Example sentences of "[prep] announce [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I thank my hon. Friend for announcing the inquiry today .
2 A number of publication strategies are possible for announcing the modifications to classification schemes :
3 Someone went to commiserate with Harbury and Harbury went to lacerate Riley for announcing an appointment he had no intention of accepting .
4 NORMAN Stoller , chairman of fast-growing Seton Healthcare Group yesterday held out the prospect of more jobs at the company 's Merseyside plant after announcing a 41pc leap in pre-tax profits .
5 Ranks Hovis McDougall 's board recommended the £935m takeover offer from Tomkins after announcing a 38% decrease in profit before tax to £92.6m for the year to 5 September 1992 .
6 After announcing a determination to play serve-and-volley , whatever the event , the ultimate professional then proceeded to work chiefly from the baseline for five sets to defeat that whimsical artist Miloslav Mecir in the final of the Stuttgart Classic exhibition tournament here on Saturday .
7 Last year , after announcing a profit of over £112million for the previous year , Ratner told the Institute of Directors that a cheap cut-glass sherry decanter was sold for £4.99 because it was ‘ total crap ’ .
8 FOUR MONTHS after announcing a discovery of worldwide importance , one of Britain 's most promising biotechnology companies , Speywood Laboratories is in serious financial difficulties .
9 Slough Estates fell , not surprisingly , after announcing a cash call to raise £147m .
10 United Friendly rose 65p to 715p after announcing a review of future distribution policy , leading to hopes of appreciably higher future dividend pay-outs .
11 A transaction to which the Merger Regulation applies must be notified to the Commission on the prescribed form ( Form CO ) within one week after announcing a bid , reaching an agreement or acquiring control , whichever occurs first .
12 Reuters had an active session after announcing a launch date for its Dealing 2000–2 system for foreign exchange trading : April 29 .
13 SHARES in the water industry are to be made ‘ as attractive as possible to as many people as possible ’ , the Government 's advisers on water privatisation said yesterday after announcing a series of perks for investors which go beyond anything seen in previous privatisations .
14 The huer 's job , after announcing the sighting of the shoal , was to guide his own boat to the fish , signalling East or West by removing his coat and waving it from side to side and , when the boat was on top of the shoal , by placing his coat on his telescope and holding it aloft .
15 Just days after announcing the closure of five old people 's homes , a county council is to spend an extra seventeen million pounds on care for the elderly and disabled .
16 Mr Lang was speaking after announcing the membership of the last of the 15 boards — the Yorkhill trust in Glasgow .
17 The church became increasingly involved with human rights work : Romero made a practice of announcing the week 's toll of human rights violations at his packed Sunday sermons and the Socorro Juridico , the Archbishop 's legal aid office , became an internationally recognized source of independent information on the repression .
18 To sum up then , according to the so-called unorthodox view , the company , or rather individuals on the conglomerate 's behalf , deals on either inside information acquired in the course of business about another company , for example , an investment banking client on the verge of announcing an increase in expected profits ; or on information ‘ leaked ’ by one arm of the conglomerate about a long or short position it has taken as market maker on specific shares and which it would like to off-load into the accounts of customers in the conglomerate 's fund management arm .
19 International building group John Laing was cheerful yesterday despite announcing a pretax loss last year of £65.3m after huge exceptional costs .
20 MANWEB , the north-west electricity company , suffered a chilly reception from the market yesterday , despite announcing a 35% profits increase in the six months to end September .
21 Where the offeror is required to obtain independent advice , it should do so before announcing an offer or any revised offer , and the advice should be as to whether or not the making of the offer is in the interests of shareholders .
22 When he was then slow in announcing a name , Churchill enjoyed himself with the mot that ‘ Baldwin has to find a man of inferior ability to himself , and this Herculean task requires time for its accomplishment . ’
23 May we congratulate the Scottish Office on two recent crucial decisions in the cultural sector , first , in increasing the grant to the Scottish Film Council and Film Production Fund by over £300,000 , and secondly , in announcing a £300,000 annual grant to the crafts in Scotland .
24 In announcing the decision of the court at the conclusion of the argument I stressed , and I repeat , that the effect of setting aside the order leaves the health authority and its medical staff free , subject to consent not being withdrawn , to treat J. in accordance with their best clinical judgment .
25 In announcing the decision , White House Press Spokes-man Marlin Fitzwater described Bush as " frustrated and angry " over Gates 's position .
26 In announcing the change in policy , Customs have defined a holding company 's basic activities as including ‘ acquiring subsidiaries , mounting or defending against take-overs etc ’ .
27 " In the past , the emphasis was on developing , manufacturing and marketing cars " , Töpfer said in announcing the measure .
28 In announcing the government 's intention I also made it clear that my right honourable friend had decided that a similar duty should be introduced for auditors of building societies and financial service companies and that my right honourable friend the president of the board of trade would want the approach extended er to the , this approach extended to the auditors of insurance companies .
29 It was this change of circumstances which led me in announcing the making of the emergency order to say that W. 's wishes were no longer of weight .
30 Lord Justice Glidewell and Mr Justice Hidden decided that the Government and British Coal had unlawfully and irrationally ignored miners ' rights in announcing the closure of 31 pits , with the loss of 30,000 jobs .
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