Example sentences of "was announced that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shares of its Hong Kong subsidiary were suspended , and after the market closed it was announced that Polly may buy the 30 per cent of the company it does not already own . |
| 2 | Last month it was announced that Britain will get its first new-wave trams in 1991 . |
| 3 | Last month it was announced that the Maktoums are to purchase a property especially for Major Dick Hern , who trains the Derby winner , Nashwan , for Hamdan Al Maktoum . |
| 4 | It was announced that ‘ the impact of the Famine had disappeared ’ . |
| 5 | On Good Friday , 1982 , it was announced that the government of Argentina had invaded and occupied the British colony , the Falkland Islands , long coveted by Argentinians as ‘ Las Malvinas ’ . |
| 6 | On 10 April it was announced that a ‘ task force ’ of 10,000 men would be assembled under the command of Rear-Admiral ‘ Sandy ’ Woodward , to sail into the South Atlantic , whatever the hazards , and recapture the Falklands for the British Commonwealth . |
| 7 | On 9 October , it was announced that Lord Swinton , a leading Conservative and former minister-resident in West Africa , would be made Minister of Civil Aviation . |
| 8 | As far as the company was concerned , as one drifted nearer to insolvency , any rescuer who appeared would have been welcome provided we 'd been absolutely assured at the critical time when the loss of £92m was announced that a rescue was legally binding , underwritten and in place . |
| 9 | After university it was announced that he was going into the armed forces . |
| 10 | It transpired that Peter Carrington and his Foreign Office team of Humphrey Atkins and Richard Luce had all resigned , and a little later it was announced that Francis Pym was to take over as Foreign Secretary . |
| 11 | About this time it was announced that pensioners whose means were insufficient to pay their rent were to have the amount made up by social security allowances even if they were living in a private home , so with a light heart I set about making application . |
| 12 | When it was announced that he would be entered in the Grand National a fierce debate raged about whether the nation 's best-loved horse should take part in such a dangerous event : the letters columns of the sporting press argued the pros and cons for weeks , a national newspaper ran an opinion poll ( in which the voters came down very heavily against his participation ) , and the publication of the weights for the race ( Desert Orchid twelve stone two pounds ) added fuel to the fire . |
| 13 | Eventually it was announced that he would not run — not in 1990 , at least — and the fuss subsided , but Desert Orchid was clearly more than a national favourite . |
| 14 | He transformed the famous estate into one of the most modern training complexes in the world , but in November 1986 it was announced that Sangster and Dickinson were to part company , and the trainer took his skills to the USA . |
| 15 | The speech came generally as a surprise , and many presumed , when it was announced that Hitler would speak , that he would report the capture of Stalingrad . |
| 16 | Rumours were soon in circulation about the surrender , and a few days later it was announced that 47,000 wounded had been saved . |
| 17 | Eight months later it was announced that Nagy and his colleagues were to be rehabilitated . |
| 18 | Yesterday it was announced that the rate of inflation — as measured by the Retail Prices Index — edged down by 0.1 p.c. last month to an annual rate of 4 p.c . |
| 19 | Each rider had taken four of his five allotted rides , and it was announced that the top four scorers , Eastbourne 's Andrew Silver , Cradley 's Simon Cross , Alan Mogridge , of Arena Essex , and home rider Richard Green , would progress to the semi-finals . |
| 20 | Share prices rose again in mid-January after it was announced that John Kerridge , chairman of Fisons , had resigned for health reasons . |
| 21 | In November 1989 , following police investigations , it was announced that SWWA would be prosecuted . |
| 22 | Moreover , in January 1991 it was announced that the tests for 7 year olds had been modified and would take up half of teaching time for three weeks . |
| 23 | It was announced that Hurd and Major would again be nominating and seconding her candidature . |
| 24 | After a three-year investigation involving the Police Complaints Authority , it was announced that a number of police officers were to be admonished or advised about their conduct and were to face disciplinary charges . |
| 25 | It was announced that supplies of oranges would be available from local shops from April 24th and be reserved for a period of five days at the rate of one lb. per head to children only . |
| 26 | At a New Alresford Parish Council meeting last week , it was announced that Winchester city planners have turned down the application for change of use on the grounds of noise , odours and increased vehicle movement in a largely residential area . |
| 27 | At the end of the parade — almost at once — it was announced that ‘ Red Riding Hood ’ and her ‘ wolf ’ had been awarded first prize in the parade , and would the winner , Angela Norcroft , of the 3rd Shortfields Pack kindly come to the prize-giving tent in half an hour 's time for her prize — a bicycle ? |
| 28 | Finally , in 1988 in Action for Cities , it was announced that the Lower Don Valley in Sheffield was to be a UDC , covering about 2,000 hectares with a seven-year budget of £50 million . |
| 29 | At the launching of Action for Cities , it was announced that no more UDCs were planned for the foreseeable future . |
| 30 | On 7th May 1945 it was announced that VE Day would be celebrated next day . |