Example sentences of "[vb pp] on may " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three Senegalese soldiers ( initially reported by an NPFL spokesman as having been killed ) had been wounded on May 28 in a 10-hour gunfight involving NPFL men at Vahun , close to the Sierra Leone border . |
| 2 | Universities and colleges reopened on May 15 . |
| 3 | The Torit and Nasir factions of the SPLA had succeeded in uniting behind this demand for regional self-determination , although a representative of John Garang 's Torit faction stressed on May 31 that the " self-determination " solution remained second-best after the solution of a " secular , democratic , pluralistic and multi-party Sudan " . |
| 4 | 16 secretaries of state were nominated on May 17 . |
| 5 | Motorcycle and bicycle proved the fastest modes of transport in the Commuter Challenge , organised on May 18th in Edinburgh by ‘ Spokes ’ for Bike to Work Day , as part of the city 's Festival of the Environment . |
| 6 | Opposition militia appeared to control large parts of the city , including the presidential palace and the television station , which was occupied on May 7 . |
| 7 | With an eye on the general election on June 6th , the Popular Party ( PP ) , the main opposition party , claimed on May 10th it had proof that the Socialist government bore some responsibility for last year 's dramatic collapse of KIO 's Spanish business empire . |
| 8 | The FMLN , however , claimed on May 31 that soldiers from El Salvador and Honduras had engaged in " heavy clashes " on May 27 in the border area , in which four Honduran soldiers and one Salvadorean had been killed and nine Honduran and six Salvadorean soldiers wounded , and that the Salvadorean Air Force had strafed and bombed hamlets in the area . |
| 9 | Antonio Sibacha , secretary-general of the Gabon-based opposition Union for Democracy and Social Development in Equatorial Guinea ( UDDS ) , claimed on May 4 that opposition activist Feliciano Moto had been beaten to death by guards from the presidential palace , that two other opposition activists had been arrested , and that the regime was employing the tactics of " assassination and imprisonment " . |
| 10 | The offence was committed on May 3 in Russell Road , Rhyl . |
| 11 | The ban on political parties was lifted on May 3 , 1989 . |
| 12 | He also announced that the ban on party politics would be lifted on May 18 , rejecting opposition demands that the prohibition should be lifted prior to the referendum in the interests of a full and fair debate . |
| 13 | In a referendum on April 28 , over 90 per cent of voters approved a draft constitution under the terms of which the 1982 ban on political parties would be lifted on May 18 ; the turnout was estimated at 60 per cent . |
| 14 | The curfew was lifted on May 4 . |
| 15 | Following the adoption in April of a new Constitution allowing for multiparty politics [ see p. 38856 ] , the ban imposed in 1981 on party politics was lifted on May 17 . |
| 16 | Hers was also a significant name because she had black hair and her disappearance was reported on May 17th . |
| 17 | Baghdad radio reported on May 15 , 1989 , that Hashim Hissan had been relieved of his post as Minister of State due to illness and to " the inability to carry out his duties " . |
| 18 | As reported on May 28 , the court stated that Maj. Carlos Camilio Hernandez , a former director of San Salvador 's military academy , had ordered the burning of logbooks detailing the movements of possible murder suspects . |
| 19 | Pakistan Radio meanwhile reported on May 29 that the President had strongly condemned the " inadequate planning and thoughtless action " of the provincial authorities , and had denounced the indiscriminate firing by the police . |
| 20 | It was reported on May 31 that a Taiwanese businessman was to purchase the Goddess of Democracy and use it as " a classroom on democracy " . |
| 21 | It was reported on May 23 that Lithuania 's Salcininkai okrug ( district ) had been proclaimed autonomous by its local soviet ( council ) and that it would continue to recognize the constitution of Soviet Lithuania rather than the independence constitution . |
| 22 | However , it was reported on May 7 that 35 leading officials in the newly established intelligence service department of the Interior Ministry had been removed following leaks of secret information , and the screening of various sections of the security services was reported to be well advanced or completed by early May . |
| 23 | As reported on May 9 , 1990 , the Radical Democratic Party , the National Party , The National Vanguard party , the Free Democratic Centre and the Social Democratic Faction ( led by Arturo Benegas ) merged to form the National Centrist Democracy Party with a claimed membership of 137,000 . |
| 24 | As reported on May 3 , 1990 , a hunger strike by an estimated 2,000 prisoners in the Colina prison in Santiago ended having failed to persuade the government to extend a limited amnesty given to political prisoners on March 20 [ see also p. 37311 ] to all inmates . |
| 25 | It was reported on May 5 , 1990 , that the PSL had held a reunification congress . |
| 26 | It was reported on May 28 , 1990 , that Stanislaw Wyganowski , the candidate of the Solidarity Citizens ' Committee , had been re-confirmed as mayor of Warsaw , having earlier been relieved of his duties . |
| 27 | A meeting between a church team led by Bishop Tokarczuk of Przemysl and Jacek Abroziak , the head of the Office of the Council of Ministers , on this and other issues , was reported on May 18 . |
| 28 | It was reported on May 18 that Poland and the Soviet Union would conduct 10-15 per cent of their trade in hard currency in 1990 and make a complete switch from the beginning of 1991 , thus ending the barter system and trade in non-convertible roubles [ for January 1990 COMECON summit agreeing to review existing trade arrangements see p. 37202 ] . |
| 29 | All-India Radio reported on May 25 that over 100 Tamil Tiger activists and 3,600 " anti-social elements " had been rounded up following the assassination . |
| 30 | Following a discreet initiative by the Rev. Frank Chikane , general secretary of the South African Council of Churches , the ANC was reported on May 11 to have agreed to extend its May 9 ultimatum by a week , apparently to allow the government more time to persuade the Inkatha leader , Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi , to disarm his followers . |