Example sentences of "march [adj] that [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 The Spanish airline Iberia reported on March 22 that it had lost $276,000,000 during the year , and on the same day the Belgian government started a $563,000,000 rescue programme for the troubled national carrier Sabena .
2 However , his wife , Eleonora Popa , confirmed on March 2 that he had been receiving " anonymous threats " for over two months and that he had received no support from the Justice Ministry , which had confiscated his suicide letter .
3 The " consultations " failed , prompting all the main political groups in Kuwait to form a joint delegation which informed Shaikh Saad on March 30 that it was not prepared to join a new government before a timetable for political reform had been established .
4 Théodore , however , insisted on March 26 that he intended to form a government of national consensus , warning that the economy was falling apart and the country was already " passing away " .
5 The Libyan government instead emphasized in a Foreign Ministry statement of March 26 that it would co-operate in the implementation of Resolution 731 , that the UN and the Arab League should work towards a " political solution " to the dispute , based on international law and the UN Charter , and that it would accept the forthcoming verdict by the International Court of Justice in the Hague ( ICJ ) .
6 Omitting to tell his wife , he personally assumed financial responsibility for up to £11,000 and it was not until the house arrived at Wembley in March 1924 that he recovered the £6,300 that he had spent , and finally admitted to Lady Emily that he had been ‘ rather fearful of death before repayment as it would have hit me badly ! ’
7 Nevertheless Krebs AG announced on March 10 that it was withdrawing from the project at the request of the Swiss government .
8 Robert Golan , chair of the association of Soviet immigrants , announced on March 31 that he had formed a new party , the Movement for Israel 's Revival .
9 On April 8 Brazil re-opened coffee exports for registration , after announcing on March 21 that it was suspending sales on international coffee markets until it had determined its position with regard to a new International Coffee Agreement .
10 Implicit confirmation of government successes came with Savimbi 's statement on UNITA radio on March 5 that he was ready to accept an immediate ceasefire , under the mediation of Zaïre 's President Mobutu Sese Seko , provided the government abandoned its military gains of the past two months .
11 The Australian airline Qantas reported on March 17 that it was facing " possibly the worst short-term financial position in its 70-year history " , because of losses expected to reach US$270,000,000 in the current financial year , and on March 21 Scandinavian Airlines System reported a $127,000,000 loss for 1990 .
12 Charles E. ( Buddy ) Roemer , the Governor of Louisiana , announced on March 11 that he was defecting from the Democratic to the Republican Party .
13 Philip James Cattlin ( ACA ) of 97 Judd Street , London having been found liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that he in London between 17 March 1992 and 15 September 1992 being sole proprietor of a firm of Chartered Accountants , failed to cause that firm to comply with an order of the Disciplinary Committee made on 17 March 1992 that it pay costs in the sum of £500 and having been found liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( iv ) in that he in London between 14 August 1992 and 15 September 1992 failed to provide information required of him by the Investigation Committee on 14 August 1992 in exercise of its powers under Bye-law 80(a) and in that he in London between 19 May 1992 and 4 August 1992 failed to satisfy a judgment of the County Court that he pay a sum of £5,634 and having been found liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( iv ) in that he in London between 7 January 1992 and 4 August 1992 failed to provide information required of him by the Investigation Committee in exercise of its powers under Bye-law 80(a) concerning a judgment of the County Court was excluded from membership of the Institute and ordered to pay £1,000 by way of costs .
14 The United Democratic Front ( UDF ) , the umbrella organization for some 600 anti-apartheid organizations since August 1983 , announced on March 4 that it was to cease its activities immediately and would formally disband in August .
15 Peter Walker , the Secretary of State for Wales , confirmed on March 4 that he intended to leave the government at a future point in order to be able to spend more time with his family ; it was subsequently announced on March 14 that he would be succeeded in late May by David Hunt , currently Minister for Local Government and Inner Cities , who would enter the Cabinet for the first time .
16 UN ballistics experts confirmed in Baghdad on March 25 that they had " begun the process of destroying [ Iraq 's ] ballistic missile repair and production facilities " used for its Scud missile programme .
17 Anderson said on March 25 that he would not deploy UNTAC troops in the area until the factions agreed to abide by a ceasefire .
18 After the talks Kaifu said on March 3 that he would make " maximum efforts " to accelerate the structural reform of the Japanese economy in such a way as to improve market access for foreign traders while also improving the quality of life for Japanese consumers — a phrasing which was regarded as being carefully chosen so as not to imply unconditional concessions to the United States .
19 However , the four Basque deputies elected in October for United People ( HB ) had still not taken up their seats , and the Constitutional Court confirmed in a ruling on March 29 that they would not be permitted to do so unless they swore the conventional oath of allegiance to the Constitution [ see p. 37135 ] .
20 The International Energy Agency ( IEA ) , set up in 1974 by the Council of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) to co-ordinate energy policies among its participating countries , announced on March 6 that it was to withdraw its plan to release oil from its stockpiles , a measure introduced in January to boost the volume of oil available in the world market during the Gulf war [ see p. 37943 ] , since the ceasefire agreement ending Gulf hostilities would assist in the prospective restoration of normal suppliers from most oil producing nations .
21 United States President Bush stressed in a major televised speech to a joint session of Congress on March 6 that he regarded the drive for a settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict as one of his administration 's top priorities in the post-Gulf War period .
22 Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici announced on March 6 that he was resigning as leader of the Malta Labour Party ( MLP ) , following its defeat in the elections of Feb. 22 [ see p. 38784 ] ; he proposed George Vella as his successor .
23 The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct , the Ethics Committee , announced on March 8 that it was dropping its inquiry into the financial affairs and conduct of minority leader Newt Gingrich ( Rep. , Georgia ) .
24 The United States government announced on March 1 that it was ending a four-year prohibition on official ministerial-level contacts with New Zealand .
25 The IMF announced on March 27 that it had approved a drawing by Israel equivalent to SDR
26 Momoh , who had hitherto firmly rejected the demand that legislative elections in May should be held on a multiparty democratic basis , suddenly announced on March 28 that he welcomed the proposal that Sierra Leone should become a multiparty democracy .
27 The EPLF , however , had confirmed on March 28 that it would not be attending talks with the government , tentatively scheduled for April 8 in Nairobi , until its demand for the involvement of UN observers was accepted .
28 WHEN Mr William O'Neill , the governor of Connecticut , announced on March 20th that he would not run for re-election , he gave two reasons .
29 Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa told Hun Sen on March 23 that he was determined to win parliamentary approval for a bill enabling Japanese forces to participate in the mission .
30 Following the meeting a US military excavation team carried out its first MIA search in Cambodia ; it announced on March 23 that it had recently unearthed some remains which were believed to be of members of US television crews killed in Cambodia in 1970 .
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