Example sentences of "announced yesterday [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | UNDER intense pressure from congressional Democrats to increase aid to Poland and Hungary , the White House announced yesterday that President Bush will ask Congress for an additional $200m ( £125m ) grant for Poland , almost doubling his previous request . |
| 3 | Screensport , the satellite television service , announced yesterday that it would be showing each of the World Series matches live . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | WARSAW — Poland announced yesterday that it had stopped sending home East Germans who cross the border illegally , seeking transfer to West Germany , Reuter reports . |
| 6 | The State President , Mr F.W. de Klerk , announced yesterday that conscripts would do only one year full-time military service , instead of two . |
| 7 | The State President , Mr F.W. de Klerk , announced yesterday that conscripts would do only one year full-time military service , instead of two . |
| 8 | Mr Mugabe announced yesterday that the national elections are expected to be held in March . |
| 9 | The Transport Secretary , Mr Cecil Parkinson , announced yesterday that BR grants would be cut by a third from £516 million to £345 million by 1992/93 and that BR plans to shed 1,000 jobs a year up to March 1994 . |
| 10 | SRI LANKA 'S Tamil Tiger guerrillas announced yesterday that they had renounced violence and registered as a political party . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , ITV announced yesterday that it will televise live Norwich 's game with United on January 21 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | THE North American arm of BMW , the German motor manufacturer , announced yesterday that sales in March rose by nearly a fifth from the same month last year to 5,500 cars . |
| 14 | The League announced yesterday that Barnet have appealed against the severity of the fine , and a hearing is likely to be heard in the New Year . |
| 15 | BRISTOL ROVERS announced yesterday that Malcolm Allison will stay in charge of the First Division club until the end of the season — at least . |
| 16 | Despite the go-ahead , Environment Secretary Michael Howard announced yesterday that 2,000 civil servants will not be moving to the Canary Wharf office block in the near future . |
| 17 | Nicky Henderson announced yesterday that the eight-year-old , who apparently hurt himself winning at Huntingdon on Tuesday , would definitely miss the King George at Kempton on Boxing Day . |
| 18 | IPSWICH Port Authority announced yesterday that it is to shed ‘ in the region of ’ 35 jobs because of the recession . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Downing Street announced yesterday that the Government will honour a pledge , given to Mother Teresa by Mrs Thatcher , to contribute £30,000 for furnishing the refuge . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | They announced yesterday that they have signed a letter of intent to merge under the name Comarco International Inc . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The Scottish Office announced yesterday that the attempt to use the Government 's opt-out law to thwart Strathclyde Region 's plans to close the school had not succeeded . |
| 30 | Sir Hector Monro announced yesterday that farmers in Less Favoured Areas would be paid 75 per cent of the cost of repairing flood defences damaged by the storms . |