Example sentences of "announced [that] [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few months ago NME cover stars SEAN HUGHES and CATHAL COUGHLAN announced that they were bringing out an LP together . |
| 2 | In a statement broadcast on national radio , the soldiers , who appeared to be led by Capt. Valentine Strasser , announced that they were setting up a National Provisional Defence Council . |
| 3 | They were hit early on , and on January 21st the allies announced that they were shifting more of their attacks to the dug-in ground forces . |
| 4 | The deputies announced that they were resigning because the government " has not been able to keep its promises " with regard to the Kurdish population . |
| 5 | On Sept. 21 the two factions announced that they were forming a joint leadership council to oppose the talks , and called on all Palestinians to observe a general strike on Sept. 23 in protest at the talks . |
| 6 | On April 4 the UN Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) and the European Communities ( EC ) announced that they were providing US$17,000,000 and US$2,000,000 respectively in emergency food aid and medical supplies , including water purification tablets . |
| 7 | Relations with South Africa deteriorated further [ see p. 39178 ] when on Dec. 1 the Angolan authorities announced that they were holding the crew of a South African plane which had made an emergency landing in Luena , Moxico province . |
| 8 | Three ministers announced that they were leaving the Government at their own request : Lord Belstead ( Ulster ) ; Mr Tim Renton ( Arts Minister ) ; and Mr Alan Howarth ( Education ) . |
| 9 | When , late in 1978 , Kristen and her boyfriend Kevin Ayers announced that they were leaving England to live in Spain , Branson took the opportunity to buy Ayers ' houseboat , the Duende , moored on the Regents Canal , a short distance from his old boat . |
| 10 | On the same day as Miyazawa unveiled the changes , Tsutomu Hata — Hayashi 's predecessor as Finance Minister — and a former LDP secretary-general , Ichiro Ozawa , announced that they were to establish a new faction . |
| 11 | Then , only two months ago , Peter Brooke himself announced that they were to have no purchase grants as such , but that these were now merged with the vote which pays for running expenses . |
| 12 | The reason for the move is that Phil took redundancy from BP when they announced that they were closing their Glasgow office and has since found a job with a Swedish oil company in London . |
| 13 | Her chances received a considerable boost when two other possible contenders for the deputy leadership , Mr Brown and Mr Tony Blair ( Employment ) announced that they were backing her . |
| 14 | Immediately afterwards the UDF deputies announced that they were withdrawing from the GNA indefinitely . |
| 15 | On Jan. 29 President César Gaviria Trujillo made a fresh offer , extending an earlier decree to include crimes committed up to the time of surrender , and on Jan. 30 the Extraditables , maintaining that the police had in fact killed Diana Turbay , announced that they were reconsidering their latest declaration of war and would abstain from violent action for the moment . |
| 16 | ‘ It was you , not me , who announced that we were engaged . |
| 17 | He was certainly enjoying life more than ever before , and when Eva finally announced that we were moving to London he admitted that it was the right thing to do . |
| 18 | In a previous issue of JFIT News we announced that we were beginning to draft a proposal for a new Compound Semiconductor Advanced Technology Programme , and we asked for your views and ideas as to the scope of the workplan and the size of the budget . |
| 19 | Halfway between the target and the coast the Night engineer announced that we were having a heavy petrol consumption and the dialogue was something like this : |
| 20 | The nationalised industry announced that it is to close 31 pits , which will result in 30,000 job losses . |
| 21 | This week ITV announced that it is dropping the God slot due to lack of interest . |
| 22 | The Kingfisher group , whose name was changed from Woolworths earlier this year , includes about 720 high street shops under the Woolworths name , electrical retailer Comet with 307 outlets , Britain 's leading DIY group , B&Q , and Superdrug , the high street chain which last week announced that it is buying Medicare from the Gateway supermarket chain 's new owners Isosceles . |
| 23 | Welsh Tourism announced that it is to spend over £7.5 million on marketing in Britain over the next three years . |
| 24 | Transforming at a stroke the state of its balance sheet , Philips Electronics NV on Friday announced that it is to sell its 35% stake in the Japan-based Matsushita Electronics Corp to its partner in the venture , Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd for a whopping $1,600m . |
| 25 | Having last week announced that it is backing Ken Livingstone for the Labour leadership , it now says it supports the ‘ Sun Readers ' Party ’ . |
| 26 | Tarmac announced that it is closing down four plants and reducing production , which will lead to 300 job losses . |
| 27 | EURO Disney plunged 29p to £9.33p after it announced that it is closing one of its six hotels for the winter . |
| 28 | Ford of Europe announced that it is to make over 10,000 job cuts by the end of 1993 , about 40% of which are expected to be in the UK . |
| 29 | Recently it announced that it is to begin testing all personal computers assembled in Russia from imported components . |
| 30 | A Chinese delegation , headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Xu Dunxin , visited Brunei on April 10-13 , 1991 , after which the government announced that it was considering the matter of establishing diplomatic relations with China and wished to have economic and cultural exchanges . |