Example sentences of "declared [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Instead , within seven years , Hepworth had declared himself bankrupt and Stoll had withdrawn from the production business , having lost some £200,000 from its various production ventures . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Although he had to make some concessions , he has declared himself by and large satisfied . |
| 6 | EDDIE Murphy has declared himself a servant of God . |
| 7 | LESTER Piggott has declared himself fit to ride — less than a month after his horrific fall in the Breeders ' Cup . |
| 8 | The 35-year-old St Helens pack star has declared himself available for next month 's World Cup Final against the Aussies . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Part of England 's concern is that Gooch has already declared himself unavailable for next winter 's tour of West Indies . |
| 11 | The soprintendente in Florence , Antonio Paolucci , has declared himself utterly opposed to the Japanese proposal , describing it as ‘ blackmail ’ . |
| 12 | Once again , Joyce had declared himself to be a British citizen by birth . |
| 13 | In effect , God had declared himself for the English and against the French . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | Since then he had declared himself busy whenever I rang and asked for a taxi to take me to the Turkman Gate . ) |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | **UK Environment Secretary Michael Howard has declared himself in favour of further curbs on ozone-depleting chemicals , notably methyl bromide . |
| 21 | In the draft party statutes , one rule specifically states that once the Lithuanian party has declared itself independent , members will have until the 28th Soviet Party Congress next October to decide whether to stay with the Lithuanian party , or leave it and join the Soviet party . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , no one can buy the paper for hard currency , not even the mighty Ministry of Defence , because the only bank for foreign trade operations has declared itself almost bankrupt , and refuses to return hard currency to its owners . |
| 23 | The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities has declared itself a potential purchaser but is apparently negotiating on the asking price which is said to be $2 million . |
| 24 | Twice during the 1980s , Brazil effectively defaulted on its foreign debt and on many occasions has declared itself unable to carry out the promises made in its successive Letters of Intent to the IMF . |
| 25 | The Court also considered the reverse situation , where the third party claims that it has become entitled to the benefits of a Convention , either because it has declared itself willing to be bound , or because it has shown its willingness by its conduct . |
| 26 | The balance of our response shifts with this knowledge : Flaubert becomes plodding and predictable ; Du Camp becomes the wit , the dandy , the teaser of modernism before modernism has declared itself |
| 27 | The longest and costliest criminal case in US history ended on July 27 when the prosecution dropped child molestation charges against Raymond Buckey after the jury had declared itself unable to arrive at a majority verdict . |
| 28 | Pakrac formed part of Croatia 's Knin province , which had unilaterally declared itself on Feb. 28 to be the " Serbian Autonomous Region of Krajina " , in contravention of Croatian law [ see p. 38019 ] , pronouncing itself in favour of union with Serbia and Montenegro , and with the Serbian population of neighbouring Bosnia-Hercegovina . |
| 29 | HZDS had declared itself in favour of a confederation , while VPN supported the continued federal constitution . |
| 30 | On Sept. 2 the Nagorny Karabakh autonomous oblast ( region ) had declared itself the Nagorny Karabakh Republic , incorporating the adjacent Shaumyan district , in accordance with a joint decision of the local governing councils . |