Example sentences of "be [vb pp] in early [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The so-called " Baker plan " had been accepted in early November by the Israeli Cabinet , on condition that the USA guaranteed the non-involvement of the PLO [ see p. 37051 ] . |
| 2 | Government-to-government contacts had been restarted in early December with the convening in Beijing of consultations on cultural exchanges . |
| 3 | The meeting had been jeopardized in early September by Prince Sihanouk 's refusal to travel to Jakarta . |
| 4 | Seven Arizona state legislators , four lobbyists and seven others were indicted in early February on charges which included bribery , money laundering and campaign-law violations . |
| 5 | Two senior investigators into Stasi connections were dismissed in early March after publicly criticizing the government 's exoneration of De Maizière . |
| 6 | International protests were lodged in early August over the deployment of Turkish troops on Iraqi soil , as they engaged from Aug. 5-19 in cross-border activities against alleged militia camps belonging to the banned Kurdish Workers ' Party ( PKK ) . |
| 7 | According to a report by the human rights organization Amnesty International , some 30 parliamentarians and other high-ranking officials were arrested in early December for advocating the introduction of a multiparty system . |
| 8 | Heavy fighting involving Kurdish pesh mergas ( guerrillas ) and government troops was reported in early September in parts of northern Iraq . |
| 9 | The International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) was reported in early August to be unable to trace more than a few hundred of the many thousands of Iraqi soldiers who died in the Gulf war fighting , nor had details been given of the location of mass graves . |
| 10 | Bus industry : As part of its programme of work , a seminar was organised in early February to which senior representatives from other organisations concerned with bus transport were invited . |
| 11 | Over a quarter of the territory of the Falkland Islands was sold in early April to the Falkland Islands Executive Council by the Falkland Islands Company , a subsidiary since mid-1989 of the debt-ridden mining and fuel distribution group Anglo United . |
| 12 | An agreement was reached in early October between British canned fish companies and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society to introduce a " dolphin friendly " labelling system . |
| 13 | John Ndebugre , general secretary of the Movement for Freedom and Justice ( MFJ ) , was arrested in early December on the orders of Flt. -Lt . |
| 14 | Further dissension was caused in early July by the return to Haiti of Williams Regala [ see p. 37649 ] and of Roger Lafontant , former Minister of the Interior and Defence under Jean-Claude Duvalier . |
| 15 | Al-Masri 's visit to Tehran in late January for talks with the Iranian Foreign Minister , Ali Akbar Vellayati , was followed in early February by reports of Jordanian support for new Iranian proposals to end the Gulf conflict [ see p. 37943 ] . |
| 16 | The cost of the US invasion as regards losses from damage and looting , which was worst in Panama City and in Colón , was estimated in early January at US$2,000 million , according to the president of the Panamanian Chamber of Commerce . |
| 17 | The activity of the National Liberation Front of Corsica ( FLNC ) was revived in early January after a truce which had begun in June 1988 [ see p. 36227 ] . |
| 18 | A two-day conference addressing environmental protection in the Mediterranean was held in early July as one of a series of post-UNCED gatherings . |