| 12 | THE Air Accidents Investigation Branch of the Department of Transport yesterday announced that it was investigating the accident at Edinburgh Airport on Thursday night when Gulzar Sattar , 32 , a technical supervisor , of Harvie Avenue , Newton Mearns , died . |
| 13 | However , as Fillmore ( 1975 ) notes , these have two kinds of referent : they can either refer to the entire span itself , as in ( 56 ) , or to a point within the relevant span , as in ( 57 ) : ( 56 ) Tomorrow is Wednesday ( 57 ) Dennis hit Murphy with a baseball bat yesterday Note that the deictic words yesterday , today and tomorrow pre-empt the calendrical or absolute ways of referring to the relevant days . |
| 14 | A report in an Israeli newspaper yesterday insisted that Reds boss Graeme Souness has told Maccabi : ‘ Give me £500,000 and he 's yours . ’ |
| 15 | The rise in oil prices towards $19 a barrel yesterday indicated that some traders are taking seriously the latest efforts by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to trim output in an attempt to achieve a target level of at least $21 a barrel . |
| 16 | By a two-to-one majority an industrial tribunal yesterday ruled that New Possibilities NHS Trust had acted correctly in sacking Noel Reid from his post at Turner Village Hospital last year . |
| 17 | Latest figures revealed by the Government yesterday show that in 1990 and 1991 , for the first time ever , no child had died from measles , and last year no child died from whooping cough , again for the first time . |
| 18 | ULSTER Unionist leader Jim Molyneaux urged the British government yesterday to accept that the talks framework is dead . |
| 19 | A Home Office spokesman yesterday denied that any such incident involving Courtney had taken place at the prison . |
| 20 | However , a UEFA spokesman yesterday confirmed that such a practice is not allowed ; Rangers can only appeal after the committee has studied the report of the Polish referee , Ryszard Wojoik , and passed sentence on Hateley . |
| 21 | After a three-week trial and two days of deliberations , the jury yesterday found that Basinger had committed breach of contract and awarded Main Line 8.9m , which included general damages and compensation for the loss of her services . |
| 22 | STRICKEN Olympic skating star John Curry broke his silence yesterday to admit that he is dying from AIDS . |
| 23 | One Sunday league official yesterday forecast that more than half of the 130 teams , where boys of between nine and 15 play every Sunday , could go out of existence . |
| 24 | Norwich City yesterday confirmed that they have received an enquiry from the FA of Ireland about the availability of the club 's central defender Andy Linighan . |
| 25 | Det Supt John Ogg , head of Central Scotland CID , issued a statement yesterday saying that two people had been charged with fraud and that a report would be sent to the procurator-fiscal . |
| 26 | The autumn statement yesterday demonstrated that we have substantially increased in real terms — after inflation — the spending in each of the three areas that my hon. Friend mentioned . |
| 27 | A POLICE CHIEF yesterday warned that lorry drivers had ‘ no chance ’ of illegally crossing a weight restricted bridge without being landed with a fine . |
| 28 | A MAN who thinks he 's a baked bean got a passport yesterday showing that he IS . |
| 29 | THE GOVERNMENT will have to redouble its efforts to put British politicians and civil servants ‘ at the heart of Europe ’ after a new poll yesterday showed that they are the least accomplished linguists in the EC . |
| 30 | Takes more than a little snow ( like four feet of it in the suburbs ) to slow down the charging bull of Oracle Corp , and the company yesterday said that ‘ Through Rain , Sleet or the Coldest Arctic Snow in Century , the show will go on for Oracle 's Product Announcement of Cooperative Development Environment in New York City today ! ’ adding that ‘ If you are stuck on the sunny west coast attending UniForum , please join us for the delayed CDE announcement and demonstration . ’ |