Example sentences of "may [adj] the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In May 1971 the publication of figures showing a marked worsening of the US current account coincided with a further reduction in interest rates . |
| 2 | On May 12 the Chamber of Deputies approved in principle , by 329 votes to 54 with 12 abstentions , the initiative of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari , announced on May 2 , to reprivatize 19 state-run banks . |
| 3 | The unrest continued over the next few days and by May 22 the number of Palestinians killed by the IDF had risen to 21 . |
| 4 | In May 1917 the League of Nations Society held its first major public meeting , with a galaxy of Establishment speakers . |
| 5 | On May 17 the Council of Ministers announced that a new currency , the dinar , worth 10 Sudanese pounds , would gradually replace the Sudanese pound . |
| 6 | With the soaring call for its services — when the UN takes over the Somali operation on May 4th the number of peacekeepers in the field will increase from around 60,000 to nearly 90,000 — the organisation can no longer rely on the old faithfuls : countries that , either from idealism ( Canada and Scandinavia , for instance ) or from poverty ( Fiji , Nepal and many others ) , were glad to provide troops . |
| 7 | On 21st May 1950 the Chairman of Governors died . |
| 8 | On 7 May 1981 the House of Representatives opted heavily for Reagan in accepting by a vote of 253 — 176 the Gramm-Latta programme of cuts . |
| 9 | On May 25 the House of Representatives passed by 533 votes to none , with nine abstentions , the first two readings of a constitutional amendment bill which included all the opposition-backed reforms . |
| 10 | On May 6 the Council of Ministers raised servicemen 's pay by up to 100 per cent , backdated to February 1992 . |
| 11 | On May 8 the director of operations of the UN 's World Food Programme ( WFP ) , Robert Hauser , had appeared to contradict current UN policy when he said that the food-supply situation in Iraq did not in itself warrant the continuing presence of international relief agencies ; since food rationing was relatively efficient , he said , claims of widespread malnutrition were exaggerated . |