Example sentences of "[vb -s] confirmed that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Gas has confirmed that a gas escape from a fractured main was the likely cause of an explosion which demolished an Edinburgh tenement , killing two people . |
| 2 | NIREX , the UK 's new radioactive waste management organisation has confirmed that a former anhydrite mine in Cleveland is a candidate for an underground repository for intermediate-level radioactive waste . |
| 3 | Companies House has confirmed that a private company with an accounting reference date of 30 September ( for example ) must file its accounts by 30 July , not 31 July ( p 98 ; see also p 7 ) . |
| 4 | In a recent decision the Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that a woman who is entitled to return to work but is made redundant while still on maternity leave , is to be regarded as automatically unfairly dismissed if the employer does not offer a suitable alternative vacancy or prove that no such vacancy exists ( see John Menzies GB Ltd v Porter [ 1992 ] 457 Industrial Relations Legal Information Bulletin 13 ) . |
| 5 | The hospital manager has confirmed that a wide ranging review of procedures will now be carried out . |
| 6 | A pathologist has confirmed that a British holidaymaker whose body was found in an Australian forest , had been stabbed to death , and another shot . |