Example sentences of "[conj] give on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The USA proposal , in turn opposed by the EC , covered among other aspects import access , export competition and sanitary and phytosanitary ( not psytosanitary as given on p. 36508 ) measures , and envisaged a phased dismantling of the entire structure of subsidies and other forms of agricultural support . |
| 2 | On Bonaire all three seats were won by the Bonaire Patriotic Union ( Union Patriotico Bonairiano — UPB — one in 1985 ) ; on St Maarten the Democratic Party of St Maarten ( DP-SM ) won two seats ( three in 1985 ) and the Patriotic Alliance won one , entering parliament for the first time ; on Saba the single seat went as before to the Windward Islands People 's Movement ( WIPM — not the West Indian People 's Movement as given on p. 36212 ) ; and on St Eustatius the single seat went as before to the Democratic Party of St Eustatius ( DP-SE ) . |
| 3 | Maj. Gideon Orkar [ not Okar as given on p. 37367 ] , described as the ringleader , was among those executed . |
| 4 | Lee was elected President by the National Assembly on March 21 [ not March 20 as given on p. 37319 ] , 1990 , and inaugurated in May [ see pp. 37318-19 ; 37454-55 ] . |
| 5 | The measure was nevertheless defeated by 254 votes [ not 362 as given on p. 37704 ] to 179 . |
| 6 | He was replaced on Dec. 30 by Peter Garrucho , hitherto the Tourism Secretary [ not Narzalina Lim , as given on p. 37579 ] . |
| 7 | The 29-country coalition as given on Feb. 21 by the US embassy in London was , in addition to the USA , as follows : |
| 8 | April : Robert Polhill ( US ) , Frank Reed ( US ) , Fernand Houtekens ( Belgian ) , Jacqueline Valente ( French ) , Sophie-Liberté Valente ( French ) [ see p. 37391 ; the last three were released by representatives of the Revolutionary Council of Fatah , not by the Fatah Revolutionary Council as given on that page ] ; August : Emanuel Christen ( Swiss ) , Elio Erriquez ( Swiss ) , Brian Keenan ( Irish-British ) [ see p. 37768 ] ; October : 40 Shia Moslem " hostages " from Khiyam prison , southern Lebanon [ see p. 37793 ] . |
| 9 | President Alfredo Cristiani told the new Legislative Assembly which opened on May 1 ( not June 1 as given on p. 38093 ) that final ratification of the amendments should be conditional on a ceasefire coming into effect . |
| 10 | A record trade surplus of US$7,890 million was recorded for 1990 , an increase of 46.9 per cent over 1989 [ when the trade surplus was $5,000 million , not $5,000,000 as given on p. 37499 ] . |
| 11 | Accessions during 1990 : Tunisia on Aug. 19 ; Venezuela on Aug. 31 [ not on Sept. 8 as given on p. 37710 ] ; Bolivia on Sept. 8 and Costa Rica on Nov. 20 . |
| 12 | The MMD , formed in July 1990 [ see p. 37602 ] , won 125 of the National Assembly 's 150 seats [ not 135 as given on p. 38049 ] and Kaunda 's United National Independence Party ( UNIP ) , the sole legal political party between December 1972 and December 1990 , won the remaining 25 . |
| 13 | In legislative elections on Oct. 6 the incumbent Social Democratic Party ( PSD ) led by Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva was returned to power with a slightly decreased majority of 135 seats , representing 50.4 per cent of votes cast , in the 230-seat [ not 250 as given on p. 38488 ] Assembly of the Republic . |
| 14 | Other principal ministers : Takashi Tawara ( Justice ) ; Michio Watanabe ( Deputy Premier and Foreign ) ; Tsutomu Hata ( Finance — as given on p. 38558 , where Kunio Hatoyama , the new Education Minister , is also erroneously listed as Finance Minister ) . |
| 15 | Gen. Juan Rebollo [ not Rebonio , as given on p. 38720 ] took over as C.-in-C. of the Uruguayan army on Feb. 1 . |
| 16 | The FPP ( also known as the Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei ) had been formed in March 1990 not 1991 as given on p. 38646 ] by the Council of Chiefs — a 100-strong body to which ethnic-Fijian members of parliament and government nominees were now also admitted , outnumbering the traditional chiefs . |
| 17 | Hans-Dietrich Genscher 's resignation as Foreign Minister formally took effect on May 18 [ not May 17 as given on p. 38872 ] as anticipated . |
| 18 | Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada and José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera , who had respectively taken over responsibility for foreign affairs and ideology [ not solely Balaguer as given on p. 39089 ] were elected to fill the central committee vacancies . |
| 19 | Erratum : The minority party in the coalition formed on March 19 , 1992 , was the San Marino Socialist Party ( PSS ) , not the San Marino Social Democratic Party ( PSDS ) as given on p. 38824 . |