Example sentences of "p. [num] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The political scene in 1990 was dominated by the run-up to the November presidential elections [ see pp. 37850-51 ] , the continuous peace talks with the URNG , which failed to live up to the promise of the June agreement [ for 1990 peace talks see pp. 37372 ; 37527 ; 37707 ] , and the controversy with the US government over political assassinations by right-wing paramilitaries [ see p. 37311 for March 1990 withdrawal of US ambassador and p. 37912 for December suspension of US military aid ] . |
| 2 | Here its leader , Zephania Mothopeng , rejected outright appeals by Mandela and Zimbabwe 's President Robert Mugabe ( who had previously shown preference for the PAC policy of black rule over the ANC multiracial philosophy ) to join the ANC in a broad anti-apartheid coalition for discussions with the Pretoria government [ see p. 37033 for November 1989 meeting between Mandela and a PAC leader ; p. 37177 for PAC attitude to negotiations ] . |
| 3 | The Ad Hoc Committee on Chemical Weapons of the 40-nation UN Conference on Disarmament ( UNCD ) held its regular 1989 spring and summer sessions in Geneva on Feb. 7-April 27 and on June 13-Aug. 30 ( see p. 36477 for opening of spring session ; p. 36861 for closing of summer session ) . |
| 4 | Arrian ( Anabasis i.17.8 ) mentions ‘ Memnon 's Land ’ in the Troad , whose possessor was a Persian general ( and see further p. 71 for Persians or Persian favourites settled in Anatolia ) . |
| 5 | In Land elections in Hesse on Jan. 20 the CDU-FDP coalition lost its two-seat majority after four years in power [ see p. 35208 for April 1987 Land election and p. 36531 for March 1989 Hesse local elections ] . |
| 6 | Morocco , the only AMU country to send forces in support of the United States-led coalition in the Gulf , stressed that its 1,300-strong force in Saudi Arabia had a " defensive " role in guarding the Assafaniya oil refinery [ see also p. 37989 for opposition in North Africa to the Gulf war ] . |
| 7 | [ See p. 36714 for EC-GCC co-operation agreement signed in June 1988 , which entered into force on Jan. 1 , 1990 . ] |
| 8 | Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed announced on Feb. 8 the details of a Cabinet reshuffle to take effect from March 15 [ see p. 37861 for Cabinet appointed in October 1990 ] . |
| 9 | In an effort to restore his political standing , Collor submitted to congress two bills to fight official corruption and took visible steps to disband his unofficial inner cabinet of friends and advisers — popularly known as the " Republic of Alagoas " after his home state — who were accused of influence peddling [ see p. 38388 for resignation of Collor 's wife as head of welfare agency ] . |
| 10 | [ See p. 38872 for April 1992 RAF offer to cease attacks . ] |
| 11 | The fourth session of the seventh National People 's Congress ( NPC — the Chinese unicameral legislature ) was held in Beijing on March 25-April 9 [ see p. 38096-97 for opening of fourth session ; see p. 37373 for third session held in March-April 1990 ] . |
| 12 | Georgi Atanasov , Prime Minister in 1986-90 , and Stoyan Ovcharov , Minister of the Economy and Planning in 1987-89 , were given prison sentences of 10 and nine years respectively on Nov. 3 after being found guilty of embezzlement [ see p. 39151 for opening of trial in October ] . |
| 13 | The detainees were all suspected members of the separatist Free Aceh Movement [ see p. 38294 for June 1991 Tapol report on Aceh ] . |
| 14 | [ See p. 38390 for August visit by Deputy Foreign Minister to Beijing . ] |
| 15 | A UN team visited Kuwait in March and reported that although a deliberate attempt had been made to " extinguish Kuwait " , the country had made good progress in dealing with immediate humanitarian needs [ see p. 38082 for mission to Iraq ] . |
| 16 | The domestic car manufacturing industry , heavily protected since the 1950s , had already begun to face some competition from imports when quotas were partially lifted in July 1990 [ see also p. 38002 for reduction in tariffs on imports ] . |
| 17 | The government 's action was thought to have persuaded the US government to agree to a further US$50,000,000 aid package [ see p. 37311 for March 1990 withdrawal of US ambassador ] . |
| 18 | The political scene in 1990 was dominated by the run-up to the November presidential elections [ see pp. 37850-51 ] , the continuous peace talks with the URNG , which failed to live up to the promise of the June agreement [ for 1990 peace talks see pp. 37372 ; 37527 ; 37707 ] , and the controversy with the US government over political assassinations by right-wing paramilitaries [ see p. 37311 for March 1990 withdrawal of US ambassador and p. 37912 for December suspension of US military aid ] . |
| 19 | It called on the government " to acknowledge publicly that extrajudicial executions , torture and other serious human rights violations had been committed by members of the security forces and others acting apparently on their behalf or with their acquiescence " [ see p. 38663 for Amnesty visit ] . |
| 20 | A further 0.25 percentage point reduction in the intervention rate , to 9.1 per cent , was made on Nov. 12 when UK base rates were also lowered from 8 to 7 per cent and in Italy the discount rate was reduced from 14 to 13 per cent [ see p. 39159 for October reductions in UK and Italy ] . ) |
| 21 | Alatas and Avice travelled from Vietnam to Thailand where efforts were made to arrange a meeting of the all-party Supreme National Council ( SNC ) in Jakarta [ see p. 37916 for SNC meeting in Paris in December 1990 ] . |
| 22 | [ See p. 36963 for security forces ' admission that they had " exceeded their authority " . ] |
| 23 | [ See p. 38865 for April 1992 visit to Vietnam by Lee Kuan Yew , Singapore 's Senior Minister . ] |
| 24 | The 17th joint US-Vietnamese search for MIAs ended on May 20 [ see p. 38865 for launch of operation in April ] . |
| 25 | On April 25 some 15,000-20,000 demonstrators attended a rally outside the Országgyülés building in Budapest organized by Jozsef Torgyan , leader of the rump of the Independent Smallholders ' Party ( FKgP — see p. 38777 for February split within party ) . |
| 26 | The announcement was preceded on Feb. 6-8 , 1989 , by a state visit to Morocco by the Algerian President , Chadli Bendjedid , when an agreement was signed enabling the transportation of Algerian natural gas to Europe by pipeline through Morocco ( see p. 36507 for September 1988 discussions ) ; 1,500 km of the 2,000-km pipeline would cross Morocco to Tangier , 225 km north-east of Rabat ; in return Morocco would receive subsidized oil and natural gas from Algeria . |
| 27 | On June 11 Croatia joined the World Health Organization as its 178th member ; other countries which had acceded in recent weeks [ see p. 38938 for position as of May 4 ] were Georgia , Slovenia and Uzbekistan . |
| 28 | On April 1 the Legislative Council ( Legco ) approved the 1992 budget by 36 votes to 18 [ see p. 38815 for presentation of budget in March ] , after the Financial Secretary , Hamish Macleod , had promised to alleviate the tax burden on lower and middle-income groups in the 1993 budget . |
| 29 | The Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen visited the United Kingdom and Germany on March 8-12 [ see p. 38815 for Qian 's talks in the UK on Hong Kong ] . |
| 30 | In the union territory of Pondicherry a six-member Congress ( I ) ministry led by V. Vaithilingam was sworn in on July 4 [ see p. 38287 for Congress ( I ) assembly election victory in June ] . |