Example sentences of "[coord] a [noun sg] was reached [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A THREE-MONTH campaign for the Labour leadership got under way last night when both Mr John Smith and Mr Bryan Gould formally declared their candidacy and a compromise was reached over the timing of the election . |
| 2 | They had to settle for much less , however , and an understanding was reached with local authorities , in spite of some early reluctance on their part . |
| 3 | In the early days , SCOTVEC and the unions discussed their difference of views on this issue and an agreement was reached on the way in which the validation criteria would be interpreted . |
| 4 | In early May OPEC oil ministers met in emergency session in Geneva [ see p. 37475 ] and an agreement was reached on cutting production , but the Paris-based International Energy Agency , in its June 5 report , said that OPEC output actually fell only by 400,000 barrels a day ( bpd ) in May , a figure which was wholly attributable to cuts in Saudi Arabian production and which was far short of the 1,450,000 bpd reduction pledged at the OPEC emergency meeting . |
| 5 | The oil ministers of Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Kuwait , Qatar and the UAE met in the Saudi city of Jeddah on July 10-11 and an agreement was reached on curbing over-production . |
| 6 | But a deal was reached before any serious damage could be done . |