Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adj] that a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles Nupen , a strike mediator , announced on Jan. 26 that a settlement between the two sides had been reached whereby SATS agreed to recognize SARHWU and to negotiate wages and conditions of service with the union in areas where it obtained registrations under the Labour Relations Act . |
| 2 | The State Council spokesman , Yuan Mu , said on Jan. 10 that a policy of " leniency " was being adopted in the trials , which were closed to foreign observers . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , it is uncertain whether he was writing during Emma 's marriage to Cnut or that to Æthelred , but these tales hint that one or both suggested to Richard II that a claim to England was worth recording , and that he wanted to keep his options open . |
| 4 | Vonadk , the Khmer Rouge clandestine radio , reported on Jan. 6 that an offensive had been launched the previous day against the key north-western provincial capital of Battambang . |
| 5 | Defence Minister Lassane Ouangraoua revealed on Jan. 8 that an army non-commissioned officer had plotted to overthrow the government on Dec. 28 . |
| 6 | It was on March 7 that a helicopter carrying Tanay , accompanied by his family and a number of Afghan generals , landed near the Pakistan border town of Peshawar . |
| 7 | President Havel proposed in March 1991 that a referendum should be held to settle the issue of Slovak secession . |
| 8 | The change became necessary when the Federal Constitutional Court ruled on Sept. 30 that an agreement reached in August 1990 [ see p. 37661 ] was unconstitutional . |
| 9 | Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo announced on July 22 that an agreement which the government had signed with the " Paris Club " group of creditor countries would allow Argentina to restructure part of its official debt . |
| 10 | In April 22 traders were charged with illegal trading , and the Justice Department announced on Aug. 2 that a total of 46 traders had been indicted for futures fraud . |
| 11 | It is no secret that the governor of Brixton prison knew on 4 February 1991 that a breakout from the prison was being actively contemplated by IRA terrorists in the prison , yet they were not split up or moved . |
| 12 | In an effort to resolve the dispute it was agreed on May 26 that a subcommittee would consider the point at which the Irish government would take part in the talks . |
| 13 | It had been reported on July 7 that a UN team had overseen the destruction of 61 Iraqi missiles and 10 mobile launchers . |
| 14 | Their arrival had been delayed for a fortnight after Gen. Farah Aydid claimed on July 7 that an aircraft with UN markings bringing food aid had also carried from Nairobi military equipment and counterfeit money for his rival , Somalia 's transitional President , Ali Mahdi Mohammed . |
| 15 | It was reported on May 7 that a meeting in Paris of the Aid to Pakistan Consortium , made up of 14 Western countries and the World Bank , had approved aid totalling US$2,300 million . |
| 16 | Nabi Berri , leader of the Shia organization Amal and currently a Cabinet member , said on Aug. 18 that a postponement was undesirable and that " those who call for a postponement are also targeting the Taif accord " . |
| 17 | The government announced on Sept. 18 that a delegation would leave for Libya in October to prepare a joint charter for the linking of the Sudanese Darfur region and the Libyan province of Tahadi . |
| 18 | Foreign Minister Joaquín Ricardo García was quoted by local radio as saying on July 18 that a total of 13,000 Haitian citizens , most of whom were migrant workers , had left the country " in the last few days " , 2,000 of them forcibly repatriated and the rest having left " voluntarily " . |
| 19 | It was in May 1977 that a Boeing 707/300 freighter , operated by Dan Air Services , crashed during an approach to land at Lusaka , Zambia . |
| 20 | It was reported on Sept. 25 that a committee of 13 creditor banks meeting in Washington approved proposals to make available to the Chilean government in 1991 and 1992 funds worth a total of US$320,000,000 . |
| 21 | Bahrain and Qatar were both members of the Gulf Co-operation Council ( GCC ) , and reports emerged on July 29 that a series of GCC ministerial meetings scheduled for July had been postponed due to " rising tension " between the two countries . |
| 22 | Brian Mulroney , federal Prime Minister and national leader of the Progressive Conservative Party ( PCP ) , announced on Sept. 3 that a referendum would be held on Oct. 26 on the issue of constitutional reform . |
| 23 | No formal agreement was signed but Bazin said in a letter to OAS Secretary-General Joao Baena Soares on Sept. 3 that a meeting with Aristide was an " unavoidable solution " to the constitutional crisis . |
| 24 | Israel Defence Force ( IDF ) radio reported on Aug. 8 that an officer of the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army ( SLA ) militia had been killed that day in the central sector of Israel 's self-declared " security zone " . |
| 25 | Kyodo news agency , citing " informed Vietnamese sources " , reported on July 27 that a group led by Chea Sim had staged a coup attempt in Phnom Penh . |
| 26 | As a result of the demonstration the Estonian Supreme Soviet announced on May 16 that a Home Guard was being set up to defend government buildings , and the Tallinn city council placed a temporary ban on the organization responsible for calling the demonstration , the United Council of Work Collectives . |
| 27 | It had been postponed from May 17 to May 19 after it was found on May 16 that a consignment of indelible ink donated by Germany — with which it was proposed to stamp voters ' hands in order to prevent multiple voting in the absence of electoral registers — was in fact easily washed off . |
| 28 | It was reported on Sept. 13 that a law on citizenship had been passed . |
| 29 | Mandela indicated on Aug. 13 that a statement of intent by the government to implement a non-racial constitution might be sufficient for the ANC to call for the ending of sanctions against South Africa . |
| 30 | Col. Tin U , second secretary of the ruling military junta , the State Law and Order Restoration Council ( SLORC ) , reiterated on Sept. 8 that a constitution would be drawn up following investigations into violations of the elections law . |