Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [noun sg] of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 More than 5,000 striking civil servants demonstrated in Cotonou on May 12 in support of demands for higher wages and the regularization of their working conditions , and in protest against government control of the media and restrictions on the right to strike ; the government responded by assuring the strikers that their wage demands would be met as soon as the budget had been voted on .
2 On Oct. 25 France announced the suspension of aid , and the last French troops were withdrawn on Oct. 30 in spite of calls from the opposition for them to remain to prevent more killing .
3 The Director of Public Prosecutions ( DPP ) announced on June 14 that the convictions of the " Maguire Seven " , imprisoned in 1976 for possession of explosives in connexion with the 1974 Guildford and Woolwich public house bombings [ see pp. 26870-71 ; 27739 ] , were " unsafe and unsatisfactory " .
4 The Court of Appeal on June 26 overturned the convictions of the " Maguire Seven " , who were imprisoned in 1976 for possession of explosives in connection with the 1974 Guildford and Woolwich public house bombings ( see pp. 26870-71 ; 27739 ) .
5 Finance ministers of the European Communities ( EC ) and European central bank governors held an informal meeting in Luxembourg on May 11 as part of negotiations on economic and monetary union ( EMU ) under way since December 1990 [ see pp. 37905-06 ] .
6 To take one example , there is no provision for independent representation for pupils aged under 18 in respect of appeals concerning reinstatement following permanent exclusion .
7 Sixty-Nine Ninety-five with Range of Attachments for Round-the-House Cleanliness , ’ he added , remembering with a sigh the familiar signs .
8 Muge was known as an outspoken critic of corruption and of the erosion of democratic freedoms [ see also p. 37603 for role of churchmen in criticism of government ] , and had accused unnamed government members of involvement in the death in February of Foreign Minister Robert Ouko [ see p. 37239 ] .
9 is just one of band of companies around the country , presenting their business plans to private investors .
10 This level of autonomy will result in a changed role for the school from one of administration of policies to one of management of local resources .
11 About one-third of the staff of Albanian Radio and Television ( RTV ) went on strike from Nov. 1 in support of demands by the Independent Radio-Television Trade Union for the resignation of RTV 's directors , a demand supported by the Democratic Party , whose deputies boycotted the debate on the status of RTV in the People 's Assembly .
12 Kim Dae Jung , head of the main opposition Party for Peace and Democracy ( PPD ) , began a hunger strike on Oct. 8 in support of demands for greater social and economic justice , the implementation of local autonomy measures , the dissolution of the DSC and the abandonment of plans to transform the current presidential political system into Cabinet government .
13 A general strike was held on Jan. 8 in support of demands for higher wages and pensions , new measures to combat unemployment , and protection for workers during the privatisation of state industries .
14 The SLORC abolished a further 19 political parties during March [ see p. 38767 for abolition of parties in January and February ] .
15 On Oct. 30 the party declared its assets currently to be worth DM4,000 million as result of increases in property values .
16 There were reports in late 1989 of maltreatment of prisoners at the Yaoundé central prison , where in December two former Army officers imprisoned after the 1984 coup attempt were reportedly beaten to death .
17 Postal workers in the eastern Länder , whose salaries were 60 per cent lower than their western counterparts , went on strike on Jan. 24 in support of demands for a one-off payment equivalent to a 13th month 's salary to compensate for increased living costs .
18 Students at the University of Conakry were on strike for most of November 1990 in support of demands for increases in their grants and for improvements in the quality of teaching and of library and other facilities .
19 THE HONEY THIEVES , the Dublin band who recently won the Phil Lynott Memorial Award for Best New Band of 1990 in recognition of services to leather trousers , have a UK date to coincide with the release of their new ‘ Second Hand Man ’ single at London Rock Garden .
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