Example sentences of "april [adj] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fresh , if unpromising , avenue of negotiation was opened on April 7 when the Prime Minister of Thailand , Chatichai Choonhaven , proposed that his Japanese counterpart , Toshiki Kaifu , host a meeting in Tokyo between Sihanouk and Hun Sen . |
| 2 | An oil slick , created on April 11 when the Cypriot-registered tanker Haven exploded during a routine pumping operation in the Ligurian Sea off Genoa , caused pollution along the Mediterranean coast westwards towards Nice on the French coast . |
| 3 | The space shuttle Discovery returned to Earth on April 29 following a five-day mission during which it successfully deployed the US$1,500 million Hubble Space Telescope jointly developed by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) and the European Space Agency ( ESA ) . |
| 4 | Under United States pressure following the murder of three US nuns by the security forces , the junta appointed Duarte as President in December 1980 [ see p. 30685 ] ; he stood down in April 1982 when an interim administration succeeded the civilian-military junta . |
| 5 | Agosti still faced charges of involvement in the 1976 coup which overthrew President María Estela ( Isabelita ) de Martínez Perón [ see pp. 27741-43 ] , but military trials had been effectively suspended in April 1989 when the Supreme Court decided to examine the documentation pertaining to all cases involving military officers accused of human rights abuses in 1976-83 . |
| 6 | The compensation bill cleared its last hurdle on April 19 when the Constitutional Court rejected an application by the opposition Alliance of Free Democrats ( SzDSz ) to annul the government 's proposals . |
| 7 | In exploring these strategies , the section draws primarily on studies which pre-date April 1988 when the major changes introduced in the 1986 Social Security Act came into force . |