Example sentences of "it [was/were] announced that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Nov. 6 it was announced that four Oromo organizations , the OPDO , the Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia ( IFLO ) , the United Oromo People 's Liberation Front ( UOPLF ) and the Oromo Abo Liberation Front ( OALF ) , had agreed to work together towards the creation of a " broad-based national entity " . |
| 2 | Gorbachev met Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal in Moscow on Sept. 17 , when it was announced that diplomatic relations between the two countries , broken off since 1939 , were to be resumed . |
| 3 | Last week it was announced that seventy-five people are to take voluntary redundancy at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire . |
| 4 | In December it was announced that 11 prisoners had been given the death sentence , commuted to life imprisonment . |
| 5 | When it was announced that Central was to take over from ATV , many were concerned that they would lose their favourite programme , the serial ’ Crossroads ’ . |
| 6 | At the moment there are 14 regional authorities in England , overseeing and co-ordinating health care , today it was announced that many of these will be merged leaving just 8 . |
| 7 | In February it was announced that 147,950 Volga Germans had migrated from the Soviet Union to Germany in 1990 . |
| 8 | By Jan. 19 it was announced that six groups had agreed to the formula , but the proposal received strong opposition from the Pakistan-based Hezb-e Islami , led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar . |
| 9 | It was announced that remaining unresolved issues would be taken up by the START negotiating teams in Geneva , and both sides stressed their determination to complete the drafting by the end of 1990 . |
| 10 | On June 11 it was announced that nine death sentences had been decreed in the southern town of Shiraz , where there had been disturbances after security forces acted against disabled war veterans holding a rally on April 15 . |
| 11 | On Nov. 6 it was announced that broad agreement had been reached on protection for the German minority in Poland " in accordance with international standards " . |
| 12 | The political system of South Korea underwent a momentous realignment on Jan. 22 , when it was announced that two of the country 's three main opposition parties , the Reunification Democratic Party ( RDP ) and the New Democratic Republican Party ( NDRP ) , would merge with the ruling Democratic Justice Party ( DJP ) to form a new conservative alliance . |
| 13 | It was announced that two trees would be planted in Regent 's Park on Wednesday 18th March at 11.30 in memory of and . |
| 14 | An imperial tradition lasting for more than two centuries was ended on Oct. 5 when it was announced that federal Prime Minister Paul Keating and Queen Elizabeth II had agreed that Australian citizens would no longer be nominated for the receipt of UK honours . |
| 15 | On Nov. 23 it was announced that 100,000 cases of corruption had been uncovered during 1989 , three times more than in 1988 . |
| 16 | In August it was announced that all first-year Beijing University students would undergo a year of military and political training , while two other top universities were to devote the first five weeks of the new term to the study of documents issued by the central authorities on the " truth " about the " counter-revolutionary rebellion " . |
| 17 | On April 4 it was announced that all remaining quota limits on the import of foreign cars were to be ended . |
| 18 | On Oct. 17 it was announced that all Yugoslav ambassadors of Slovene origin had resigned . |
| 19 | In compensation for the subsidy cuts , which had been negotiated in consultation with trades unions , and in an attempt to minimize their effect before the elections , it was announced that minimum pay would rise by 16 per cent to 12,920 lei per month ( US$1.00=391.55 lei as at Sept. 7 , 1992 ) . |
| 20 | Rumours were soon in circulation about the surrender , and a few days later it was announced that 47,000 wounded had been saved . |
| 21 | Later that month it was announced that national and state-level elections would be held in Punjab in mid-June . |
| 22 | On March 9 it was announced that multiparty presidential and legislative elections would be held on Nov. 15 and Dec. 13 , 1992 . |
| 23 | The News of the World called it ‘ The most shocking sporting event ever to be screened ’ and newsmen from around the world hurried to interview the organizers of the Sex Olympics when it was announced that these very contemporary games were due to be staged in 1971 . |
| 24 | On March 12 it was announced that legislative elections postponed in December would be held on May 24 ; it was later announced that the number of representatives in the National Assembly would be increased from 77 to 107 . |
| 25 | On Dec. 27 it was announced that 53 students had been arrested for alleged membership of the Democratic Students League ( DSL ) . |
| 26 | A few hours later that same day , it was announced that three young Protestants , John Orchin , Samuel Richmond and Victor McCready , had been charged with the murders of three Roman Catholics . |
| 27 | On Feb. 28 it was announced that 54 people had been arrested in connection with the attacks on Hoxha monuments . |