Example sentences of "on [noun] 3 [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wang Hongwen , 58 , died on Aug. 3 while serving a life sentence imposed in 1981 for his role as a member of the so-called " Gang of Four " . |
| 2 | Iraq 's Aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait caused a dramatic increase in oil prices ; the " marker " price of North Sea Brent crude , which had fallen to $16.60 per barrel on June 5 , rose to $24 per barrel on Aug. 3 and passed $30 per barrel on Aug. 22 . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , the International Energy Agency ( IEA ) predicted on Sept. 3 that demand for OPEC oil in the first quarter of 1992 would reach 25,300,000 bpd . |
| 4 | A Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister , Liu Huaqiu , summoned the US ambassador in Beijing , Stapleton Roy , on Sept. 3 and told him that the US decision " grossly interferes in China 's internal affairs , seriously jeopardizes Sino-US relations and obstructs and undermines the great cause of China 's peaceful reunification " . |
| 5 | EC Foreign Ministers met in The Hague on Sept. 3 and decided to hold the peace conference proposed on Aug. 27 as early as Sept. 7 . |
| 6 | A UN-chartered ship succeeded in docking in Mogadishu port on May 3 and unloading 5,000 tonnes of wheat — the first significant emergency food relief for almost six months . |
| 7 | Havel 's move prompted Meciar to withdraw his party 's support for Havel 's candidacy in the presidential elections on July 3 and to reiterate his party 's intention of getting a new Slovak constitution approved by the Slovak National Council . |
| 8 | World champions Australia arrive on October 3 and play three warm-up games in Sheffield , Huddersfield and Workington . |
| 9 | The view that the Iraqi government was willing to resume negotiations on UN-supervised oil sales ( reported in September — see p. 39115 ) was supported by China 's permanent representative at the UN Li Daoyu who , referring to the resolution , was quoted on Oct. 3 as saying that such " extraordinary measures " were unnecessary in the light of Iraq 's readiness to re-open negotiations . |
| 10 | Silviu Brucan , a leading NSF member , was reported on Feb. 3 as stating that it was impossible to share executive power among so many parties . |
| 11 | Foreign Ministers from states bordering the Black Sea met in Istanbul on Feb. 3 and initialled a document on the principles of the Black Sea Economic Co-operation Project . |
| 12 | The riots had erupted in Shek Kong detention centre on Feb. 3 and had resulted in the deaths of 24 Vietnamese " boat people " and the injury of a further 119 [ see also p. 38765 ] . |
| 13 | On May 6 four Israeli nationals who had been detained on Feb. 3 and charged with spying for Israel were released . |
| 14 | The Assembly , dissolved on Sept. 28 , had been recalled by the government of President Hugh Desmond Hoyte on Dec. 3 and had passed a bill restoring the seats of opposition members . |
| 15 | The Liberal Party Senator Frederico Estrada Veléz , 63 , a supporter of extradition , was kidnapped on April 3 but released unharmed on April 5 . |