Example sentences of "[num] that [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Interior Minister , Gen. Victor Malca Villanueva announced on July 12 that he would present a proposal to the Congress on July 15 for the " total restructuring of the national police force " owing to " enormous corruption within its ranks " . |
| 2 | Members of the Committee of Arab Local Councils announced on Oct. 2 that they would form a political party to contest the next parliamentary elections . |
| 3 | Japan announced on Nov. 2 that it would reactivate a development loan programme for China which had been frozen after the Tiananmen Square massacre in June 1989 . |
| 4 | According to Dr O'Toole , Dr Baltimore told her in 1986 that she could write a letter to Cell about it , but that he would publish a rejoinder . |
| 5 | The government announced in May 1991 that it would submit a bill in the second half of the year to deal with the problems of national and ethnic minorities . |
| 6 | * The Swiss government announced on Oct. 31 that it would impose a tax on fossil fuels which contributed to global warming . |
| 7 | The former Soviet Jewish dissident Nathan Sharansky , who emigrated to Israel in 1986 [ see pp. 34187-88 ] , announced on April 17 that he would form a political party to contest the June elections . |
| 8 | Rejecting Democratic appeals to outline a specific deficit reduction strategy , Bush stated on May 17 that he would make a public address on the issue " when we get a solution " . |
| 9 | After a warning from President Lech Walesa on July 3 that he would name a Cabinet himself if a majority government were not immediately forthcoming , eight political parties accelerated their negotiations and proposed Hanna Suchocka as Prime Minister . |
| 10 | The government announced on Sept. 3 that it would distribute a month 's supply of food rations to all citizens . |
| 11 | The OLF announced on May 29 that it would seek a referendum on the future of the Oromo people of southern Ethiopia . |
| 12 | The Deputy Prime Minister , Encik Abdul Ghafar Baba , announced on Dec. 27 that he would head a newly formed Sabah National Front ( Sabah Barisan Nasional ) — consisting of the People 's Justice Movement ( Angkatan Keadilan Rakyat — Akar ) , the Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP ) , the Malaysian Chinese Association ( MCA ) , the United Malays National Organization ( UMNO ) and the United National Sabah Organization ( USNO ) — to oppose the Sabah United Party ( Parti Bersatu Sabah ) at the next state elections . |
| 13 | The Hungarian Democratic Union in Romania ( HDUR ) protested to the government over the appointments , and Hungarian demonstrators in the two counties — Covasna and Harghita — said on July 23 that they would wear a yellow star " a symbol of sad memories of civil intolerance and discrimination " if the decision were not revoked . |
| 14 | The IEA , with 21 member countries ( and Finland and France reportedly due to join shortly ) , announced on Oct. 15 that it would convene a three-day forum in Paris in February 1992 for both producer and consumer country representatives to discuss energy efficiency , environmental issues , industrial co-operation and the exchange of information ( but not prices or production levels ) . |
| 15 | Vaclav Havel , Czechoslovak President since December 1989 , announced on April 14 that he would seek a further term as President " not because I want to be President at any cost … but because I want to contribute towards pushing through certain values " . |
| 16 | A Dublin theatre manager called Daly made a bet back in 1791 that he could add a word to the language in one night . |
| 17 | The Bosnian government announced on May 20 that it would form a republican army and declared the JNA an " occupying force " as the deadline for withdrawal had passed . |
| 18 | Dr Harvey McGillivray , head of the Observatory 's COSMOS unit told The Scotsman in 1990 that it could take a trained observer up to 20 minutes to scan an X-ray plate by eye , with no certainty of spotting abnormalities . |