Example sentences of "[num] announced [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Alliance for Justice , a liberal group which was in the forefront of the campaign to prevent the 1987 confirmation of Justice Robert Bork , on July 30 announced that it would oppose the confirmation . |
| 2 | Japan on Jan. 22 announced that it had approved the export of 27 tonnes of surgical anaesthetics . |
| 3 | Turning down a request to support a US$22,000,000 telecommunications project , the Norwegian government on Aug. 22 announced that it would refuse Malawian requests for economic development aid as a result of continuing allegations of human rights abuses [ for Norwegian attitude towards Namibia see p. 39038 ] . |
| 4 | Following a decision by the Supreme Court in September 1989 to close the investigation into the West German commune , Colonia Dignidad [ see pp. 36346 ; 36932 ] , on the grounds that no crimes had been discovered there which could affect international relations , the West German Foreign Minister , Hans-Dietrich Genscher , on Sept. 26 announced that he would be taking the issue to the UN Commission on Human Rights . |
| 5 | The United Kingdom on Dec. 31 announced that it would provide a further £1,000,000 in aid to Kurdish refugees . |
| 6 | Ratsiraka 's concessions followed seven weeks of strikes and demonstrations organized by the opposition Comité de forces vives , a coalition of 16 opposition parties , which on June 21 announced that it had formed a " provisional government " [ see p. 38277 ] . |
| 7 | The three announced that they had taken over the leadership of the SPLA and accused Garang , who had led the organization since its creation in 1983 , of dictatorial behaviour . |
| 8 | Col. Idriss Déby , head of state since the overthrow in December 1990 of Hissène Habré , on March 4 announced that he had appointed Jean Alingue Bawoyeu as Prime Minister . |
| 9 | The West German government on Dec. 6 announced that it planned to reduce the size of its armed forces to 420,000 by 1995 , a reduction of 75,000 , or 15 per cent . |
| 10 | Finland on May 6 announced that it had decided to purchase 64 US F/A-18 Hornet interceptor aircraft in preference to ex-Soviet , French or Swedish models to modernize its air force by the end of the century . |
| 11 | The United States and United Kingdom authorities on Nov. 13 announced that they had filed charges against two Libyan nationals who were believed responsible for the bomb which exploded on an aircraft over Lockerbie , Scotland , in 1988 . |
| 12 | Albania on Aug. 16 announced that it would be the 141st signatory country to the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty [ see pp. 22787-90 ] . |
| 13 | Reversing its earlier stance against the creation of a republican army , Kirgizstan had on June 1 announced that it was taking under its own jurisdiction the former Soviet military units stationed on the republic 's territory and assuming responsibility for their upkeep . |
| 14 | Reversing its earlier stance against the creation of a republican army , Kirgizstan had on June 1 announced that it was taking under its own jurisdiction the former Soviet military units stationed on the republic 's territory and assuming responsibility for their upkeep . |
| 15 | The East German government on June 27 announced that it favoured Dec. 16 . |
| 16 | Despite evident internal disagreements on the pace of economic reform , the government on May 14 announced that it had agreed on a programme of unified reforms to be implemented over the following months . |
| 17 | The Australian government in August 1989 announced that it would carry out compulsory blood tests on potential immigrants and would in principle ban all those who were HIV-infected . |
| 18 | The Zulu-based Inkatha movement ( Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi l. ) , in July 1990 announced that it was to become a multiracial political party , the Inkatha Freedom Party . |