Example sentences of "p. [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The political scene in 1990 was dominated by the run-up to the November presidential elections [ see pp. 37850-51 ] , the continuous peace talks with the URNG , which failed to live up to the promise of the June agreement [ for 1990 peace talks see pp. 37372 ; 37527 ; 37707 ] , and the controversy with the US government over political assassinations by right-wing paramilitaries [ see p. 37311 for March 1990 withdrawal of US ambassador and p. 37912 for December suspension of US military aid ] . |
| 2 | Among the controversial issues which any negotiations would have to address were the following [ see also p. 36837 for so-called " Harare declaration " on ANC proposals for future negotiations , and p. 36912 for earlier policy guidelines ] : ( i ) nationalization : in press interviews in the days following his release , Mandela had reasserted the ANC 's stated policy of nationalizing certain sectors of the economy , including mines — this immediately provoked sharp falls on South African financial markets [ see also p. 37176 ] ; ( ii ) the armed struggle : Mandela had refused to renounce this policy , repeating on Feb. 14 that government installations were legitimate targets for sabotage [ ibid. ] ; ( iii ) power-sharing : the government and the ANC still appeared to be a long way apart on interpretation — the ANC for its part was not prepared to accept an arrangement similar to the current tri-cameral parliament ; ( iv ) sanctions : Mandela had already stated that " the conditions for which sanctions are being applied still exist " and thus there was no need for a review of the question [ for UK Prime Minister 's unilateral decision to break EC agreement on voluntary sanctions see below ] . |
| 3 | Reps , 1981–2 , p. 105 for Attic pottery penetrating between 580 and 420 . |
| 4 | Had he been less brilliant or sure of himself , he would have been easier to dismiss , but Cooper selected his victims with care , knowing precisely where their weaknesses were , and always aimed to draw blood , each review increasing his enemies within the international art establishment ( see The Art Newspaper , No. 17 , April 1992 , p. 2 for his dealings with John Rothenstein ) . |
| 5 | Here its leader , Zephania Mothopeng , rejected outright appeals by Mandela and Zimbabwe 's President Robert Mugabe ( who had previously shown preference for the PAC policy of black rule over the ANC multiracial philosophy ) to join the ANC in a broad anti-apartheid coalition for discussions with the Pretoria government [ see p. 37033 for November 1989 meeting between Mandela and a PAC leader ; p. 37177 for PAC attitude to negotiations ] . |
| 6 | Perhaps because of disincentives built into the Supplementary Benefit system , the ‘ zero-earner couple ’ category is bigger than one would expect if the wives of unemployed men had the same economic activity rates as the wives of employed men ( see Rimmer , 1987 , p. 44 for a discussion of this phenomenon ) . |
| 7 | Troyna , 1987a , p. 316 for a similarly misleading reading of Billig and Cochrane 's research ) . |
| 8 | By November 1984 the Prime Minister reported that 700 bodies had either been wound up or had their expenditure reduced , giving a total saving of 118m per year ( see Hood , 1988 , p. 89 for further elaboration on alleged reductions ) . |
| 9 | The IIF cautiously welcomed the debt-reduction agreements struck with Mexico and the Philippines [ see p. 37243 ; p. 37580 for their respective finalization ] , but it pointed out that the two countries had continued to service their obligations during negotiation of the deals , in contrast with other middle-income debtor nations seeking relief under the plan . |
| 10 | In the same year Telesikrates of Cyrene in north Africa , another colonial Greek city , won the foot-race in the same stadium ( Σ Pindar Pyth. — vol. ii , p. 220 for the dates ) . |
| 11 | ( See further p. 266 for Thessalian cavalry in Alexander 's time . ) |
| 12 | The Ad Hoc Committee on Chemical Weapons of the 40-nation UN Conference on Disarmament ( UNCD ) held its regular 1989 spring and summer sessions in Geneva on Feb. 7-April 27 and on June 13-Aug. 30 ( see p. 36477 for opening of spring session ; p. 36861 for closing of summer session ) . |
| 13 | Arrian ( Anabasis i.17.8 ) mentions ‘ Memnon 's Land ’ in the Troad , whose possessor was a Persian general ( and see further p. 71 for Persians or Persian favourites settled in Anatolia ) . |
