Example sentences of "news that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did go down to my local Citizens ' Advice Bureau to see if they had any ideas , but all they could do was pass on the news that there was a squeeze on the social fund ( the emergency payments fund ) , so I was well advised not to expect too much if I did decide to try the social security people . |
| 2 | Any disappointment he may feel over the delay has been more than compensated for by the news that tickets for this year 's event are already selling fast . |
| 3 | Surprise , surprise , the year ended with the news that BR wanted to close the Settle & Carlisle . |
| 4 | Their task is nowhere better summed up than by Ernest Newman , one of the great music critics of his day , who rarely watched ballet until intrigued by the news that Massine was creating ballets to Tchaikovsky 's fifth Symphony ( Les Présages , London 1933 ) and to Brahms ' Fourth Symphony ( Choreartium , London 1933 ) . |
| 5 | It is only later when Bathilde confronts her with the news that Albrecht is her fiancé that Giselle realises the truth and loses her reason . |
| 6 | At the Prague embassy on Saturday night , cheers greeted the news that the refugees would be leaving the same night as Mr Genscher . |
| 7 | Bobby Robson , the England manager , who had spent the weekend pondering the merits of possible deputies for his club colleague Neil Webb , a long-term casualty , expressed ‘ surprise and delight ’ at the news that England midfield disruption may be kept to a minimum . |
| 8 | The news that ‘ for the time being ’ they can only go to or through Czechoslovakia with a visa , left East Germans stunned . |
| 9 | He was responding to Monday 's claim in the Belfast Irish News that at least three dozen officers were members of a secret ‘ inner circle ’ which had the objects of ‘ removing ’ republican suspects and bringing down the Anglo-Irish agreement . |
| 10 | SHARES in Amersham International , the healthcare and life science research products group , rose 27p to 435p yesterday after news that Hoffman-La Roche , the leading drugs company , would hold a 5 per cent stake in the group following the sale of a subsidiary . |
| 11 | Then came yesterday 's news that Knighton was reportedly negotiating a sale , including a £6m profit and a three-year contract with the club for himself , with one of three groups : the United directors Amer Midani and Nigel Burrows , the media tycoon Eddie Shah , and the former estate agent and local radio entrepreneur ( and Blackpool FC chairman ) Owen Oyston . |
| 12 | ORRELL , the North 's only representatives in the Courage First Division , who are anxiously looking for their first League win of the season , can take some comfort from the news that Les Cusworth will not be around to torment them when Leicester visit Edge Hall Road on Saturday week . |
| 13 | US doubts were redoubled by news that the coup was to be led by Major Giraldi , a close associate of the Panamanian military dictator . |
| 14 | This was followed swiftly by the news that Alain Lequeux , the rider of the runner-up , Behera , had lodged an objection against the winner for interference a furlong and a half from the finish of an exceptionally rough race . |
| 15 | The sorry plight of an ailing club continued with the news that a supporters ' coach had been involved in a crash and that only 12 youngsters could be rounded up to take on Leicester in a youth match . |
| 16 | Should doctors always be so keen to offer abortion as the only solution to women who are in the first throes of disappointment and depression at the news that their baby is not genetically perfect ? |
| 17 | WALES 'S World Cup qualifying tie against The Netherlands tomorrow , deprived of three main attractions by the suspension of Ian Rush and Mark Hughes and injury to Ruud Gullit , recovered some of its box-office potential yesterday with the news that Marco van Basten had been added to the Dutch squad . |
| 18 | Frankfurt : Prices fell sharply on inflation worries after news that wholesale prices surged by 1.1 per cent . |
| 19 | When my American friend pitched up with the news that we had to meet his contact at Ku Disco , Alison said she 'd like to come too , but I sent her to bed . |
| 20 | Repeating yesterday 's news that inflation had risen to 7.6 per cent , she said it was too high — it must and would be reduced . |
| 21 | CONCERN is growing in the art world over the news that Charles Saatchi the advertising agency millionaire has sold between 10 and 12 per cent of his art collection in the past six months . |
| 22 | THOSE who yearn for the smiling helpfulness of American skiing , but whose credit limits do not permit access to it , can console themselves with the news that the French resort of Les Arcs is launching a campaign to distinguish itself from competing resorts by encouraging staff to be unfailingly polite . |
| 23 | I make it down to Þingeyri in time to hear the good news that the plane has gone . |
| 24 | My husband gave me the news that my father had died back in the village . |
| 25 | She had received the news that her husband was seriously ill and she and her children had rushed back to be with him . |
| 26 | If there was disappointment at the 136bhp produced by the 24-valve 1.8-litre V6 , the news that the 2.5-litre version — destined first for the next 626 — slots straight in appeased those who wanted to view the MX-3 as a low cost substitute for Porsche 's 944 . |
| 27 | As the Welfare Officer drove back through the camp gates she was greeted by the smell of a well-smouldering barbecue and the news that the Greenfinch rounders team had lost heavily in a tournament at RAF AIdergrove . |
| 28 | Then , at , the news that we 'd all worked so hard for . |
| 29 | In fact , he was fishing on a fiord nearby at the precise moment when his detective brought him the news that Lord Mountbatten had been killed . |
| 30 | ‘ Here 's a bit of news that 'll cheer you up . |