Example sentences of "[num] in [noun] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 5,000 striking civil servants demonstrated in Cotonou on May 12 in support of demands for higher wages and the regularization of their working conditions , and in protest against government control of the media and restrictions on the right to strike ; the government responded by assuring the strikers that their wage demands would be met as soon as the budget had been voted on . |
| 2 | An indefinite transport strike by an estimated 300,000 transport workers was launched on Aug. 12 in protest at increases in petrol prices decreed by the government . |
| 3 | On Oct. 25 France announced the suspension of aid , and the last French troops were withdrawn on Oct. 30 in spite of calls from the opposition for them to remain to prevent more killing . |
| 4 | Nomura 's president , Setsuya Tabuchi , had already resigned in June 1991 in connection with allegations of dealings with gangsters , but this was the first time that actual criminal activities had been alleged against the company . |
| 5 | The former will reappear in chapter 5 in relation to investigations of glaciers , for example , and the latter is the reason for interdisciplinary cooperation that has been stressed in the preceding pages and is further developed in chapter 8 . |
| 6 | To take one example , there is no provision for independent representation for pupils aged under 18 in respect of appeals concerning reinstatement following permanent exclusion . |
| 7 | But aside from this , and not forgetting the important duties laid on LEAs by the Education Act 1981 in relation to children with special educational needs ( discussed in Chapter 4 ) , there was little prescription . |
| 8 | Molars from mustelid assemblages belong to category 5 in terms of degree of damage ( Fig. 3.21 A-C ) , but category 3 or 4 in terms of proportions of teeth digested ( only 29 per cent for all mustelids combined — see Table 3.12 ) . |
| 9 | The Japanese are number one in terms of imports in the US ceramics market , whereas a few years ago Wedgwood was clearly number one . |
| 10 | About one-third of the staff of Albanian Radio and Television ( RTV ) went on strike from Nov. 1 in support of demands by the Independent Radio-Television Trade Union for the resignation of RTV 's directors , a demand supported by the Democratic Party , whose deputies boycotted the debate on the status of RTV in the People 's Assembly . |
| 11 | Under the accord , which Bustos claimed was only a " first step " falling short of CUT demands , a new minimum wage of US$87 was to be paid from June 1 in addition to adjustments to family allowances , pensions and some subsidies , which would be subject to annual vision . |
| 12 | Kim Dae Jung , head of the main opposition Party for Peace and Democracy ( PPD ) , began a hunger strike on Oct. 8 in support of demands for greater social and economic justice , the implementation of local autonomy measures , the dissolution of the DSC and the abandonment of plans to transform the current presidential political system into Cabinet government . |
| 13 | A general strike was held on Jan. 8 in support of demands for higher wages and pensions , new measures to combat unemployment , and protection for workers during the privatisation of state industries . |
| 14 | Although set up in 1974 in response to outcries about huge increases in domestic rates , it never came near to recommending their abolition or even their substantial replacement with another tax . |
| 15 | This lays down cancellation provisions ( reg 4 ) similar to those applied under the CCA 1974 in relation to supplies by a trader of goods or services to a consumer which are made during an unsolicited visit to the consumer 's home , or that of another consumer , or the consumer 's place of work ( reg 3 ) for a VAT inclusive payment of £35 or more ( reg 3(2) ( f ) ) . |
| 16 | Postal workers in the eastern Länder , whose salaries were 60 per cent lower than their western counterparts , went on strike on Jan. 24 in support of demands for a one-off payment equivalent to a 13th month 's salary to compensate for increased living costs . |
| 17 | Students at the University of Conakry were on strike for most of November 1990 in support of demands for increases in their grants and for improvements in the quality of teaching and of library and other facilities . |
| 18 | THE HONEY THIEVES , the Dublin band who recently won the Phil Lynott Memorial Award for Best New Band of 1990 in recognition of services to leather trousers , have a UK date to coincide with the release of their new ‘ Second Hand Man ’ single at London Rock Garden . |