Example sentences of "[noun] yesterday [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE United States yesterday cancelled talks set for Monday with the European Community over a public procurement dispute and said sanctions were now hard to avoid . |
| 2 | The Confederation of British Industry yesterday said MPs ' pay must also be pegged . |
| 3 | A MAJOR meat industry figure yesterday endorsed livestock producers ' legitimate expectations of premium prices for quality products . |
| 4 | PETER Chapple-Hyam yesterday challenged Jim Bolger to let St Jovite take on Dr Devious in the Group One Juddmonte International at York next Tuesday . |
| 5 | LEADERS of the 12 European Community nations yesterday added impetus to progress towards a single market in 1992 , while admitting that several important issues remained to be solved . |
| 6 | SIR Ron Brierley yesterday reassured shareholders in GPG , the investment vehicle where he is chairman , that ‘ we are doing everything in our power ’ to solve the impasse which has frozen London trading in the shares for 15 months . |
| 7 | Dundee yesterday signed Lionel David from French Second Division club La Rochelle . |
| 8 | Queen Margaret College yesterday announced plans for a major expansion on to a new campus , costing up to £10 million and aimed at carrying the former domestic science school to the size required for university status . |
| 9 | THE percussionist Evelyn Glennie yesterday took time out from her hectic tour of Scotland 's smaller venues to stage a special performance for inmates at Aberdeen 's Craiginches Prison , writes Frank Urquhart . |
| 10 | THE financier who made a billion when Chancellor Lamont lost the battle for the pound yesterday gave £32 million to charity . |
| 11 | FILM director Woody Allen 's young lover yesterday dismissed rumours that their affair was on the wane . |
| 12 | Labour yesterday demanded publication of the report , which warns that British industry is in a lamentable state and will take decades before being fit enough to compete internationally . |
| 13 | LABOUR yesterday claimed funding for Durham Training and Enterprise Centre would be cut by almost £1m from next month . |
| 14 | THE US state department yesterday condemned Libya 's active chemical weapons programme but declined to confirm a detailed report of a new Libyan underground plant aimed at making and storing poison gas . |
| 15 | HIGH Street giant Marks & Spencer yesterday revealed plans to slash prices in all its 300 stores — to woo back lost shoppers . |
| 16 | The bizarre confrontation yesterday saw punches thrown and claims that a shotgun was produced before police arrived to calm things down . |
| 17 | DONCASTER rugby league club yesterday sacked coach Geoff Morris and assistant Kevin Parkhouse . |
| 18 | The Jockey Club yesterday announced plans to maintain its Sunday racing campaign by sanctioning a mixed meeting of flat and jump racing at the Surrey track . |
| 19 | Hannah Hauxwell , left and the carving of poet Richard Watson Hannah unveils plaque to poet HANNAH Hauxwell , the famous daughter of the Dales yesterday paid tribute to a famous son of Middleton-in-Teesdale . |
| 20 | A High Court judge yesterday granted Alison Halford , the assistant chief constable involved in a long-running battle with her police authority , leave to seek another judicial review of her case . |
| 21 | THE Chancellor yesterday adopted President Bill Clinton 's policy of balancing rather modest immediate measures to reduce the budget deficit with a promise of progressive corrective measures in the longer term . |
| 22 | The Chancellor yesterday promised measures which he said would amount to the most fundamental reform of income tax administration since the introduction of Pay As You Earn in 1944 . |
| 23 | THE United States and Russia yesterday challenged Arabs and Israelis to resume peace talks in April and agreed to hold a first summit between Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin . |
| 24 | A GERMAN museum yesterday took possession of 101 priceless sketches , water colours and prints , part of a collection stolen by Red Army troops at the end of the Second World War . |
| 25 | WALES soccer boss Terry Yorath yesterday urged clubs to screen young players for the heart disease that killed his 15-year-old son Daniel . |
| 26 | Members of Darlington Council 's development committee yesterday heard details of legislation to simplify and shorten planning procedures . |
| 27 | Langbaurgh planning committee yesterday recommended permission for the Guisborough by-pass and the long-awaited East Cleveland Community Hospital at Brotton . |
| 28 | The transport committee yesterday approved plans to build another boat . |
| 29 | ( First Edition ) THE LEAGUE 'S board of directors yesterday found Castleford and Hull guilty of bringing the game into disrepute by brawling in their Wheldon Road meeting 10 days ago , and fined each club £3,000 , writes Paul Wilson . |
| 30 | ATHLETICS : World 400m record holder Butch Reynolds yesterday won permission from America 's governing body to compete again after he was suspended for using a banned substance in 1990 . |