Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] been [vb pp] in august " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charges of human rights abuses brought against Leigh and 39 other officers had been dismissed in August 1986 when they invoked a 1978 amnesty law [ see p. 34988 ] . |
| 2 | Diplomatic relations had been severed in August 1989 , and air and road links were subsequently cut . |
| 3 | Felix Kolbovsky , a Russian-born US citizen , had fled to his native country after charges had been filed in August 1990 . |
| 4 | Although progress on the issue of the local elections had been made in August , it became increasingly clear that opposition demands for them to be held prior to the presidential poll were unrealistic . |
| 5 | Groups of primary elections had been held in August but results were cancelled following widespread allegations of corruption [ see p. 39041 ] . |
| 6 | The four men had been convicted in August of illegal assembly while holding a public meeting in Dodoma , the designated administrative capital 400 km west of Dar es Salaam , as part of a recruitment drive for the Democratic Party . |
| 7 | Although dozens of political detainees had been released in August 1990 and in March 1991 , the report said that more than 100 political prisoners continued to be held , some " for up to seven years without ever being charged or going to trial " . |