Example sentences of "on [noun prp] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | My hon. Friend the Minister of State announced on Saturday that extra troops would soon arrive . |
2 | Sarajevo radio reported on Friday that 157 people , 63 of them children , had died of hunger , disease and cold in the previous 48 hours in the region around Srebrenica alone . |
3 | Despite the brisk sales reported in the last few days before Christmas , December saw a small decline in retail trade compared with the previous year , according to the Confederation of British Industry 's distributive trades panel , said on Tuesday that many retailers had reported a disappointing Christmas , although the results were an improvement on recent months and sales in January were expected to be up on a year ago . |
4 | ‘ We believed the rumour on Tuesday that British Aerospace was building up a big shareholding but we are not so sure now , ’ a spokesman said . |
5 | Suddenly it dawned on Ramsay that this flag was considerably larger than that flown by the Regent . |
6 | Mr Geoffrey Hillcoat , Durham county council group traffic manager for road safety , told Darlington Cycling Forum on Monday that serious accidents in the town accounted for almost half of all the cycle injuries in the county last year . |
7 | The Detroit News reported on Monday that continuing disputes with other top brass helped persuade York to accept the IBM offer . |