Example sentences of "announce [that] [pron] [is] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Transforming at a stroke the state of its balance sheet , Philips Electronics NV on Friday announced that it is to sell its 35% stake in the Japan-based Matsushita Electronics Corp to its partner in the venture , Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd for a whopping $1,600m . |
| 2 | The Chief Constable of Gloucestershire has announced that he 's leaving his job to take up a new post with the intelligence service in London . |
| 3 | JIM HICKEY has announced that he is to leave his post as director of Filmhouse in Edinburgh to pursue a career in film-making . |
| 4 | Mitsui OSK , Japan 's second-largest shipping company , has just announced that it is to close its tokkin accounts ( short-term stockmarket-punting money ) to help pay for its capital spending . |
| 5 | The Benefits Agency , an executive arm of the Department of Social Services , has announced that it is switching its operation from Holyhead to Llangefni , 16 miles away . |
| 6 | British Gas has announced that it is to abandon its operations in Ecuador , citing economic grounds . |
| 7 | The town of Bolton has just announced that it is to make its football hero , Nat Lofthouse , a freeman of the borough . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , Berkeley 's Computer Science Research Group has announced that it is to end its work on BSD 4.4 following the final releases this year . |
| 9 | Oki also announced that it is changing its membership within Unix International from an official member to a general member . |