Example sentences of "[noun] occupied the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Troops loyal to President Gnassingbe Eyadema again disrupted the transition period [ see also p. 39041 ] when a 100-strong force occupied the National Assembly building on Oct. 22 and successfully demanded the unfreezing of the assets of the Rassemblement du peuple togolais ( RPT ) , formerly the sole legal party , led by Eyadema , which had been dissolved in August 1991 [ see p. 38379 ] . |
| 2 | The setting in some ways was a little unusual in that rival fans occupied the other half of the same block of terracing . |
| 3 | Some 200 Azerbaijan Popular Front fighters occupied the Interior Ministry and the television centre after the republic 's parliament refused to endorse the appointment . |
| 4 | Two squadrons of Hessian hussars occupied the lower slopes of the Pratzen , drawn up in battle array , spotless as if on parade . |
| 5 | One of the units occupied the coastal town of Khafji , 20 km south of the border with Kuwait . |
| 6 | Active planning and discussion of an international conference occupied the early months of 1944 . |
| 7 | On 29 June 1690 , described as ‘ excessive hot ’ , William 's army camped behind the hills on the north bank of the Boyne , while James 's troops occupied the other bank . |
| 8 | When Milongo on Jan. 19 reiterated his support for Col. Gangouo , troops occupied the national radio and television stations in Brazzaville , and sealed off the airport . |
| 9 | The Judaization of Jerusalem had been under way since the Israelis occupied the whole city in 1967 , but this was the first occasion on which Jews had moved into the Christian Quarter . |
| 10 | It was normal practice for the trademark to occupy the upper half of the design , while the title and other details occupied the lower half . |
| 11 | A group of about 20 human rights activists occupied the Salvadorean embassy in the Costa Rican capital , San José , on Oct. 5 in protest against human rights abuses . |
| 12 | When able men occupied the professorial chairs , there was scope for immense development . |
| 13 | On Friday 10 May students occupied the Latin quarter of Paris and built 60 barricades , which were violently attacked by the CRS . |
| 14 | It already ran the staff restaurant at Heal 's when retail conglomerate Storehouse occupied the entire building , but the opportunity to introduce the multi-tenant system presented itself following the departure of Conran Design . |
| 15 | Bolt Head 's office occupied the top floor of a vast mirror-fronted building in prime-site New York . |
| 16 | A three-piece suite and coffee table occupied the front half , a fitted kitchen and dinette the rear . |
| 17 | They and the principal innkeepers occupied the aldermanic pews at the front of All Saints church , where the social hierarchy was as carefully formalized in the seating arrangements as in any rural parish . |