Example sentences of "on [noun] [num] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 90,000 candidates contested local elections held on March 8 for 1,024 mayorships , 10,000 council posts and 600 seats in departmental assemblies . |
| 2 | President Joaquim Chissano , making his first official visit to the United States , met President George Bush on March 13 for two hours of talks , in what was seen as marking an improvement in relations between the two countries . |
| 3 | The IDA made substantial gains in indirect elections held on March 14 for 42 members of the National Senate ( upper house ) , chosen by the four provincial assemblies and the National Assembly . |
| 4 | Toshiki Kaifu , the Japanese Prime Minister , met President George Bush of the United States in Palm Springs , California , on March 2-3 for informal talks on trade and other issues . |
| 5 | Jair Meneguelli , leader of the Workers ' Central Union ( CUT ) , predicted a sharp drop in real wages and mass unemployment , and called on March 19 for nationwide protest demonstrations . |
| 6 | Franjo Tudjman , the president of Croatia , called on March 19 for direct presidential-level talks on the growing constitutional crisis . |
| 7 | The Iraqi government closed the border crossing with Jordan on Jan. 23 for several days , without making any announcement . |
| 8 | There was a major outcry in early February over a decision by officials of the Foreign Affairs and Interior ministries to allow George Habash , the leader of the radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP ) , to enter France on Jan. 29 for medical treatment . |
| 9 | Faced with the progressive disintegration of the SED-PDS , Modrow called at the ninth round table meeting on Jan. 22 for immediate talks on a grand coalition . |
| 10 | Sahibzada Yaqub Khan , the Foreign Minister of Pakistan , arrived in New Delhi on Jan. 21 for three days of talks with Indian leaders , including I. K. Gujral , the Minister of External Affairs . |
| 11 | The Break With Kit Kat network radio show , in conjunction with NME , are offering a round trip airfare to Lyons , three nights first class accommodation , a sight-seeing tour of the city AND tickets to The B-52's Lyons show on December 7 for one lucky reader and their guest . |
| 12 | 1 Seafield Road Starts on December 26 for four days when underlay and fitting will be provided free . |
| 13 | The USSR Supreme Soviet prolonged the wait for the introduction of market economic reforms by voting on Sept. 24 for further efforts towards a compromise between rival reform programmes , thereby putting off a decision until mid-October . |
| 14 | Held at the Gallery of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Nov 16–28 , with a one-day workshop on Nov 22 for those of you inspired by the soft touch . |
| 15 | Gerd Honsik , the neo-Nazi publisher of an extreme right-wing magazine Halt , was sentenced by a Vienna court to 18 months ' imprisonment on May 5 for 14 neo-Nazi offences including the denial that the mass murder of Jewish people had taken place under the Third Reich . |
| 16 | Brooke issued an ultimatum on May 14 for all parties to accept his compromise formula for a venue by the following day or accept responsibility for wrecking the talks . |
| 17 | José Francisco Pena Gómez of the Dominican Revolutionary Party ( PRD ) , reported to have come third with 25 per cent of votes cast , called on May 17 for national understanding and the formation of a government of reconciliation , to end the polarization of the country into followers of the two major candidates , whose personalities had dominated the campaign . |
| 18 | In elections on May 26 for municipal administrations and for 13 of Spain 's 17 regional governments the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) slightly increased its overall support but lost control of several large cities . |
| 19 | Mr Dunn , a resident of Kuwait , and a German were detained at gun-point on May 28 for alleged illegal entry . |
| 20 | Elections were held on May 6 for 27 Urban Council ( Urbco ) seats . |
| 21 | Japan and Hong Kong called on July 17-19 for stricter control of anti-dumping measures , which they claimed were sometimes being applied in violation of normal price competition procedures . |
| 22 | In a move calculated to match United States arms-control initiatives announced by President Bush in September [ see pp. 38457-58 ] and to promote " a nuclear-free world " , Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev unveiled plans in a nationally televised broadcast on Oct. 5 for bilateral elimination or withdrawal of all land- and sea-based short-range tactical nuclear weapons . |
| 23 | The Sudanese government , after weeks of insisting that reports of imminent famine were " baseless " , had asked potential donor countries on Oct. 25 for 75,000 tonnes of grain as a standby until an evaluation of the harvest gave it a clearer idea of the extent of the food shortage . |
| 24 | Simply look up the cake tin size in the charts on pages 8–12 for all the ingredients , quantities and cooking times . |
| 25 | MOORFIELDS station evacuated after passengers waiting on platform two for Northern line service to Southport saw sparks erupt from track as train approached . |
| 26 | On the other hand anyone who could establish a real ascendancy over a monarch might himself become almost a surrogate ruler : the extraordinary position achieved by Prince G. A. Potemkin in Russia through his personal hold on Catherine II for some years before his death in 1791 is an outstanding case in point . |
| 27 | Thomas Muldoon , a consultant , was imprisoned on Feb. 17 for 27 months for conspiracy , for acting in the bribery of a Marines procurement officer , and for violations of interstate commerce , in connection with defence purchasing . |
| 28 | Voting took place on Feb. 27 for 298 seats in the 330-member Jatiya Sangsad ( National Assembly ) ; polling was postponed in two seats due to the death of candidates . |
| 29 | Wolfgang Berghofer , a former mayor of Dresden , was given a suspended one-year prison sentence and fined DM36,000 ( US$23,000 ) on Feb. 7 for fraudulent activity in connection with the East German local government elections in May 1989 [ see p. 36665 ] . |
| 30 | A second round of voting was held on Feb. 25 for two candidates , Sartzetakis and Yannis Alevras ( proposed by Pasok ) , the Speaker of the Greek parliament in 1981-89 . |