| 14 | An assizes court in Paris on June 15 , 1990 , sentenced Rolf Dobbertin , a German-born nuclear physicist who had worked for the French National Council for Scientific Research ( CNRS ) , to 12 years ' imprisonment for espionage for East Germany during the 10 years to January 1979 [ see p. 29786 for his arrest in 1979 and p. 33867 for his release in 1983 ] . |
| 15 | The 15th annual meeting of the heads of state and government of the 16 member countries of the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) was held on July 27-29 in Dakar , Senegal [ see p. 38058 for membership ; p. 38327 for 1991 summit ] . |
| 16 | In Land elections in Hesse on Jan. 20 the CDU-FDP coalition lost its two-seat majority after four years in power [ see p. 35208 for April 1987 Land election and p. 36531 for March 1989 Hesse local elections ] . |
| 17 | This may operate as follows : This would normally be expected to produce results rather worse than the mid-square method , but it has proved to be very effective on occasions ( see p. 169 for further discussion ) . |
| 18 | The fighting was a further manifestation of the traditional enmity between Gadabursis , who generally backed the regime of President Siyad Barre in neighbouring Somalia , and Issaqs , many of whom supported the Somali National Movement ( SNM ) in its efforts to overthrow Barre [ see p. 37400 ; see p. 37064 for earlier clashes ] . |
| 19 | Sudanese troops , allegedly accompanied by Ugandan rebels loyal to former Ugandan President Idi Amin [ see p. 36391 for failed attempt by Amin to return to Uganda in January 1989 ] , crossed into north-western Uganda on Dec. 29 and attacked an NRA detachment at Oraba , killing one Ugandan soldier before returning to Sudan . |
| 20 | Morocco , the only AMU country to send forces in support of the United States-led coalition in the Gulf , stressed that its 1,300-strong force in Saudi Arabia had a " defensive " role in guarding the Assafaniya oil refinery [ see also p. 37989 for opposition in North Africa to the Gulf war ] . |
| 21 | [ See p. 36714 for EC-GCC co-operation agreement signed in June 1988 , which entered into force on Jan. 1 , 1990 . ] |
| 22 | Lee had offered the use of Singapore 's facilities in August 1989 in the light of possible US withdrawals from bases in the Philippines [ see p. 37861 for current negotiations there ] . |
| 23 | Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed announced on Feb. 8 the details of a Cabinet reshuffle to take effect from March 15 [ see p. 37861 for Cabinet appointed in October 1990 ] . |
| 24 | Both before and after April 15 attempts continued , especially through the mediation of the Arab League , to find a solution to what was increasingly viewed as a political rather than a legal dispute , centring on whether Libya would agree to extradite two men indicted by the UK and US authorities in November 1991 in connection with the December 1988 Lockerbie bombing of a Pan Am airliner [ see p. 38599 for this and for separate French efforts to extradite other Libyans ] . |
| 25 | In an effort to restore his political standing , Collor submitted to congress two bills to fight official corruption and took visible steps to disband his unofficial inner cabinet of friends and advisers — popularly known as the " Republic of Alagoas " after his home state — who were accused of influence peddling [ see p. 38388 for resignation of Collor 's wife as head of welfare agency ] . |
| 26 | [ See p. 38872 for April 1992 RAF offer to cease attacks . ] |
| 27 | Chipenda had earlier resigned as election organizer for the MPLA [ see p. 38949 for his election to MPLA central committee and political bureau ] , saying that he had not been given sufficient funds for the campaign and citing a " lack of the necessary trust and openness " in the party . |
| 28 | A high-ranking Soviet delegation , led by Deputy Foreign Minister Nikolai Kozyrev , visited Pakistan on Aug. 11-13 , holding meetings with mujaheddin leaders and Pakistani officials [ see p. 38008 for earlier talks ] . |
| 29 | The fourth session of the seventh National People 's Congress ( NPC — the Chinese unicameral legislature ) was held in Beijing on March 25-April 9 [ see p. 38096-97 for opening of fourth session ; see p. 37373 for third session held in March-April 1990 ] . |
| 30 | Georgi Atanasov , Prime Minister in 1986-90 , and Stoyan Ovcharov , Minister of the Economy and Planning in 1987-89 , were given prison sentences of 10 and nine years respectively on Nov. 3 after being found guilty of embezzlement [ see p. 39151 for opening of trial in October ] . |