Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [that] it [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fretilín announced that it would boycott the investigation , dismissing military guarantees of safety for those giving evidence to the commission . |
| 2 | As a contribution to the reconciliation process , the FMLN announced that it would release two combatants on March 16 to stand trial locally ( rather than in the USA , as the US government had previously insisted ) on charges of murdering two US advisers whose helicopter was shot down in January 1991 [ see pp. 37956-57 ] . |
| 3 | In January Czechoslovakia announced that it would press for the withdrawal of 75,000 Soviet troops from its territory by the end of 1990 . |
| 4 | On February 19th Harrods announced that it would sack 600 of its workforce , on top of 90 redundancies last month . |
| 5 | JWP Inc , the Rye Brook , New York electrical and plumbing services conglomerate that bought struggling Businessland Inc and almost immediately regretted it , has decided that it has had enough of computers altogether and on Friday announced that it will sell its information services business ; it has retained Lazard Freres & Co as its financial advisor to attempt to find a buyer ; the unit now provides personal computer-related hardware , software and integrated services primarily to large corporate and institutional customers , has some 3,000 staff and had 1992 revenues of $1,700m . |
| 6 | However , in August the West German federal cartel office blocked plans by Lufthansa to acquire control of passenger and freight services at Schönefeld airport and on Oct. 16 Lufthansa announced that it would drop the bid . |
| 7 | On Feb. 11 and 25 , Kuwait announced that it would allocate £660,000,000 ( $1,320 million ) towards UK war costs and F5,000 million ( $1,000 million ) towards French costs . |
| 8 | The European Communities had pledged $144,000,000 , while the United States announced that it would increase its $54,000,000 in annual aid to $84,000,000 to assist the transition to democracy . |
| 9 | The next day , Pakistan announced that it would reciprocate India 's gesture . |
| 10 | On the basis of Fields 's figures , if certain guidelines were adhered to rigorously , Branson estimated that it would cost Virgin £20m a year to run the airline , but the most they stood to lose by ‘ cutting and running ’ at any time was £2m . |
| 11 | Manley claimed that it would provide training , marketing and financial advice to help " ambitious and disciplined young people " , but the benefits were expected to reach only a minority of the young unemployed . |
| 12 | The hunger strikes were called off on Oct. 20 , although the PPD said that it would continue its boycott of the National Assembly . |
| 13 | Yet the Dorset TEC said that it could manage only if the scheme was cut in half . |
| 14 | Later Hungary said that it would act unilaterally to supply water to areas threatened by environmental catastrophe after Slovakia diverted the Danube 's waters to the dam [ see ED 67 ] . |
| 15 | Bernice calculated that it would take the best part of an hour to reach them on foot . |
| 16 | Were the Alliance to be successful , the NEC held that it would produce a weak government like that in France . |
| 17 | Yablokov estimated that it would cost " several tens of millions of dollars " simply to assess how much radiation was being released from submerged waste . |
| 18 | Wheatstone 's work in telegraphy seemed to show that electricity travelled about as fast as light , and Faraday believed that it must go just as fast ; he also believed that gravity must be analogous to other attractive forces , and take time for its propagation , though there was no evidence for this . |
| 19 | After the improvement GA announced that it would like to seek further capital to finance possible expansion . |
| 20 | May 22 : Ukraine announced that it would hold a referendum in September on the future of the republic . |
| 21 | By forcing MPs to give up their seats if they joined the Cabinet , the NPKA believed that it could eliminate vote-buying and other corrupt practices . |
| 22 | On May 5 Russia confirmed that it would honour a commitment to supply the Indian government with rocket engine technology worth $250 million , despite US threats to suspend technological collaboration with the two countries if the agreement was carried out . |
| 23 | This was the first time he had used this mechanism to force through legislation rejected by parliament , and the ANC warned that it would nullify the legislation if it gained political power . |
| 24 | This was partly because both he and Elena saw that it would require a great deal more experience and self-discipline to make Nicu fit for the role , and also because he did not want to rule out Elena . |
| 25 | Camille knew that it could have been but understood that Sam was putting dinner off until the last possible moment in case the boy from the bistro turned up , breathless and apologetic , because his motorbike had broken down and he 'd had to walk . |
| 26 | Alexander said that it may have been a form of epilepsy , exacerbated by the atmospheric-electric disturbances of the mistral and the heat . |
| 27 | On the IBM Corp dividend , it 's going to be a nailbiting month for holders of the shares , because IBM said that it will address the issue at its next regularly scheduled board meeting , which will take place sometime in January . |
| 28 | The following day , as the UK government announced a similar decision , the chemicals company ICI declared that it would stop making CFCs as from the same date . |
| 29 | Argentina announced that it would resume relations with Pretoria before the end of the year . |
| 30 | The other three parties to contest the 1989 elections were the SWAPO-Democrats ( SWAPO-D , founded by SWAPO dissidents in the 1970s and a participant from 1985 in the transitional government , Andreas Shipanga , l. ; on Aug. 13 SWAPO-D announced that it would disband and join the NPF ) ; Christian Democratic Action ( CDA , Rev. Peter Kalangula , l. ) ; and the Namibia National Democratic Party ( NNDP , Paul Helmuth , l . ) . |