Example sentences of "announce [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let me give another very recent example while these rather alarming , in some ways , events were going on in Arkensaw , the London Times — not the Sunday Times now — had as a centre page article by a distinguished cosmologist , Fred Hoyle , announcing to a startled world that he 'd suddenly acquired some doubts about evolution . |
| 2 | Mr Tony Newton , the Social Security Secretary , was accused of misleading Parliament when he announced in a written reply that Electronic Data Systems had been given the five-year contract for running the centre at Norcross , Lancashire , ‘ following consideration of a tender ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Sixteen coffees , ’ she announced in the cool voice that they seemed to be using to each other , ‘ followed by — er — ’ Consulting her list , she continued , ‘ Six rounds of toast , five boiled eggs with soldiers … ’ |
| 4 | Pérez announced in the same speech that prices of electricity ( for both domestic and industrial consumers ) , petrol and basic foodstuffs would be frozen , that prices of medicines would be " stabilized " and that financial provisions for public transport , home ownership , housing for the military and small businesses would be improved . |
| 5 | They quoted the old woman who announced outside the Old Bailey that ‘ he got what he deserved ’ . |
| 6 | He parked the machine and announced to a stunned crowd that he had just retired . |
| 7 | On March 18 Najibullah formally announced for the first time that he was prepared to resign to further the progress of a UN peace plan , the initial aim of which was to establish an interim , all-party government [ see p. 38811 ] . |
| 8 | In the ensuing days the President 's health was closely monitored and , after a further burst of accelerated and irregular heart activity on May 7 , it was announced on the following day that the source of Bush 's condition was an over-active thyroid gland . |
| 9 | It was announced on the same day that " political committees " had been formed in the Occupied Territories . |
| 10 | It was also announced on the same day that the Greek government was to replace Vasso Papandreou as the Commissioner responsible for social affairs and employment , education and training , and human resources by Greek Finance Minister Ioannis Paleokrassas . |
| 11 | Asahi Shinwa , which reported a fee income of Y16.3bn in 1991 , announced at the same time that it would be terminating several international joint ventures established with E&Y International . |
| 12 | It was announced at the same time that two others had been executed in the Sumatran town of Medan in October 1989 . |
| 13 | It was announced at the same time that the UK Prime Minister , John Major , would travel to Beijing to sign the agreement , making him the first Western head of government to visit China since the crushing of the pro-democracy movement in June 1989 . |
| 14 | It was also announced at the same time that Ong Teng Cheong , the other Deputy Prime Minister , was suffering from cancer . |
| 15 | The United Kingdom announced at the same time that it was freeing Iraqi assets worth £70,000,000 ( about US$126,000,000 ) , but a UK Foreign Office spokesman denied allegations that Richer 's release had been secured by an unpublicised arrangement between Iraq and the UK , said to involve the unfreezing of part of £621,400,000 ( US$1,100 million ) held by banks in the UK . |