Example sentences of "declared [pron] " in BNC.

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1 They said the government had declared them ‘ protected species ’ and that killing them was now a criminal offence .
2 Whether or not Lovebite consented in our Dionysian excesses , Lord Lane had declared them illegal .
3 Meanwhile Edward Tekere , leader of the breakaway Zimbabwe Unity Movement ( ZUM ) , on April 6 challenged the fairness of the elections , rejecting the findings of the electoral commission which had declared them to be " free , fair and impartial " .
4 And they had declared them because they were accustomed to being allowed to use the drugs when they travelled in Europe .
5 And they had declared them because they were accustomed to being allowed to use the drugs when they travelled in Europe .
6 In a decision which was widely predicted , Mr Patten has declared himself minded to uphold the view of the department 's inspectorate that Consortium Developments , representing several of the country 's major home-builders , had not made a sufficiently strong case for the development of 4,800 houses in what is an abandoned quarry and a conifer plantation .
7 He has declared himself general co-ordinator of a new Parliament of Popular Power which , although it has no legislative authority , appears destined to take the place of the country 's National Assembly , which was dissolved last month .
8 Instead , within seven years , Hepworth had declared himself bankrupt and Stoll had withdrawn from the production business , having lost some £200,000 from its various production ventures .
9 Roy Wegerle , the £1 million Rangers newcomer who has declared himself available to the United States , was last night offered the chance of an alternative route to the World Cup next summer by Bobby Robson .
10 Although he had to make some concessions , he has declared himself by and large satisfied .
11 EDDIE Murphy has declared himself a servant of God .
12 LESTER Piggott has declared himself fit to ride — less than a month after his horrific fall in the Breeders ' Cup .
13 The 35-year-old St Helens pack star has declared himself available for next month 's World Cup Final against the Aussies .
14 In the effervescence of his accession as His Lordship thirty years earlier , Fulgor Sagramoso had declared himself to be an independent sovereign ruler and a God .
15 Part of England 's concern is that Gooch has already declared himself unavailable for next winter 's tour of West Indies .
16 The soprintendente in Florence , Antonio Paolucci , has declared himself utterly opposed to the Japanese proposal , describing it as ‘ blackmail ’ .
17 Once again , Joyce had declared himself to be a British citizen by birth .
18 In effect , God had declared himself for the English and against the French .
19 It was almost as if , after years of stolidly predictable behaviour , an old and respected great-uncle had declared himself to be a Buddhist or a Muslim or the follower of some obscure Eastern mystic , and , instead of keeping it to himself , insisted on dressing up in a variety of different-coloured kaftans and talking to people loudly about The Meaning of Life at drinks parties .
20 Though these men were perfectly acceptable to Theodore , Wilfrid is said to have declared himself unable to serve God in unity with them because he regarded them as strangers to the Catholic Church ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 30 ) .
21 Since then he had declared himself busy whenever I rang and asked for a taxi to take me to the Turkman Gate . )
22 The alignment of the station does not have to change at all to take account of the new east route into London in favour of which my right hon. and learned Friend has declared himself .
23 Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis had declared himself " satisfied " with his negotiations with Russian President Boris Yeltsin on June 5 in Moscow , when it was agreed to draw up a timetable for the withdrawal .
24 To the man who had declared himself " responsible before God " , but not before his fellow citizens , the conclusion of an agreement with God 's earthly representative had an elevated significance .
25 **UK Environment Secretary Michael Howard has declared himself in favour of further curbs on ozone-depleting chemicals , notably methyl bromide .
26 Finally , a new association could be declared which allows the current geometric situation to exist without creating a violation .
27 Lay members voted by 47 to 29 for women priests , and though the Bishop of Chester is not declaring openly which way he will vote , he has declared which way he favours .
28 Southern African states , such as Zimbabwe , Botswana and South Africa , have already declared their opposition to a ban , as their stocks of elephants are rising , allowing profitable culling for ivory , meat and leather .
29 Serbian leaders who have declared their own republic in Bosnia , accused Mr Izetbegovic yesterday ‘ state terror ’ against local Serbs .
30 On hunting with hounds , Liberal Democrats as a party have declared their opposition , but recognise , like the Conservative and Labour parties , that legislation is a matter of conscience for each individual MP .
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