Example sentences of "announce [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I must see Mr Devereux right away , ’ Barak announced through the open driver 's window . |
| 2 | On January 24 , Francois Guillani , de Cuellar 's official spokesperson , fanned speculation within UN headquarters that de Cuellar was under intense pressure to resign , by announcing over the public address system that ‘ It is untrue that the Secretary General is considering stepping down ’ . |
| 3 | This meant the Government would have less to announce at the unified Budget in November , when tax and spending plans will be unveiled together for the first time . |
| 4 | In April and May of this year , the Junior Minister of Health , in April Tom announced from the shared platform with David , the Tory MP for Havant , but better known as a leading member of the Tory think tank , that regulations had been lifted to allow private capital to have free access to the N H S. |
| 5 | ‘ Sixteen coffees , ’ she announced in the cool voice that they seemed to be using to each other , ‘ followed by — er — ’ Consulting her list , she continued , ‘ Six rounds of toast , five boiled eggs with soldiers … ’ |
| 6 | He also announced in the same speech the Government 's first considered response to Strangeways ; they would introduce a new offence of prison mutiny with a maximum penalty of 10 years . |
| 7 | Pérez announced in the same speech that prices of electricity ( for both domestic and industrial consumers ) , petrol and basic foodstuffs would be frozen , that prices of medicines would be " stabilized " and that financial provisions for public transport , home ownership , housing for the military and small businesses would be improved . |
| 8 | ‘ In the last few minutes one of the party of missing students — ’ Kath let out her breath on a gust ‘ — has made his way to the surface , and he has told us that there are still two men trapped below here , ’ he announced in the earnest voice of sepulchral doom so favoured by reporters at the scene of an incident . |
| 9 | They quoted the old woman who announced outside the Old Bailey that ‘ he got what he deserved ’ . |
| 10 | So in July he announced to the American public : " we intend to honour our commitments " ( to West Germany and West Berlin ) and called for a build-up of American forces . |
| 11 | ‘ Scientists from all over the world gather every year at an obscure location in the Texas Plains , ’ Bentine announced on the first morning ( 28 March ) . |
| 12 | The ‘ four cornerstones ’ of the Malawi Congress Party : unity , loyalty , obedience and discipline , match ill with the ‘ scientific spirit of enquiry ’ which the country 's 1966 syllabus announces as the guiding principle for primary education syllabus change . |
| 13 | The reorganisation moves and the joint-venture announced between the regional jetliner business and Taiwan Aerospace Corporation have ‘ effectively stemmed the losses and secured the financial position ’ , he said . |
| 14 | Are not the truly appalling unemployment figures announced today — an increase of more than 53,000 , taking the unemployment total to more than 2,600,000 , even leaving out the thousands of job losses announced during the present month — ample proof that the Government 's incompetent economic policies are certainly not working , but are causing severe hurt ? |
| 15 | On Jan. 27 the Pakistan government announced for the first time its full support for the UN peace plan [ see p. 38194 ] and the conference , and called upon the mujaheddin to follow its lead . |
| 16 | On March 18 Najibullah formally announced for the first time that he was prepared to resign to further the progress of a UN peace plan , the initial aim of which was to establish an interim , all-party government [ see p. 38811 ] . |
| 17 | The first second source to be announced for the Digital Equipment Corp Alpha RISC looks like being a real surprise : Mitsubishi Electric Corp , not noted up to now as a fabricator of microprocessors , is negotiating a tie-up with DEC that could lead to Mitsubishi making and selling the Alpha , Reuter reports from Tokyo . |
| 18 | The first second source to be announced for the Digital Equipment Corp Alpha RISC looks like being a real surprise : Mitsubishi Electric Corp , not noted up to now as a fabricator of microprocessors , is negotiating a tie-up with DEC that could lead to Mitsubishi making and selling the Alpha , Reuter reports from Tokyo . |
| 19 | The cost of the mammoth rebuilding of Romania 's urban centres , already underway by the end of the 1980s , and the still greater projects announced for the near future , was part of the process of social subordination . |
| 20 | The former United Kingdom Home Secretary and since 1990 government leader in the House of Lords , Lord Waddington , was announced as the new Governor of Bermuda on April 13 and was due to take up the post in the late summer . |
| 21 | ‘ Whheeccchhhh ! ’ shouted a female voice as the band robustly played the Gay Gordons , announced as the last dance . |
| 22 | The company also said the DRS6000 Models 240 , 450 , 750 and 752 — announced with the 752 back in February ( UX No 371 ) — which use uni- and multi-processor combinations of existing 40MHz Cypress Sparc technology , ( dubbed CPU2 architecture ) will ship in the third quarter . |
| 23 | This page and View from City Road , page 29 Chancellor 's changes : Nigel Lawson 's alterations to national insurance contributions , announced with the last Budget , come into effect today . |
| 24 | A major purchasing programme of new equipment to provide even better service for shipping lines as well as imports and exports will be announced in the immediate future . |
| 25 | But analysts pointed out that the credit had first been announced in the second quarter of last year . |
| 26 | The tax and royalty changes announced in the 1983 budget brought a change of atmosphere with a significant increase in new developments and in exploration and appraisal drilling . |
| 27 | Worrying delays and cost increases emerged soon after construction began in January 1988 and Eurotunnel was forced into lengthy negotiations with Transmanche Link which resulted in significant management changes announced in the early part of 1989 . |
| 28 | Appointments to the Cabinet to replace other departing ministers were announced in the first week of January . |
| 29 | I am indebted to our Home Improvements Editor , David Holloway , for providing me with the following information relating to the 2.5 per cent VAT increase announced in the recent Budget . |
| 30 | On a more positive note the report noted the success of the policy announced in the previous year of concentrating on sales at lower unit prices ( under $300,000 ) , resulting in a strong showing for antiquities , prints and drawings . |