Example sentences of "resign [prep] [noun] [num] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carlos Navarro , resigned on June 20 as treasurer of the parliamentary group of the ruling Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) , as a result of allegations that two Madrid consulting companies with which he had been associated were fronts for the channelling of illegal donations to the PSOE from corporations and banks . |
| 2 | Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada resigned on Oct. 27 as president of the right-wing Nationalist Revolutionary Movement ( MNR ) , and announced his withdrawal from the 1993 presidential election race . |
| 3 | Six of the Council 's members , namely Kryuchkov , Maslyukov , Primakov , Shevardnadze , Yakovlev and Yazov , were full or candidate members of the CPSU central committee politburo , all of whom except Yakovlev held in addition ministerial or state posts ( although Primakov resigned on March 28 as Chair of the Soviet of the Union in connection with joining the Presidential Council ) . |
| 4 | Desmond Fostin resigned on Feb. 9 as Minster of Communications , Works and Transport and was replaced by Gregory Avril [ see p. 37822 ] . |
| 5 | President Fernando Collor de Mello resigned on Dec. 29 as impeachment proceedings against him began in the Senate . |