Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] [noun] on dec. " in BNC.
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| 1 | A colonel was killed and his chauffeur wounded in Madrid on Nov. 17 and another colonel was wounded in Valencia on Dec. 15 . |
| 2 | President 's rule was imposed in Goa on Dec. 14 . |
| 3 | Isaac Ojok , a Minister of Education under the Obote regime , was sentenced to death on Dec. 18 , having been found guilty of plotting the downfall of the government of President Yoweri Museveni ; Ojok , who was arrested in 1987 , told the High Court that he joined the Holy Spirit guerrillas after being " stupefied by herbs " given to him by their leader Alice Lakwena [ for whom see p. 35493 ] . |
| 4 | A budget for 1991 , described as cautious and realistic , was presented in Parliament on Dec. 7 , 1990 . |
| 5 | A constitutional amendment endorsing the creation of a legislative assembly and council of ministers for Delhi was approved by Parliament on Dec. 20 . |
| 6 | Laureano Ortega , leader of the extreme left-wing October 1 Anti-Fascist Resistance Group ( GRAPO ) , was rearrested in Santander on Dec. 5 after escaping from Granada prison during 1992 . |
| 7 | In the first direct move against members of Ershad 's Cabinet , former Home Minister Maj.-Gen. ( retd ) Mahmudul Hasan was arrested in Dhaka on Dec. 11 whilst allegedly planning to organize a pro-Ershad rally . |
| 8 | The West German Transport Minister , Friedrich Zimmermann , announced in November that Austrian lorries would be banned from driving at night in Germany , and a similar ban was announced by Italy on Dec. 13 . |
| 9 | A draft agreement was signed with Mozambique on Dec. 2 , 1989 , on ways of controlling the movement of people along the border between Chipata province in Zambia and Tete province in Mozambique . |
| 10 | Kemp unveiled on Oct. 3 a series of reform proposals which included control of the use of consultants as well as proposals for tax relief for first-time buyers and for expanded rental assistance , and on Nov. 22 both the House and the Senate approved by voice vote legislation embodying the proposals ; the legislation was signed into law on Dec. 15 . |
| 11 | A nuclear co-operation agreement with China was signed in Beijing on Dec. 31 . |
| 12 | A major element of the EC 's single market in financial services was put in place on Dec. 15 , 1989 , when a meeting of the Council of ( Finance ) Ministers approved amendments to the Second Banking Directive . |
| 13 | The leader of the HSP ( Croatian Party of Rights ) , Dobroslav Paraga , was released on bail on Dec. 18 [ for his arrest see p. 38559 ] . |
| 14 | The eighth national congress of the South African Communist Party ( SACP ) was held near Johannesburg on Dec. 5-8 . |
| 15 | The first International Conference on Nutrition ( ICN ) was held in Rome on Dec. 5-11 , when ministerial delegations from 160 countries met with representatives of another 160 food and health organizations to consider ways of developing a better global food and medical aid policy . |
| 16 | In the face of continued violence by armed bands the Army commander , Lt.-Col. Desi Bouterse , agreed to requests from Brunswijk for direct talks and a meeting between the two was held in Paramaribo on Dec. 19 . |
| 17 | The sixth annual summit of the seven-country South Asian Association for Regional Co-Operation ( SAARC ) was held in Colombo on Dec. 21 . |
| 18 | The 45th ministerial meeting of the 11-member Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OAPEC ) was held in Cairo on Dec. 8 . |
| 19 | The 47th ministerial conference of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OAPEC ) was held in Cairo on Dec. 7 . |
| 20 | The sixth heads of state summit of the Islamic Conference Organization ( ICO ) was held in Dakar on Dec. 9-11 under the chairmanship of President Abdou Diouf of Senegal . |
| 21 | The eighth session of the eighth National Assembly was held in Hanoi on Dec. 5-21 [ for seventh session in June 1990 see p. 37532 ] . |
| 22 | The 10th session of the eighth National Assembly was held in Hanoi on Dec. 10-26 [ see p. 38390 for ninth Assembly session held in July-August 1991 ] . |
| 23 | The ninth National Assembly 's second session was held in Hanoi on Dec. 9-23 [ see p. 39007 for election of ninth Assembly in July 1992 ] . |
| 24 | A meeting of the steering committee of the multilateral strand of the Middle East peace talks ( comprising economic co-operation , arms control , refugees , water sharing and environmental protection ) was held in London on Dec. 3-4 . |
| 25 | A meeting of the North Atlantic Council ( NAC ) , composed of NATO Foreign Ministers , was held in Brussels on Dec. 17-18 . |
| 26 | The 88th regular ministerial-level meeting of the 13-member Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) was held in Vienna on Dec. 12-13 . |
| 27 | The seventh plenum of the 13th Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) central committee was held in Beijing on Dec. 25-30 [ see p. 37318 for sixth plenum held in March 1990 ] . |
| 28 | The 23rd session of the Standing Committee of the seventh National People 's Congress ( NPC ) was held in Beijing on Dec. 23-29 . |