Example sentences of "[vb past] that it [was/were] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another very important factor was that at the Boat Show the R Y A announced that it was taking responsibility for the national coordination of all activities er for sailors with special needs , that 's blind , deaf , disabled and there are many organizations who are working in this field but the R Y A is the coordinator . |
| 2 | The Japanese government , which also strongly supported a return to commercial whaling , announced that it was holding talks with Russia and South Korea with a view to setting up a similar organization for " rational exploitation " of marine mammals in the north Pacific . |
| 3 | On Feb. 21 India announced that it was sending medicines worth Rs10,000,000 while Algeria donated some 8 tonnes of food and medicines . |
| 4 | On April 10 the National Bank of Yugoslavia ( NBY ) announced that it was seeking rescheduling of its foreign debts , which totalled US$15,000 million . |
| 5 | Two days before Arrese 's Valladolid speech , France announced that it was to grant independence to its protectorate in Morocco . |
| 6 | In a statement on Nov. 19 the Comoran Union for Progress ( Udzima ) announced that it was withdrawing support from its leader , President Said Mohammed Djohar , and going into opposition ; the statement accused Djohar of carrying out a political witch-hunt following an attempted coup and subsequent Cabinet reshuffle in August [ see p. 38378 ] . |
| 7 | As anticipated , Unix Systems Laboratories Inc last week announced that it was joining X/Open Ltd under the new technical membership structure the consortium put in place in October . |
| 8 | On the same day the UN World Food Programme announced that it was granting $1,900,000 in emergency supplies to Bangladesh . |
| 9 | It also announced that it was reducing customs duty on sales from such zones to the domestic market . |
| 10 | Three days later , in an extraordinary further development , the Justice Department announced that it was investigating Sessions and his wife in relation to the possible violation of ethics rules . |
| 11 | On Dec. 23 the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) announced that it was delaying disbursement of SDR45,230,000 ( about US$64,675,000 ) , the second instalment under its enhanced structural adjustment facility ( ESAF ) , pending further discussion with the government about economic performance targets . |
| 12 | The move is the result of mounting concern after The Northern Echo revealed that it was feared plans to allow districts to form powerful purchasing consortiums could be the first step towards full-scale merger . |
| 13 | She made a deliberate detour past Miguel 's house on her way back to Monte Samana , and , without stopping , noted that it was called Casa Madrid . |
| 14 | In February 1991 , for example , the government stated that it was adopting measures to ‘ make available registers of detention … and promptly and objectively establish the fate of those whose ‘ disappearance ’ is claimed as certain . ’ |
| 15 | On Oct. 19 , 1989 , the government confirmed that it was holding Gen. François Bozize and 11 other opposition figures who had fled to Benin after an abortive coup attempt in 1982 . |
| 16 | In London , the Home Office confirmed that it was processing applications for leave to remain on behalf of the three . |
| 17 | At the time of going to press , the ITF confirmed that it was awaiting papers from Slovenia so that it could process its application to become an associate member . |
| 18 | The court emphasised that it was upholding party autonomy and would not rewrite the contract to take account of subsequent concerns . |
| 19 | While this was not seen as condoned truancy , headmasters warned that it was sending signals about the relative lack of importance of regular attendance . |
| 20 | Richmond bureau was prompted into this action when it felt that it was losing advice workers because of the tensions involved in the work and because insufficient support was given to alleviate it . |
| 21 | From the pink frilly garment , Clara would have deduced that the baby must be a girl , but she clearly remembered that it was called James . |
| 22 | He showed me a speck on the map to the left of Hodges and said that it was named Banks Island , after Cook 's naturalist friend . |