Example sentences of "it [be] announced [conj] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 '' ’ But in 1965 , it was announced that no new university would be built for ten years and that priority would go to the expansion of existing universities .
2 One encouraging sign was the intensification of offshore oil exploration ; in October 1990 it was announced that a Vietnamese-Soviet joint venture had discovered an oil field ( Dai Hung ) estimated to contain some 250 million barrels .
3 In Venda , following a special session of the homeland assembly on March 13 , it was announced that a similar referendum would be held on reintegration , and also that the Constitution would be revised to allow for a multiparty system .
4 It was announced that a Revolutionary Council had taken over .
5 On March 2 it was announced that a new Committee for Employment and Emigration would assist the Foreign Ministry in exploring openings for Albanians to work abroad .
6 On April 19 it was announced that a new Public Security Coordinating Office was to be set up , headed by a civilian , to " assist the security forces and propose public security measures " with the help of the military police ( Carabiñeros ) and the investigative police .
7 Earlier , as the Chamber of Representatives on Oct. 17 held its first session for the parliamentary year 1991-92 , it was announced that a new opposition grouping , the National Movement ( MN ) , had been formed under the leadership of the veteran Berber politician Mahjoubi Aherdane , who in 1957 had founded his Popular Movement party ( MP ) .
8 On March 13 it was announced that a human rights unit had been created within in the Foreign , Justice and Interior Ministries " with responsibility for following up international organizations ' activities in the sphere of human rights " ; this followed a report released by Amnesty International on March 3 , which had alleged the routine use of torture .
9 Leading separatists had met with Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar in Delhi on April 17 and 19 ; on April 20 it was announced that a large number of Sikh youths imprisoned for minor offences would be released .
10 It was announced that the new Slovenian Territorial Army would be drawn in part from the old territorial defence units , and that its brief was purely defensive .
11 On Oct. 10 it was announced that the central committee of the ruling party , the Rassemblement du peuple togolais ( RPT ) , had approved a proposal for the drafting of a new constitution by a special commission which was to include representatives of " all socio-professional groups " ; the draft would be put to a referendum in late 1991 .
12 These steps failed , however , to increase confidence , and on Sept. 13 it was announced that the central rate for the lira within the framework of the ERM had been reduced by 3.5 per cent and that those for the currencies of the other participants had been increased by 3.5 per cent , representing an effective 7 per cent devaluation of the lira .
13 On the evening of Jan. 12 it was announced that the existing six-member High Security Council had that day , by virtue of a mandate to preserve continuity given it by the Constitutional Council , resolved " that it is impossible to continue the election process until the necessary conditions are fulfilled for the normal functioning of institutions " .
14 On Sept. 9 it was announced that the only Romanian Cabinet official of Hungarian nationality , Deputy Minister of Culture Andro Horvath , had been dismissed as part of an efficiency drive .
15 In late January 1990 it was announced that the then ruling party , the Democratic Justice Party , was to merge with the Reunification Democratic Party ( RDP ) and the New Democratic Republican Party ( NDRP ) , two of the country 's three main opposition groups [ see p. 37187 ] .
16 In the weeks preceding her dismissal , she was beset by rumours of dissent within her own party and on Aug 5 it was announced that the Combined Opposition Parties intended to table a motion of no confidence against her government .
17 On June 4 , 1990 , it was announced that the vertical script would be reintroduced in schools , alongside the Cyrillic script which had been introduced in 1946 .
18 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 .
19 His appointment is thought to herald a tougher security policy particularly so since it was announced that the back bench
20 After the meeting it was announced that the Lebanese-Syrian Supreme Council would convene after the formation of a new Lebanese government in October to draw up a comprehensive timetable for a Syrian withdrawal .
21 It was announced that the un-named author [ Vial ] of the plan intended to deliver a course of public lectures in veterinary medicine that winter .
22 On Aug. 23 it was announced that the constitutional conference had reached a broad agreement on all outstanding issues .
23 On July 5 it was announced that the ruling Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) had secured five of the 10 mayoralities of provincial capitals which had been left undecided in June pending investigations into alleged voting irregularities .
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