Example sentences of "announced yesterday [that] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 PARIS — French customs officers along the entire length of the Pyrenees announced yesterday that they were joining the 19-week-old strike by the country 's tax collectors and would be closing the border to commercial traffic , writes Patrick Marnham .
2 SRI LANKA 'S Tamil Tiger guerrillas announced yesterday that they had renounced violence and registered as a political party .
3 They announced yesterday that they have signed a letter of intent to merge under the name Comarco International Inc .
4 They announced yesterday that their treatment also eliminates the genetic defect in laboratory mice , bred with cystic fibrosis .
5 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 .
6 Screensport , the satellite television service , announced yesterday that it would be showing each of the World Series matches live .
7 WARSAW — Poland announced yesterday that it had stopped sending home East Germans who cross the border illegally , seeking transfer to West Germany , Reuter reports .
8 Meanwhile , ITV announced yesterday that it will televise live Norwich 's game with United on January 21 .
9 IPSWICH Port Authority announced yesterday that it is to shed ‘ in the region of ’ 35 jobs because of the recession .
10 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 .
11 A savage new twist to the personal computer price-performance ratchet is in prospect after Advanced Micro Devices Inc announced yesterday that it will plunge straight into the 80486 market with a family of devices using Intel Corp microcode rather than wait until its own ‘ clean ’ version of the chip is ready in June .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 A savage new twist to the personal computer price-performance ratchet is in prospect after Advanced Micro Devices Inc announced yesterday that it will plunge straight into the 80486 market with a family of devices using Intel Corp microcode rather than wait until its own ‘ clean ’ version of the chip is ready in June .
15 Motorola Inc announced yesterday that it is now shipping the 40MHz version of the 68040 in volume , claiming that at 41.8 VAX MIPS , Motorola , it runs faster than the 50MHz version of the full 80486 from Intel Corp.The 40MHz 68040 is $393 for 1,000 or more .
16 Harris , who last season captained the Raleigh-Banana team which has now been disbanded , announced yesterday that he had been offered a contract by the Spanish Lotus-Festina squad .
17 Michael Heseltine , President of the Board of Trade , announced yesterday that he had accepted a statutory undertaking from the SMMB to that effect .
18 The 36 year old former Eurythmics star — who announced yesterday that she is expecting a baby in the New Year — and a 20-strong film crew hired a Grade 1 listed building in central London to shoot her latest video .
19 Chairman Ray Crofts announced yesterday that there would be no change in the running of the club for the foreseeable future , despite recent speculation on new owners .
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