Example sentences of "[noun sg] announce [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parliament announced that it would hold an emergency debate on the accidents . |
| 2 | At 3pm on Tuesday , the first closing date , the Dragon board announced that it had received acceptances from 750 shareholders in respect of 39.71 per cent of Drayton Asia 's issued share capital . |
| 3 | Looks as if the message that an army of outsiders is needed to turn IBM Corp 's disparate businesses around is beginning to get through : yesterday the Personal Software Products division announced that it had recalled William Rich to be general manager , worldwide sales and marketing — he had left the company but had been acting as a consultant to it ; it has also tapped David Proctor as vice-president of products — Proctor is formerly president of Xerox Computer Services and had been president and chief executive of Ashton-Tate Corp ; before he took that position , he had served 23 years with IBM . |
| 4 | On Jan. 31 , 1990 , Thatcher admitted that she had been misled about the extent of the subversion campaign , while on Feb. 7 the House of Commons select committee on defence announced that it was to hold an inquiry into the MOD 's handling of the affair . |
| 5 | The French Ministry of Defence announced that it had exploded a 35-kiloton nuclear device on Mururoa Atoll on July 5 , 1990 , the fourth such test since June 1989 . |
| 6 | In a statement issued on July 19 the SOC Foreign Ministry announced that it " welcomed " the " constructive " US move . |
| 7 | On May 2 the Defence Ministry announced that it had cancelled measures encouraging mainland Chinese soldiers to defect to Taiwan by offering gold or cash rewards . |
| 8 | In a statement issued on March 28 the Mongolian Foreign Ministry announced that it expected Russia to abide by a March 1990 Soviet-Mongolian agreement which stipulated that all Soviet troops would withdraw from Mongolia by Aug. 30 , 1992 [ see p. 37318 ] . |
| 9 | On March 15 the Interior Ministry announced that it was to drop the charges pending against about 6,000 people for illegal political activities during the regime of Gen. Hossain Mohammad Ershad . |
| 10 | Separately , Digital Equipment Corp announced that it was moving back into South Africa with a wholly-owned subsidiary , Digital Sales and Services South Africa ( Pty ) Ltd , which begins operation on July 1 . |
| 11 | Apple Computer Inc says it is still on target for mid-1994 launch of its first RISC-based Macintosh after IBM Corp announced that it was now shipping the first PowerPC chips to Apple . |
| 12 | On Nov. 29 the Air Force announced that it had selected six new bases for the mobile MX missile in the states of Arkansas , Louisiana , Michigan , North Dakota , Texas and Washington . |
| 13 | In December , the World Food Programme announced that it had reached an agreement with the government and the EPLF to reopen the port [ see p. 37907 ] . |
| 14 | On the same day the UN World Food Programme announced that it was granting $1,900,000 in emergency supplies to Bangladesh . |
| 15 | Some surveyors have advertised ; for instance , Ramagge Allen Partnership announced that it was seeking a 5,000 to 15,000 sq ft retail or warehouse unit in the fringe part of any M25 town . |
| 16 | Three days later , in an extraordinary further development , the Justice Department announced that it was investigating Sessions and his wife in relation to the possible violation of ethics rules . |
| 17 | The nationalised industry announced that it is to close 31 pits , which will result in 30,000 job losses . |
| 18 | The Department of Trade and Industry announced that it was setting up working groups to examine the scope for changing some of the most complex areas of company law . |
| 19 | Japan 's Ministry of International Trade and Industry announced that it will ban the capture of the turtles , and gradually reduce imports to zero " within a certain period of time " . |
| 20 | Separately yesterday , the Department of Trade and Industry announced that it was not referring the proposed acquisition by EFM Dragon Trust of Drayton Asia Trust . |
| 21 | Following the announcement that Mobutu had re-appointed the outgoing Prime Minister , Mulumba Lukoji , the opposition announced that it would , after all , take part in the national conference . |
| 22 | Next month the party 's Central Committee announced that it would institute a multi-party democracy . |
| 23 | Two days later , the Commons trade and industry select committee announced that it would conduct an inquiry into the whole affair . |
| 24 | On Nov. 28 the FIS 's consultative council announced that it had postponed a decision on participation in the election " in order to give the regime another opportunity to spell out its intention to clear the political atmosphere " . |
| 25 | On Feb. 21 the Military Council announced that it had restored the 1921 Constitution of the Georgian Democratic Republic . |
| 26 | After some hesitation due to the low turnout ( 28 per cent ) , the Council announced that it would abide by the vote . |
| 27 | Racal Electronics Plc 's problematic data communications equipment business won a big fillip yesterday when British Telecommunications Plc announced that it would make the company its preferred supplier of new data communications equipment in the UK and internationally . |
| 28 | The Ladbroke Group announced that it had acquired the 505 room Dom Hotel in Berlin , one of East Germany 's most prestigious hotels , as the Berlin Hilton . |
| 29 | That is , if a group announces that it will organise a counter demonstration in opposition to one of which the police have been notified under section 11 , the police can if necessary subject the late comers to conditions imposed under sections 12 or 14 that effectively prevent the two groups from clashing , or permitting them to meet only in carefully controlled conditions . |
| 30 | Lebanon , which had accepted 66 Palestinian deportees since the start of the intifada in 1987 , on this occasion announced that it would refuse to co-operate . |