Example sentences of "yesterday that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The remuneration packages will add fuel to the debate about top-level rewards but the group claimed yesterday that with pre-tax profits and earnings per share up 17 p.c. last year and the dividend to shareholders 10 p.c. higher the increases were justified . |
| 2 | SRU secretary , Bill Hogg , told a press briefing in Edinburgh yesterday that with the west stand out of use due to the redevelopment at Murrayfield , the intention was to host the fixtures involving Scotland A and the Scotland development XV at club grounds with the largest capacities . |
| 3 | The early response has not been enthusiastic , though aides insisted yesterday that for many households the new tax bills would amount to only a few dollars a month . |
| 4 | MR ASHDOWN , the Liberal Democrat leader , stressed yesterday that without a commitment to proportional representation in the Queen 's Speech the Liberal Democrats would seek to vote it down and force a second general election . |
| 5 | A source close to Mr Saatchi confirmed yesterday that between 70 and 100 works from the collection — the largest of its kind in the world — had been disposed of through the New York art dealer Larry Gagosian for up to $1m per painting . |
| 6 | THE wife of President François Mitterrand said yesterday that at least six Kurdish civilians died and many were hurt when Iranian planes bombed a French-run hospital on the Iran-Iraq border at the weekend . |
| 7 | Mr Keith claimed yesterday that at a weekend presentation before Ian Lang on local government reform , the Association of District Councils sought to sway the argument in favour of smaller authorities . |
| 8 | Police confirmed yesterday that at 11.10am on Sunday information had been received that Pant y Carneddi , Pennal , was on fire . |
| 9 | Cambridge ink-jet printer maker Domino Printing Sciences Plc told the annual meeting yesterday that despite the strong finish to 1992 , first quarter trading has been below expectations and this was bound to affect interim results : in particular , sales in the US were unexpectedly slow during the first three months coinciding with the change of administration , it said . |
| 10 | She said yesterday that despite the loss of the form with their new address on it , there were no security measures on the house . |
| 11 | But EMAP said yesterday that by cutting overheads , it expected them to be profitable this year . |
| 12 | Prof Richard De La Rue , of the university 's department of electronics and electrical engineering , explained yesterday that by the end of the century overseas telephone calls could be as routine as a local call ; there would be more international television channels into living rooms ; and the rapid world of modern business could become even faster . |
| 13 | She was honest enough to admit yesterday that in general terms , the tennis was an embarrassment and an awful spectacle for the 74 people watching . |
| 14 | " Mother Benedicta told me yesterday that in a year or two I 'm to go to the village of Yelton . |
| 15 | A spokesman said yesterday that in view of the support from traders and shoppers , it appeared that the town 's chamber of trade was ‘ out on a limb ’ in opposing an open air market . |