Example sentences of "[noun prp] [num] [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Jan. 26 the Council of Ministers decided to abolish the law introduced in 1983 which restricted the use of languages other than Turkish , thus effectively recognizing the Kurdish language . |
| 2 | On Jan. 10 the body of Meneses , who had headed the " self-defence " groups of the Magdalena Medio region , was found riddled with bullets on the outskirts of Puerto Bocayá [ for December surrender of Otero 's paramilitaries to government see p. 38673 ] . |
| 3 | At March 1979 the number of in-patients waiting over one year was 185,195 . |
| 4 | In May 1971 the publication of figures showing a marked worsening of the US current account coincided with a further reduction in interest rates . |
| 5 | On 22 December 1986 the Council of Ministers adopted four Regulations , the effect of which was to implement the application of the competition rules of the Treaty of Rome to the maritime transport sector . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | On July 12 the Chamber of Accounts of the Alpes-Maritimes département had issued an interim verdict holding Médecin responsible for irregular payments of over F13,000,000 ( approximately US$2,400,000 ) in public funds to a Paris finance house during an exercise in 1986 to restructure Nice city council 's debts ; he had been given until Sept. 17 to explain himself , ahead of a final ruling due in November . |
| 8 | The unrest continued over the next few days and by May 22 the number of Palestinians killed by the IDF had risen to 21 . |
| 9 | On July 22 the search for survivors in Baguio city was abandoned by foreign rescue teams , but local volunteers continued the search and , as late as July 30 , a man was rescued from beneath the ruins of a hotel . |
| 10 | From July 1972 a Committee of Officers met at regular intervals . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | On Aug. 10 the Chamber of Deputies approved a state reform bill on privatization . |
| 13 | On Aug. 10 the liberation of prisoners resumed with simultaneous releases by the government and UNITA , and further exchanges during the month . |
| 14 | January 1991 The Council of Ministers replaces Llorens with Maria Corral , formerly responsible for the acquisitions of the Fundación Caja de Pensiones . |
| 15 | ‘ Acceptance of these principles moved forward the goals of welfare , ’ Titmuss argued : after July 1940 the number of children taking school meals doubled in twelve months and those taking milk in schools rose 50% . |
| 16 | In May 1917 the League of Nations Society held its first major public meeting , with a galaxy of Establishment speakers . |
| 17 | On May 17 the Council of Ministers announced that a new currency , the dinar , worth 10 Sudanese pounds , would gradually replace the Sudanese pound . |
| 18 | On 21st May 1950 the Chairman of Governors died . |
| 19 | The French Environment Minister , Ségolène Royal , announced on Sept. 5 a ban on imports of potentially harmful industrial waste from Australia . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | On Aug. 4 the House of Representatives voted to refer former Public Works Minister Mahmud al-Hawamidah for trial for misuse of public finds and abuse of authority in connection with the construction of a highway from Azraq to Jafr . |
| 23 | 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 ] . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | On May 6 the Council of Ministers raised servicemen 's pay by up to 100 per cent , backdated to February 1992 . |
| 26 | On Aug. 3 a group of soldiers took control of the Kaba military camp in Natitingou , in the north-east . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | From 1 January 1923 the preparation of schemes was compulsory on all borough and district councils with a population of more than 20,000 . |
| 29 | On Aug. 28 the Council of Ministers announced the date for a general election to the 50-member National Assembly as Oct. 5 [ for voter registration in February see p. 38789 ] . |
| 30 | On July 9 the Chamber of Deputies approved the removal of the parliamentary immunity from five of its members , who would thus face charges of corruption , abuse of office and illegal financing of political parties in Milan . |