Example sentences of "of the state of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1 Assessment of the state of nutrition and hydration on admission and also the effect of admission and treatments . |
| 2 | It was an essential characteristic of the state of will which Anselm called ‘ free ’ that it was intransigent in the pursuit of rectitude . |
| 3 | The entry and exit of firms is central to any discussion of the state of competition in UK markets . |
| 4 | Its statement spelt out the process : the release of other political prisoners , the return of political exiles , the lifting of the state of emergency and other political restrictions , and negotiations on a peaceful transition to a non-racial and democratic South Africa . |
| 5 | The son of Walter Sisulu , the recently released ANC leader , Zwelakhe Sisulu was detained without trial for nearly two years in the early days of the state of emergency . |
| 6 | An absentee , according to the 1950 Israeli law , includes anyone who , between 20 November 1947 and the ending of the State of Emergency , was ‘ a legal owner of any property situated in the area of Israel … and who , at any time during the said period , was a national or citizen of the Lebanon , Egypt , Syria , Saudi Arabia , Trans-Jordan , Iraq or the Yemen or was in one of these countries or in any part of Palestine outside the area of Israel … |
| 7 | The first , and most significant , was the re-imposition of the state of emergency in 1986 . |
| 8 | Muslim organizations welcome the release of Nelson Mandela , the unbanning of the ANC and the partial lifting of the State of Emergency , but all want the total dismantling of apartheid . |
| 9 | These included a multiparty system , the resignation of the provincial LC leadership , equal rights for Kosovar Albanians , the release of political prisoners and an end to political trials , and the lifting of the state of emergency in the province ( imposed during the last serious disturbances in Kosovo in February-March 1989 — see pp. 36470 ; 36514-15 ) . |
| 10 | On March 15 the Commissioner of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary and Controller of the State of Emergency in the country 's North Solomons Province , Paul Tohian , was dismissed by the government following an attempted coup the previous night . |
| 11 | Supporting " the efforts of the South African people " to reach a peaceful settlement through genuine negotiations , it demanded , among other points : the lifting of the state of emergency , the immediate release of political prisoners , and the lifting of bans on organizations opposing apartheid . |
| 12 | Additionally the following measures were agreed : ( i ) that a joint working party would be set up , charged with defining " political offences in the South African situation " and with advising on " mechanisms for dealing with the release of political prisoners and the granting of immunity " ; ( ii ) that " temporary immunity from prosecution for political offences " would be considered as a matter of urgency for the ANC 's NEC members and others , to enable them to return to the country without fear of prosecution ; ( iii ) that the government would " review existing security legislation to bring it into line with the new dynamic situation developing in South Africa in order to ensure normal and free political activities " ; ( iv ) that the government would work towards the lifting of the state of emergency ; ( v ) that efficient channels of communication between the government and the ANC would be set up in order to curb violence and intimidation from whatever quarter . |
| 13 | One of the preconditions set by the African National Congress ( ANC ) for negotiation was the lifting of the state of emergency in its entirety . |
| 14 | Senior ANC figures criticized the retention of the state of emergency in Natal , describing de Klerk 's announcement as a half-measure . |
| 15 | The organizers of the protest demanded among other things the lifting of the state of emergency in Natal , the dismantling of the nominally self-governing KwaZulu homeland administration ( of which Buthelezi was Chief Minister ) and disbandment of KwaZulu 's police force . |
| 16 | The principal objectives of the tour were ( i ) to raise the ANC 's profile abroad , thus encouraging the flow of funds and moral support , the former being essential to the establishment of the ANC as a fully functioning political organization ; and ( ii ) to persuade Western countries to maintain sanctions against South Africa — despite the partial lifting in South Africa of the state of emergency [ see p. 37522 ] — until " profound and irreversible change " had taken place . |
| 17 | Bush said that he would be willing to lift US sanctions once the Pretoria government had fulfilled conditions including the total lifting of the state of emergency . |
| 18 | Bush said , however , that he would use his executive discretion to modify or suspend US sanctions when two more of the five conditions were met ; administration officials said that they expected the freeing of political prisoners and the lifting of the state of emergency in Natal to be regarded as adequate moves . |
| 19 | President F. W. de Klerk on Oct. 18 announced the lifting of the state of emergency in Natal , declaring that conditions in the troubled province had " sufficiently stabilized " . |
| 20 | Thus were removed the last measures remaining of the state of emergency first imposed in June 1986 and partially lifted in June 1990 [ see pp. 34663 ; 37522 ] . |
| 21 | Following the imposition of the state of emergency , opposition parties defied government bans and staged massive protest demonstrations on Nov. 28 and 30 . |
| 22 | Traoré later ordered the lifting of the state of emergency and the curfew . |
| 23 | Three of the conditions — the repeal of the state of emergency regulations , legalization of banned opposition parties , and negotiations with representative political groups — had been met . |
| 24 | Measures taken included the assignment of two junior ministers to the Security Ministry and the extension in August 1990 of the state of emergency for three months . |
| 25 | The leader of the UNC , Basdeo Panday , who condemned the support given by the PNM for the government 's extension of the state of emergency was on Sept. 10 confirmed by President Noor Hassanali as the official Leader of the Opposition , a post he had held between 1976 and 1986 , as leader of the United Labour Front ( ULF ) , the then leading opposition party . |
| 26 | Kryuchkov apparently claimed that there was an armed revolt in process in Moscow , forcing the imposition of the state of emergency and the appointment of an eight-man committee . |
| 27 | At the RSFSR Supreme Soviet on Aug. 23 , Yeltsin obliged Gorbachev to read out the record of the USSR Cabinet of Ministers meeting of Aug. 19 , at which Pavlov gained its endorsement of the state of emergency . |
| 28 | Parliament approved on Sept. 25 , in what had become a regular routine , the extension of the state of emergency for a further month . |
| 29 | The Russian Supreme Soviet overturned the declaration of the state of emergency the following day , ordering instead a weapons blockade ( although the republic was already well-armed ) . |
| 30 | In late February , 49 deputies in the National Assembly — mainly but not exclusively drawn from the Social Democratic Populists ( SHP ) and the People 's Labour Party ( HEP ) — published a document calling for a ceasefire in the Kurdish areas of eastern Turkey , for the lifting of the state of emergency and for the bringing to account of those responsible for torture and assassinations . |