Example sentences of "yesterday that it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Leeds-based house-builder , Tay Homes , said yesterday that it believed the outlook for the housing market was improving , but it was unlikely that conditions would change much in the rest of the current financial year , writes Bill Millar . |
| 2 | The Panama Canal Commission said in Washington yesterday that it planned to reopen the waterway for daylight transit today . |
| 3 | THE ISRAELI government said yesterday that it hoped Middle East peace talks could resume after a UN statement welcoming its attempt to resolve the dispute over its mass deportation of Palestinian militants . |
| 4 | While it hopes to build 500 houses before winding up in 1999 , the corporation said yesterday that it hoped to start transferring houses to the proposed Irvine Housing Association in 1993 . |
| 5 | Inveterate trafficker in traffic systems Peek Plc told its annual meeting yesterday that it saw signs of a trading upturn in March : ‘ Although trading conditions in the first two months of the current year continued to be difficult , we have seen signs of improvement in March — there is currently a significant amount of enquiry and bidding activity and it is expected that this will translate into firm orders , ’ chairman Ken Maud said . |
| 6 | AT&T Co said yesterday that it plans to call five long-term debt issues totalling $1,750m for early redemption and expects to use cash reserves and new debt to fund the exercise — with interest rates so low in the US , new debt is cheaper than most old debt ; one-time costs associated with the redemptions are expected to reduce first quarter 1993 earnings by about $0.04 per share but interest savings in subsequent quarters will reduce the full-year impact to less than $0.02 per share . |
| 7 | A GROUP claiming to represent Abu Nidal 's Palestinian assassination organisation claimed yesterday that it had murdered a leader of the Jewish community in Belgium because he was ‘ one of the main leaders of Israel 's Mossad secret service ’ . |
| 8 | WARSAW — Poland announced yesterday that it had stopped sending home East Germans who cross the border illegally , seeking transfer to West Germany , Reuter reports . |
| 9 | Further pressure came from Poland 's announcement yesterday that it had stopped sending home East Germans who crossed the border illegally with the aim of reaching West Germany . |
| 10 | The consortium behind the $7bn management buyout , in which BA would have a 15 per cent stake , admitted yesterday that it had been unable to complete its part of the financing . |
| 11 | THE Justice Department admitted yesterday that it had granted the FBI authority to ‘ override ’ international law in order to seize fugitives from US justice living abroad without first obtaining the consent of the country where they were sheltering . |
| 12 | The Department of Environment also announced yesterday that it had abandoned the system it has used for most of the past 10 years to channel extra housing cash into the 57 worst affected inner-city areas . |
| 13 | Doncaster Health Authority confirmed yesterday that it had made an undisclosed payment to Mr Rod Brodie and his wife , Valerie , both 38 . |
| 14 | Avon County Council said yesterday that it had done everything possible to help the family . |
| 15 | But solicitor Ray Tooth , who represented the wife in the £1 million split , said yesterday that it had been an exceptional case . |
| 16 | Xerox Corp announced yesterday that it had developed an advanced ink-jet technology that uses a 128-nozzle print head for desktop computer printers , and that it has retained Tokyo Electric Co Ltd to assemble the printers ; Xerox is manufacturing the printers ' ink-jet cartridges at its Canandaigua , New York plant ; it notes that the 128 nozzles enable faster print speeds than competing printers ; the printer will ship later this year . |
| 17 | Misys Plc , which said in January that it was in talks that could lead to it acquiring Burns Anderson Independent Network Plc ( CI No 2,081 ) , said yesterday that it had not been able to agree terms for the acquisition and that negotiations had therefore been terminated . |
| 18 | The IRA admitted yesterday that it had mistakenly killed secretary Clare Mallender instead of their intended victim , Alan Dysart , the junior Defence minister , by planting a bomb aboard Mr Dysart 's yacht … . |
| 19 | Hamilton Oil revealed yesterday that it had handled almost 5,000 applications already , many arriving before the announcement of the go-ahead for the massive project . |
| 20 | Hamilton Oil revealed yesterday that it had handled almost 5,000 applications already , many arriving before the announcement of the go-ahead for the massive project . |
| 21 | Meanwhile the justice ministry said yesterday that it had barred a judge from investigating how the prime minister , Pierre Beregovoy , came to receive an interest-free loan in 1986 from a financier later charged with insider trading . |
| 22 | Labour attempted to pre-empt any jobs package by stressing yesterday that it had been pressing for such measures since before Christmas . |
| 23 | THE Co-operative Bank , the ‘ green ’ banking offshoot of the Co-operative Wholesale Society , revealed yesterday that it had ended banking arrangements with certain customers which contravened its code of business ethics . |
| 24 | One of the authors , John Perry , director of the Institute of Housing , said yesterday that it had not been possible to calculate a Scottish figure because of differences in the financial systems . |
| 25 | THE London Ambulance Service said yesterday that it had no immediate plans to revert to its gremlin-plagued computer call-out system . |
| 26 | Laporte also announced yesterday that it has bought Woodtech , an independent supplier of wood treatment plants , and has spent £6.3m buying the speciality building products division of ICI Australia and two other minor operations . |
| 27 | The ministry said yesterday that it has had to hand over the file to the European Commission , which is investigating the Rover deal . |
| 28 | The Co-op pledged yesterday that it has no plans to re-introduce charges . |
| 29 | IBM Corp 's Thomas J Watson Lab announced yesterday that it has developed a tool kit for building virtual reality simulation applications for the ‘ real worlds ’ of science , medicine , education and business . |
| 30 | Intel Corp announced yesterday that it has begun shipping production versions of the Pentium microprocessor , but as the company already indicated , it will not be talking price until May , when it frees its customers to start announcing machines . |