Example sentences of "[noun] on [noun prp] [num] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cordial relations between the socialist General Workers ' Union ( UGT ) and the PSOE were resumed at a meeting , the first for five years , between UGT secretary-general Nicolás Redondo and PSOE deputy secretary-general Alfonso Guerra on Sept. 30 following a longstanding rift over government economic policy [ see pp. 36359-60 for Redondo 's 1988 refusal to take up the UGT seat on the PSOE executive ] . |
| 2 | Fortunately , Britain takes on the presidency of the European Community on July 1 so the Prime Minister could convene a conference to rethink the Maastricht conclusions . |
| 3 | The semi-embalmed remains of Col. William Higgins were discovered in Beirut 's southern suburbs on Dec. 21 following an anonymous telephone call . |
| 4 | Joint communiqués were signed on the establishment of diplomatic relations ( i ) with China on Sept. 30 following a visit to Beijing by a Brunei delegation on Sept. 8-11 ; and ( ii ) with the Soviet Union on Oct. 1 in New York . |
| 5 | The American team arrived in the British Isles on September 19 following a three hour flight on a British Airways Concorde specially chartered by Wroe Burton Bennett on behalf of the P.G.A . |
| 6 | After a series of meetings on July 15 both the National Front and the Janata Dal rejected Singh 's resignation offer and it was announced that he would reluctantly stay in office . |
| 7 | Nicholas Braithwaite , 64 , was appointed Prime Minister by Governor-General Sir Paul Scoon on March 16 following an inconclusive general election on March 13 . |
| 8 | Kurds in northern Iraq formed their first government on July 4 following a general election in May [ see p. 38934 ] . |
| 9 | This emphasis , repeated by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Oct. 23 following a meeting in London with the Amir of Kuwait , was seen as an attempt to counteract the perception of a softening in the Saudi attitude [ see below ] . |
| 10 | US Marines and Belgian paratroops entered Kismayu on Dec. 20 following a meeting between Oakley and local faction leaders , freeing it for use as a food distribution centre to the Juba valley . |
| 11 | Two right-wing candidates faced a run-off ballot on July 5 following an inconclusive result in the presidential elections on May 17 . |
| 12 | The Chelsea defender was stretchered off the Anfield turf on September 5 following a challenge with the former Reds ' striker , suffering cruciate ligament damage which required one operation , with further surgery likely . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |