Example sentences of "announce the [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 It had been paced off in the sand as he announced the dimensions to the architect .
2 Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley announced the grant to the Terrence Higgins Trust will be reduced from £450,000 to £150,000 over three years .
3 As Tiguary announced the plan to the assembled chiefs , Dulé could see the scene in his mind 's eye : the fire licking up one mast , then leaping in the rigging to the other , snaking through the spars , then falling in sparks , and setting the decks to smouldering while sleepy men sloshed water about with the balers , yelling orders to one another , until , when the flames had lit up all the timbers and the ship blazed in a transparent lattice of spars and ribs , her defenders would fling themselves into the sea and the warriors would swoop out of the shallows and fall on them : it would be as easy as catching fish .
4 In the afternoon , he announced the climbdown to the Commons after Mr Major had assured MPs that he stood ‘ four square ’ behind the beleaguered Mr Patten .
5 France announced the sale to Pakistan of a nuclear power plant for commercial purposes during a visit by French President Mitterrand on Feb. 18-21 , 1990 .
6 Announcing the measures to parliament , Hawke stated that " the days of our being able to hitch a free ride in a world clamouring , and prepared to pay high prices , for our rural and mineral products are behind us " .
7 A number of publication strategies are possible for announcing the modifications to classification schemes :
8 Announcing the cuts to the National Assembly on Feb. 5 , Prime Minister Michel Rocard had said that wage costs and the cost of servicing the public debt and the defence budget would not be included in economies .
9 If the frequency is changed , then announce the frequency to which you are changing .
10 AD 50–130 ) , informs us that in his day wealthy members of the upper class had private water-clocks and special slaves to read them and announce the hours to their masters .
11 It may be helpful to advise the client on how to announce the sale to their staff .
12 Two days earlier , following a special interministerial committee presided over by Prime Minister Pierre Bérégovoy , Interior Minister Paul Quiles had announced the dispatch to Corsica of an additional two companies of CRS paramilitary riot police , bringing the total police and gendarmerie presence to 2,200 .
13 He nodded , his face ruthless , and said , ‘ We 'll announce the news to your father as soon as we return ! ’
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