Example sentences of "was announced [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The expansion scheme which was announced to the press in June is already well underway .
2 No appointment was announced to the deputy premiership , which De Melo , a veteran figure in the PSD , had held since 1987 .
3 Last month Jonny set up his own business , Extreme Sensations , which offers people the chance to experience the thrill of bungee jumping , and yesterday he was announced as the county winner in a national competition for young entrepreneurs .
4 Rudolf Streicher , 52 , Minister of Transport and Public Economy since 1987 [ whose name was inadvertently excluded from the list on p. 37926 ] , was announced as the SPÖ candidate on Nov. 14 .
5 The great man 's arrival was announced via the receptionist downstairs .
6 He decided to while it away in the station cafeteria and was already on his third cup of coffee when the train 's approach was announced over the Tannoy .
7 The two men left the cafeteria when the train 's departure was announced over the Tannoy .
8 On Jan. 11 , 1990 , a $5,000,000 joint venture between a Soviet state company and a personal associate of Suharto 's , Liem Sio Long , was announced for the building of a palm oil processing plant in the Moscow area .
9 But they gave him their support , none the less , and the first issue , containing political reports , original essays , poetry , and reviews , was announced for the beginning of March , the aim of the publication being , as Coleridge modestly explained , ‘ to proclaim the State of the Political Atmosphere , and preserve Freedom and her Friends from the attacks of Robbers and Assassins ! ! ’
10 Ferranti 's capacity to deliver had been in doubt because of its financial problems following the September 1989 revelation of a major alleged fraud scandal , but on Jan. 23 a deal was announced for the sale of Ferranti 's radar division Ferranti Defence Systems to GEC , which would merge it into GEC-Marconi .
11 Although no specific timescale was announced for the duration of the suspension of co-operation , the Mexican government suggested that it would begin an immediate review of the 1978 extradition treaty with a view to modifying it in such a way as to prohibit further abductions .
12 The final decision was taken at the end of October , with victory only a few days away , and was announced with the publication of a letter from Lloyd George to Bonar Law , a letter actually drafted by Law as a summary of their agreement .
13 The resignation of the Communist-dominated cabinet was announced at a press conference by the newly-appointed government spokesman , Mr Wolfgang Meyer .
14 The Bishop 's resignation was announced at a Press Conference held at the Cathedral , when a statement by him was read out by the Diocesan spokesman .
15 In fact events have developed rapidly in the last few weeks and it was announced at a Committee meeting on Monday 1st June that we had every hope of opening the museum by the end of the month .
16 His company , a family business , was recently sold against his wishes and the British Steel Challenge was announced at a time when he was looking for a complete change of direction .
17 The appointment of six well-known experts as presidential advisers was announced at a briefing on May 7 by presidential spokesman Vitaly Ignatienko .
18 Mr Zhivkov 's resignation , which was announced at a meeting of the Bulgarian Communist Party 's Central Committee , took Bulgarians and the diplomatic community by surprise .
19 The award was announced at the Company 's Christmas function on 11 December .
20 I was in the middle of papers [ he wrote ] when Mr Stanley Baldwin was announced at the door .
21 The creation of a zonal level of administration directly under the Home Affairs Ministry was announced at the end of 1988 with the 18 existing districts or dzongkhags to be grouped under four zonal administrative headquarters .
22 The establishment of a permanent co-operation commission was announced at the end of the visit of President Chissano of Mozambique to Accra on April 4 , 1990 .
23 As was announced at the time of the offer , LASMO had no intention of extending its activities beyond oil and gas exploration and production .
24 The annexation was announced on the day after the PFKG proclaimed Kuwait a republic .
25 A sigh of relief emerged from the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague as the decision by Mrs Hedy D'Ancona , Minister for Cultural Affairs in the Netherlands , was announced concerning the deaccessioning of important works of art from Dutch museums .
26 This time he was announced by a roll of kettle drums and a fanfare of trumpets bellowing from the Naqqar Khana .
27 The draft 1993 budget was announced by the centre-left government on Aug. 3 .
28 When it was announced by the State Department on 17 October that military equipment , including light bombers , was being supplied for the armed forces both of France and of the Associated States , it was a distinction without a difference because in practice it was the French who were in control : even if Bao Dai was insistent that the French officers who were to train the soldiers of the Vietnamese national army should be responsible directly to him rather than to the French High Command .
29 THE most important reform of the police for 30 years was announced by the Home Secretary , Kenneth Clarke , yesterday .
30 THE most important reform of the police for 30 years was announced by the Home Secretary , Kenneth Clarke , yesterday .
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