Example sentences of "on [noun] [adj] [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A draft treaty of co-operation was also exchanged , and an education agreement signed on March 5 allowed for the establishment of Polish-language schools in Byelarus for the Polish-speaking minority there . |
| 2 | A royal decree on March 1 provided for the creation within six months of a Consultative Council ( majlis ash-shoura ) , to be composed of 60 members and a chairman . |
| 3 | Satish Nambiar , the commander of the UN Protection Forces for Yugoslavia ( UNIPROFOR ) , arrived in Yugoslavia on March 9 accompanied by the first advance party of the peace-keeping force agreed by the Security Council in February [ see p. 38778 ] . |
| 4 | Humberto Romero , hitherto Secretary of Defence , was on Jan. 25 appointed as the new Defence Minister . |
| 5 | The report singled out three recent incidents : a demonstration in Kishinev ( the capital ) on Jan. 8 , when a funeral procession for a Moldavian youth who had died in suspicious circumstances had turned into a rally by up to 10,000 people protesting against Soviet and communist rule , and fights had ensued between rival gangs of Moldavian and Russian youths ; a picket of the district Moldavian CP committee building in the town of Chadyr Lunga by members of the Gagauz minority demanding creation of their own autonomous republic ; and a referendum on Jan. 28 called by the city soviet in Tiraspol , Moldavia 's second largest city , in which the predominantly Russian population had voted overwhelmingly ( over 96 per cent of a 92 per cent poll ) to declare greater autonomy for the Tiraspol district and to support the possible declaration of Tiraspol and neighbouring Russian-populated towns as an autonomous republic ( Tiraspol had been one of the main centres of strikes by Moldavia 's Russian and Ukrainian population in August-September 1989 against greater Moldavian language rights — see pp. 36855 ; 36898 ) . |
| 6 | Devi Lal , the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture , was on Aug. 1 dismissed from the Cabinet . |
| 7 | President Ramiz Alia of Albania on Sept. 2 called for the substantial body of ethnic Albanians in Yugoslavia to be represented at the peace conference . |
| 8 | The House of Representatives on May 8 approved by the unexpectedly wide margin of 239 votes to 186 a bill which imposed a seven-day waiting period on the purchase of handguns . |
| 9 | Godoy on July 10 called for the establishment of a " National Salvation Commission " to organize armed resistance to the Sandinistas . |
| 10 | A final statement adopted unanimously on July 5 called for the CSCE to be endowed with the " the procedures and the means to take effective action to prevent and resolve situations of conflict " . |
| 11 | The government of Serbia , under the hardliner Slobodan Milosevic , on Oct. 1 called on the federal authorities to intervene to " defend Serbs from repression in Croatia " . |
| 12 | The DCR on Oct. 2 called for the annulment of the elections on grounds of fraud . |
| 13 | After two days of hearings , Boren on Oct. 9 called on the Attorney General to investigate the conduct of senior Justice Department officials . |
| 14 | A UN General Assembly resolution on Oct. 15 called on the Cambodian leaders to co-operate and to exercise self-restraint , and welcomed the agreement to set up the SNC and to send an SNC representative to occupy Cambodia 's seat . |
| 15 | Both basal and stimulated output of histamine were significantly higher in the L group on day 7 compared with the U and C group ( p=0.03 ANOVA with contrast ) . |
| 16 | In an unexpected development Paulo César Farias ( known nationally as PC ) , a businessman and Collor 's former election manager , who allegedly masterminded schemes to defraud the federal government of a sum estimated at between US$150,000,000 and US$200,000,0000 , was on Nov. 4 withdrawn by the prosecution as a witness in Collor 's impeachment trial . |
| 17 | Alassane Ouattara , the author of the country 's current economic recovery plan , was on Nov. 7 appointed to the newly created post of Prime Minister [ see p. 37767 ] . |
| 18 | A report published by the human rights organization Amnesty International on Nov. 6 called on the Djibouti government to end the arbitrary detention of members of the opposition . |
| 19 | A final declaration adopted on Nov. 23 called on the SAARC to extend its activities in the core areas of economic co-operation , biotechnology , environmental issues and tourism . |
| 20 | WORTHING in West Sussex are organising a fortnight of varied activities for all ages ; whilst in East Sussex , Hastings and Bexhill continue this impetus by holding an Open Day on September 20th sponsored by the Hastings Observer for youngsters aged from seven to 15 at the William Parker School where they hope to build a clubhouse and share club and school facilities . |
| 21 | However , Mandela in an address to the General Assembly on Dec. 3 called for the maintenance of economic sanctions , arguing that they should only be lifted in phases corresponding to actual progress . |
| 22 | State and federal appeals were filed on April 17 based on the claim that Harris 's brother ( who had been a prosecution witness ) had fired the shots which had killed the boys . |
| 23 | President Lech Walesa on April 9 called for the dismissal of National Defence Minister Jan Parys , highlighting a controversy over control of the armed forces . |
| 24 | The Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ) politburo on April 9 published in the name of the party central committee an open letter to all Soviet communists entitled For consolidation on a foundation of principle . |
| 25 | The Amir of Kuwait , Shaikh Jabir al Ahmad al Jabir as Sabah , named a new Cabinet on April 20 headed by the Crown Prince , Shaikh Saad al Abdullah as Salim as Sabah , only four weeks after Shaikh Saad had submitted his government 's resignation [ see p. 38118 ] . |
| 26 | Nicaragua on June 2 called on the USA to take part in talks to establish norms of diplomatic behaviour and visa regulations , and later in June asked Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo , the Archbishop of Managua , to arrange talks , but this idea was rejected by the spokesperson for the US administration , Marlin Fitzwater . |
| 27 | THE Duchess of Westminster will open the annual fete on June 24 organised by the league of friends of the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital at Gobowen . |