Example sentences of "admit [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE GOVERNMENT admitted yesterday that its pollution inspectorate lacked almost a quarter of its quota of professional inspectors , nine months after saying it was recruiting 13 extra staff , writes Nicholas Schoon . |
| 2 | Barclaycard admitted yesterday that there was a ‘ financial arrangement ’ with Readers Digest on the sales of the book . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Company chairman Mr Sam Whitbread admitted yesterday that selling the breweries was one of the options it considered . |
| 6 | WITH admirable understatement , the chief economist of one of Australia 's big four banks admitted yesterday that events of 1989 have done little to help his country 's international business image . |
| 7 | Games organisers admitted yesterday that the Olympic village would not be large enough to accommodate all the competitors and officials who now wish to attend . |
| 8 | BILL KOCH admitted yesterday that he had hoped ‘ to dethrone the king ’ , but Dennis Conner 's Stars & Stripes had totally humbled Koch 's Kanza in the sail-off for the America 's Cup defenders ' semi-final trial on Monday off San Diego . |
| 9 | But , he admitted yesterday that there were only two ways to save the pits — government subsidies or higher electricity prices . |
| 10 | NEW council housing supremo Arnold Phillips admitted yesterday that the market is so depressed he ca n't even find a home for himself . |
| 11 | THE eavesdropping ex-bank manager who sold a tape of Princess Di 's lovey-dovey phone chat admitted yesterday that he did it out of greed . |
| 12 | And an MoD spokesman admitted yesterday that THOUSANDS of bookmarks with the topsy-turvy flag have gone out to other kids throughout Britain . |
| 13 | But the 24-year-old admitted yesterday that he wants to share the scoring burden with his team-mates . |
| 14 | 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 … . |
| 15 | A 15-year-old Darlington girl admitted yesterday that she had been part of a gang which broke into the town 's Salvation Army Hostel . |
| 16 | The England coach , who is also assistant to Ian McGeechan on the Lions tour to New Zealand this summer , and who has been in Scotland since last Thursday , admitted yesterday that the Scots ' performance against Wales ‘ had been very impressive and must have surprised quite a few people , especially down south ’ . |
| 17 | THE IRISH Republican Army admitted yesterday that three of its gunmen had shot dead an off-duty soldier outside his Belfast home on Monday night . |
| 18 | THE PRINCE of Wales admitted yesterday that the designers of modern housing estates had driven him ‘ nearly bonkers ’ in the past 14 years . |
| 19 | Brady admitted yesterday that he wanted ‘ to sleep on the decision ’ . |
| 20 | A SENIOR consultant admitted yesterday that the decision to carry out a Caesarian section on an expectant mother was left too late . |
| 21 | Turkish officials admitted openly that they hoped to deflect Iranian influence in the region by using television as a propaganda tool for Turkey . |
| 22 | The only one who ever admitted later that he had made a mistake was Kenneth Williams . ’ |
| 23 | She admitted later that she came thinking this was just some hare-brained scheme , but left with the understanding that it was a well-thought-out and well-planned idea . |
| 24 | Perhaps I should have been frank with her , admitted honestly that I did n't love her and that if she insisted on marrying me she would be condemning both of us to a joyless union . |
| 25 | It began to get foggy , and finally Alec admitted honestly that he was lost . |
| 26 | She admitted frankly that their dialogues consisted more of tears than words . |
| 27 | Johnson 's biographer Boswell admitted cautiously that the good Doctor 's views might be extreme and that " his abhorrence of the profession of sailor was uniformly violent " . |
| 28 | Ashdown 's office will cautiously admit only that the former jungle warrior is on a private visit to the islands , part of a series of nationwide consultations with ‘ ordinary people ’ . |
| 29 | Things they wo n't admit so that they can keep on asking me to dinner — because my name is Goldsborough . |
| 30 | He put on one of the Foreman return contests — though even he would admit now that the word contest is stretching credibility . |