Example sentences of "[noun sg] announcing the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between the study and the library was the small spiral staircase which led directly to the Emperor 's apartments , a staircase she was to climb on 3 September 1870 , clutching in her hand the telegram announcing the capitulation at Sedan and crying out in grief at the horror of it . |
| 2 | He seemed to think that his success played some part in the invitation to go there to study , but Dulcie Howes 's account , already quoted , of her discussions with Herbert Cranko does not bear that out , and anyway people connected with the Ballet Club had forgotten all about John 's having danced with them so early , and denied Hanns 's account of it until Lionel Luyt , going through old scrapbooks , found a slip in the programme announcing the change of cast . |
| 3 | Ah , the old days , when he first came over — his reverie was cut short by the boom of the gong announcing the elevation of the host . |
| 4 | There has always been a certain emnity between the two fighters , which , predictably , nearly exploded at the press conference announcing the match . |
| 5 | Lenin drafted a proclamation announcing the fall of the Provisional Government , and that evening , shortly after the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets had assembled , the Winter Palace was taken and the cabinet arrested . |
| 6 | Throughout Uruguay every station was equipped with a sign announcing the distance from Montevideo station , symbolizing a radiating nationalism well matched by the manner in which all lines led to the capital . |
| 7 | The March 20 joint Iran-Saudi communiqué announcing the restoration of full ties followed a meeting three days earlier in Muscat , the Omani capital , of Foreign Ministers Ali Akbar Vellayati of Iran and Prince Saud al-Faisal of Saudi Arabia . |
| 8 | Her curiosity mildly aroused by Adele 's close interest in the stranger , Isabel glanced across the table , her gaze sliding past the sentry announcing the visitor . |
| 9 | Usually , all that seemed necessary was a notice announcing the site was protected , and occasionally some repair or the setting-up of a plain iron ‘ unclimbable ’ fence . |
| 10 | Chamberlain 's dramatic radio broadcast announcing the Declaration of War in 1939 . |
| 11 | In his letter announcing the betrothal , João had said that he would come to Ireland in the summer in order to take Sara back to Lisbon before the autumn storms , so her expectation of his arrival mounted with each passing day . |
| 12 | The original handwritten manuscript of Maurice Ravel 's ‘ Bolero ’ was sold at Drouot in April and a first Latin edition of Christopher Columbus 's letter announcing the discovery of America in March — both for FFr1.8 million . |
| 13 | A group of armed rebels seized control of the national radio headquarters in Antananarivo , the capital , early on May 13 and managed to broadcast a statement announcing the overthrow of President Didier Ratsiraka before being overpowered by the security forces . |
| 14 | On Jan. 7 the extremist Palestinian Revolutionary Council of Fatah ( RCF ) , led by Abu Nidal , issued a statement announcing the release of four Belgian nationals held hostage since 1987 [ see p. 35868 ] . |
| 15 | Richmondshire District Council agreed to make the order announcing the pay and display scheme which will start on June 1 . |
| 16 | The Church is more than the herald announcing the message , it is a demonstration model which gives credence to the effectiveness of that message . |
| 17 | Anyway if Leeds think its a problem announcing the list in the programme I 'm sure they will decline the oppertunity ! |
| 18 | In the press release announcing the closure , Volvo states : ’ The actions are the direct result of deregulation of bus services and the recession , which have combined to severely depress demand . ’ |
| 19 | This week the Science Policy Research Unit , stung by the attacks , withdrew a press release announcing the report and titled Britain 's biggest telescope — a failure and replaced it with one titled Britain 's biggest telescope — how well has it performed ? |
| 20 | Leaders of the Yatama Indian rebel alliance ( including Brooklyn Rivera , Wycliffe Diego and Steadman Fagoth Müller ) at the end of September signed a document confirming that they renounced the armed struggle ( although their fighters remained in the mountains ) and requested safe conduct to Nicaragua , at the same time announcing the formation of a new political party , and their support for Chamorro in the presidential elections . |