Example sentences of "[verb] p. [num] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | President Hrawi held talks with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in Damascus on Oct. 14 [ see p. 39117 for September meeting also in Syria ] . |
| 2 | The hunger strike launched by Palestinian political prisoners on Sept. 27 to protest at conditions in Israeli prisons continued until mid-October [ see p. 39117 for start of hunger strike ] . |
| 3 | Fighting continued in southern Lebanon during November between Hezbollah and Israel and its proxy militia , the South Lebanon Army ( SLA ) [ see p. 39166 for details of fighting in October ] . |
| 4 | 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 ] . |
| 5 | The Riksdag ( parliament ) gave final approval to the application on June 14 [ see p. 37925 for December 1990 debate ] . |
| 6 | Israel escalated its attacks into southern Lebanon during early June [ see p. 38214 for May attacks ] . |
| 7 | New non-specialist periodicals were to be in Arabic unless permission for the use of a foreign language was obtained from the government-appointed Higher National Council for Information and Communication [ see p. 37218 for adoption in July 1989 of information code creating this Council ] . |
| 8 | The suspension followed reports of " tactical military co-operation " between the three factions [ see p. 37777 for Senate approval of aid package in October 1990 ] . |
| 9 | [ See p. 38872 for April 1992 RAF offer to cease attacks . ] |
| 10 | 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 ] . |
| 11 | The Supreme People 's Assembly ( SPA ) , which convened on Aug. 13-15 , unanimously endorsed the first Lao People 's Democratic Republic ( LPDR ) Constitution [ see p. 37533 for publication of draft constitution in June 1990 ] . |
| 12 | Denmark and Belgium voted against the measure , which was adopted despite fears about mandatory maximum quotas for non-EC material ( see p. 37211-12 for Council of Europe convention on this issue ) . |
| 13 | A leading member of the Medellín drug cartel , Fabio Ochoa , wanted by the United States authorities for drug trafficking offences and the murder of an agent of the American Drug Enforcement Agency ( DEA ) , surrendered on Dec. 19 in what was seen as a vindication of the policy of President César Gaviria Trujillo , who had adopted legal and political methods rather than the previous military offensive against the drug cartels [ see p. 37772 for October proposals ] ; on Dec. 17 the government had said that it would waive extradition to the USA and reduce prison terms for those traffickers who surrendered and confessed to crimes . |
| 14 | 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 ] . |
| 15 | Israeli forces shot dead a 21-year-old Jordanian " infiltrator " along the Israeli-Jordanian border on April 15 [ see p. 38119 for March incidents ] . |
| 16 | In March the MNR had threatened to intensify its attacks on these corridors , repeating its allegations that Zimbabwean troops were still stationed in other areas , while the international Joint Verification Commission ( JVC ) continued to assert that there was no evidence to support the allegation [ see p. 37993 for February allegation and JVC response ] . |
| 17 | On Jan. 22 Gorbachev issued a decree withdrawing Rbs50 and Rbs100 banknotes ( the highest denominations ) from circulation [ see p. 37971 for details of permitted exchanges ] . |
| 18 | The sixth round of bilateral negotiations in the ongoing Middle East peace process closed in Washington in late September [ see p. 39070 for opening of sixth round on Aug. 24 ] . |
| 19 | 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 ] . |
| 20 | On Feb. 11 the Israel Supreme Court rejected an appeal by nuclear technician Mordechai Vanuanu against his 18-year prison sentence [ see p. 38596 for details of the conduct of the appeal ] . |
| 21 | UN relief convoys began to move humanitarian supplies to famine areas on Nov. 1 [ see p. 37702 for famine relief agreement ] . |
| 22 | The congress approved a number of amendments to the party constitution [ see p. 35577 for amendments approved at 13th congress ] . |
| 23 | The presence of 500 Pakistani UN troops at Mogadishu port from early October [ see p. 39085 for mid-September arrival of first group ] apparently failed to prevent gunmen fighting over food aid intended for famine victims . |
| 24 | During April discussion among EC economic and finance ministers on economic and monetary union ( EMU ) centred on the conditions and date for a transition to the second stage of EMU [ see p. 37625 for start of stage one in July 1990 ] . |
| 25 | 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 ] . |
| 26 | Nuruddin Khan [ see p. 37653 for Khan 's appointment in August 1990 ] , was the key figure in Ershad 's overthrow . |
| 27 | [ See p. 36869 for BCP mutiny in early 1989 which , according to some observers , had rendered it " defunct " . ] |
| 28 | [ See p. 36714 for EC-GCC co-operation agreement signed in June 1988 , which entered into force on Jan. 1 , 1990 . ] |
| 29 | The government continued its policy of devaluing the yuan in small , frequent steps during May [ see p. 38146 for initiation of this policy on April 9 ] . |
| 30 | The first formal visit by a Taiwanese delegation , the Straits Exchange Foundation ( SEF ) , to the Chinese mainland ended on May 5 [ see p. 38146 for start of visit on April 28 ] . |