Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] on may " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between 200 and 250 alleged collaborators — mainly Jordanians of Palestinian origin , Iraqis and stateless Arabs — had appeared in court since the trials began on May 19 [ see p. 38212 ] . |
| 2 | Vellayati left on May 14 for a visit to Malaysia , Australia and New Zealand , reporting on May 22 that agreement had been reached with Australia to co-operate on chemical disarmament . |
| 3 | The latest UN peace plan followed proposals unveiled on May 10 by ex-king Zahir Shah which called for the establishment of a national committee including mujaheddin leaders , free elections and a parliamentary system . |
| 4 | In the latest anti-American outburst , the pro-government Kenya Times alleged on May 6 that the USA was bribing Kenyan workers in a secret plot to take control of the trade unions . |
| 5 | The continuing protests merged on May 18 with the commemoration of the 11th anniversary of the brutal suppression of the Kwangju uprising [ see pp. 30606-07 ] . |
| 6 | The draft of the new constitution outlining the presidential and multiparty system agreed at the February 1990 conference on reform was presented to the High Council of the Republic on April 12 , 1990 , and its contents announced on May 15 , prior to a referendum in late 1990 . |
| 7 | Other international bodies evacuating Sarajevo during May due to the indiscriminate nature of the fighting included the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) ; the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) , one of whose workers died on May 19 ; and European Community ( EC ) monitors [ see below ] . |
| 8 | As the foreign news media speculated as to the political programme of the EPRDF administration ( and recalled in particular some earlier pro-Stalinist utterances of TPLF guerrilla leaders ) , US State Department officials warned on May 29 that future humanitarian aid to Ethiopia would be conditional on moves towards democratization and respect for human rights . |
| 9 | European Community officials stated on May 20 that continuing aid would be conditional upon the country resolving ethnic conflicts and furthering economic and political reform , and that future close relations would depend on the country remaining united . |
| 10 | THE BATTLE of the Atlantic commemorations began on May 26 when warships joined with merchant vessels for a review of the fleet , taken by the Duke of Edinburgh , off Holyhead on the island of Anglesey . |
| 11 | Goth , of Liverton Avenue , Whinney Banks , was taken into police custody , informed of the murder charge and released on the same bail conditions to appear on May 5 . |
| 12 | The new Home Affairs Minister on May 4 announced a series of procedural changes designed to improve public confidence in the police and to prevent further instances of brutality . |
| 13 | A routine conference of heads of national banks of 11 CIS states on May 19 in Taskhkent was also attended by IMF representatives . |
| 14 | Government sources announced on May 20 that Taiwan was planning to offer economic aid to all five countries in order to " promote substantive relations with them " . |
| 15 | According to EPS figures released on May 28 , a total of 12,627 recontras and 9,278 recompas had been demobilized during the first two phases and 22,197 infantry weapons and 215 support weapons had been currently destroyed . |
| 16 | Yeltsin made a four-day tour of the Altai and Buryat regions beginning on May 26 . |
| 17 | The leaders of Surinam 's two principal rebel groups announced on May 5 that they would suspend hostilities . |
| 18 | In retaliation for the Rishon Le Zion killings , guerrillas of the Palestine Liberation Front ( PLF ) launched an unsuccessful seaborne attack apparently aimed at civilians sunbathing on May 30 , a public holiday ( Shavuot ) when the beaches were particularly full . |
| 19 | Universities and colleges reopened on May 15 . |
| 20 | SUN VIKINGS TO SAIL ON MAY 19th ? |
| 21 | A succession of government-union talks throughout June failed to reach conclusive settlements of widespread union demands for higher wages , settlement of outstanding overtime pay , reform of the excessive wage tax , compensatory payments for the 140 per cent and 110 per cent increases respectively in gas and electricity charges introduced on May 27 , and cancellation of government plans for higher rents and other charges anticipated in the July budget . |
| 22 | Another group of conscripts had on May 14 occupied the national radio station but failed to persuade staff to broadcast their demands , and on May 16 they rampaged through the streets of Abidjan firing their weapons . |
| 23 | The 17th joint US-Vietnamese search for MIAs ended on May 20 [ see p. 38865 for launch of operation in April ] . |
| 24 | Local elections held on May 27 were Poland 's first completely free multiparty elections since before the Second World War ( in the parliamentary elections of June 1989 there had been an agreed distribution of seats in the Sejm ( the lower house of the National Assembly ) among the former ruling parties and opposition or independent candidates — see pp. 36722-24 , and some opposition groups had been denied registration to compete as parties ) . |
| 25 | In local government elections held on May 3 in about half the districts or boroughs in England , for the Scottish regional and island councils and in six districts in Wales , the Labour Party made considerable gains in terms both of seats won and councils controlled . |
| 26 | In municipal elections held on May 26 , 1990 , the opposition right-wing IP , one of the government coalition parties for just over a year after the 1987 general election [ see pp. 35138 ; 36430 ] , made gains , especially in Reykjavík , where the IP mayor , Davíd Oddsson , was re-elected by 60.4 per cent of the vote . |
| 27 | Elections held on May 20 ( number of seats contested in parenthesis ) |
| 28 | Both Labour and Liberal Democrats made gains in elections held on May 2 for over 12,000 seats on 369 local ( district ) councils in England ( excluding Greater London ) and Wales . |
| 29 | Elections held on May 20 . |
| 30 | Elections held on May 20 and June 15 . |