Example sentences of "may [num] [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In May 1971 the publication of figures showing a marked worsening of the US current account coincided with a further reduction in interest rates . |
| 2 | On May 12 the Chamber of Deputies approved in principle , by 329 votes to 54 with 12 abstentions , the initiative of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari , announced on May 2 , to reprivatize 19 state-run banks . |
| 3 | The unrest continued over the next few days and by May 22 the number of Palestinians killed by the IDF had risen to 21 . |
| 4 | In May 1991 a delegation of members of the European Parliament was refused access to a military prison where the majority of Greece 's 420 conscripts refusing military service were being held . |
| 5 | In May 1917 the League of Nations Society held its first major public meeting , with a galaxy of Establishment speakers . |
| 6 | On May 17 the Council of Ministers announced that a new currency , the dinar , worth 10 Sudanese pounds , would gradually replace the Sudanese pound . |
| 7 | On 21st May 1950 the Chairman of Governors died . |
| 8 | On 7 May 1981 the House of Representatives opted heavily for Reagan in accepting by a vote of 253 — 176 the Gramm-Latta programme of cuts . |
| 9 | In May 1952 an Equalisation of Burdens Act provided compensation payments to refugees for the losses they had suffered as a result of the war . |
| 10 | On May 25 a number of miners — variously given as 40 and 100 — at Valias began a hunger strike underground [ for January 1991 strike , see p. 37972 ] . |
| 11 | On May 25 the House of Representatives passed by 533 votes to none , with nine abstentions , the first two readings of a constitutional amendment bill which included all the opposition-backed reforms . |
| 12 | On May 6 the Council of Ministers raised servicemen 's pay by up to 100 per cent , backdated to February 1992 . |
| 13 | On May 8 the director of operations of the UN 's World Food Programme ( WFP ) , Robert Hauser , had appeared to contradict current UN policy when he said that the food-supply situation in Iraq did not in itself warrant the continuing presence of international relief agencies ; since food rationing was relatively efficient , he said , claims of widespread malnutrition were exaggerated . |
| 14 | On May 14-16 a group of donors led by the World Bank promised assistance to the value of US$508,000,000 for 1990-91 , aimed at reducing balance of payments problems under a special programme of assistance for debt-laden low-income sub-Saharan African states . |
| 15 | At the UDF 's third conference on May 19 a majority of delegates supported the walkout and demanded that UDF MPs should support further such protests if the demand for new elections were not met , and this radical position was reaffirmed at a further UDF national conference held in June . |
| 16 | In May 1915 a League of Nations Society emerged . |