Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] the financial times " in BNC.
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1 | The Shanghai stock exchange was reported by the Financial Times of Oct. 23 to have gained approval to offer for the first time to foreign investors shares worth $35,000,000-50,000,000 in the state-owned Shanghai Vacuum , the biggest quoted company on the exchange . |
2 | The outcome of my work was published by the Financial Times as a feature entitled ’ The Mystery of the Al Fayeds ’ on May 31 1985 . |
3 | Gerard Robson , a member of the Falkland Islands ' Legislative Council , was quoted in the Financial Times of Feb. 16 as stating that Falkland Islanders would not be " overjoyed " by the Madrid agreement but recognized that matters of defence and foreign affairs were the responsibility of the UK government . |
4 | One Bulgarian woman was quoted in the Financial Times on June 5 as saying : " The two main parties have turned the media and the campaign into a slanging match . " |
5 | PLO chairman Yassir Arafat was quoted in the Financial Times of Oct. 16 as telling US reporters that he was " consulted … day and night by phone " by Ashrawi and Husseini in Jerusalem and that , as they met with Baker in Washington on Oct. 10-11 , he was faxing them PLO endorsements of specific negotiating positions . |
6 | As my hon. Friend the Member for , Garscadden said earlier this afternoon , the Secretary of State has to rely on his Minister — the AA man , as he was described in the Financial Times . |
7 | The agreement was described by the Financial Times of May 16 as " designed to remove any need to raise taxes during the politically sensitive phase of completing reunification " . |
8 | He was described by the Financial Times of Jan. 15 as a " safe but unimaginative choice for premier , a job which will be overwhelmingly concerned with the reform of the collapsing economy " . |
9 | However , early on Dec. 11 , in what was described by the Financial Times of Dec. 12 as an " astonishing compromise " , EC leaders agreed that the entire chapter on social policy should be removed from the union treaty . |
10 | The scandal and accompanying crash came as a severe blow to Finance Minister Singh 's attempts to open the Indian economy to foreign investors , and in addition hurt many smaller , first-time investors attracted by the soaring bull market of the previous six months , of which Mehta was described by the Financial Times of May 18 as the " driving force " . |
11 | A decision over the issue of inter-enterprise debt was described by the Financial Times of Sept. 4 as " a messy compromise " . |