Example sentences of "[vb past] its annual [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The end of June saw the Saturdays only Birmingham - Pwllheli replaced by Sprinter units due to technical problems — the stock failed its annual carriage MOT — and poor loadings . |
| 2 | The Unit produced its annual report on ‘ Architects Employment and Earnings ’ and its quarterly reports ‘ RIBA Leads ’ on architects ' workloads . |
| 3 | Phyllis Bowman , national director of the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child , told its annual conference at Keele that a dual attack on abortion and embryo experimentation will be launched in the autumn when the Government announces its Bill on embryo research . |
| 4 | Inveterate trafficker in traffic systems Peek Plc told its annual meeting yesterday that it saw signs of a trading upturn in March : ‘ Although trading conditions in the first two months of the current year continued to be difficult , we have seen signs of improvement in March — there is currently a significant amount of enquiry and bidding activity and it is expected that this will translate into firm orders , ’ chairman Ken Maud said . |
| 5 | She continued to visit London for her birthday parties , around which the WFL focused its annual gatherings . |
| 6 | Then the association presented its annual awards for distinction in art history , art , and criticism . |
| 7 | ‘ We had a flood of enquiries when Barclaycard introduced its annual charge — mostly from the sort of customers we did n't really want , ’ says Ian Bell , managing director of Town & Country . |
| 8 | It is rare nowadays to find a research council able to live within its means and reasonably happy with its situation , but that is the impression that the Natural Environment Research Council ( NERC ) put over when it launched its annual report . |
| 9 | ‘ Scandinavians now accept that there is no evidence of damage to forests but they claim that fish lakes and rivers suffer from the additional acidity , ’ said its Annual Report for 1976/7 . |
| 10 | Peugeot also staged its annual Assistants Pro-Am at East Sussex . |
| 11 | The North of England Branch Award went to Nottingham Old Market Square , which also exceeded its annual target and at the end of March had 22 customers using Royline . |
| 12 | The NPC ended its annual session yesterday by passing all laws and reports put before it , but dissent was far greater than it has been in the years following the 1989 crackdown in Peking , which Li played a leading role in . |
| 13 | The Northern Counties Region held its annual golf competition at Blackwell Grange Golf Club , Darlington , recently , and used the event as an opportunity to market the CIOB in the North . |
| 14 | The UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights , composed of 26 independent experts , held its annual session in Geneva on Aug. 5-30 . |
| 15 | The Association of Scottish Chartered Accountants in London Golf Club once again held its annual competitions at Denham Golf Club on 8 June 1993 . |
| 16 | In 1870 , when Watkins was fifteen years old , the British Archaeological Association held its annual Congress in his native Hereford . |
| 17 | The PS held its annual congress in Dakar on July 28-29 , 1990 , re-electing Diouf as party Secretary-General and electing a new , 30-member , " non-hierarchical " political bureau . |
| 18 | The bank , which also held its annual meeting yesterday , rejected a shareholders ' demand for it to sell its US-based fund management business , National Securities & Research . |
| 19 | The American Association for the Advancement of Science ( AAAS ) held its annual meeting this week in Washington , DC . |
| 20 | Siemens AG held its annual meeting in Munich yesterday , and according to Reuter said it expects to cut the losses at its computer and semiconductor divisions this year , although it was still not satisfied with the results of the two divisions : chairman Heinrich von Pierer told the meeting that the combined losses of Siemens Nixdorf and the semiconductor division last fiscal was over $625m , casting doubt on whether cost-cutting programmes already announced would suffice ; at Siemens Nixdorf , there is now a stronger focus on products with a bright future and a reduction in the amount of work done in-house . |
| 21 | WALTON-on-the-Naze Sea Angling Club held its annual meeting and presentation night when Bradley Bone became the overall champion for the 1992 season , collecting no less than seven trophies and a cheque for £88 . |
| 22 | The Development Assistance Committee ( DAC ) of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development ( OECD ) held its annual meeting in Paris on Dec. 3-4 . |
| 23 | The Council of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development ( OECD ) held its annual meeting at ministerial level at it Paris headquarters on May 18-19 . |
| 24 | The Development Assistance Committee ( DAC ) of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) held its annual meeting in Paris on Nov. 30-Dec. 1 [ for 1991 DAC meeting see p. 38699 ] . |
| 25 | WOOD GROUP Gas Turbines held its annual Burns Supper on the evening of 22 January at the Kirkhill Lodge Hotel at Dyce , Aberdeen . |
| 26 | This was reflected in the decision of HarperCollins , Hodder , Penguin , Pan Macmillan and Random House to rejoin the fair after staying away last year , and the fact that GALC , the umbrella organisation of the European booksellers ' associations , held its annual spring meeting during the event . |
| 27 | When , just as Kylie ended her ten date tour , the UK 's top pop magazine Smash Hits held its annual awards ceremony , her position as music 's No 1 female star was unassailable . |
| 28 | She also revealed that the National Federation of Retail Newsagents , which held its annual conference in Llandudno last week had already donated £4,300 from a collection at their banquet . |
| 29 | The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway also held its annual diesel gala over the weekend of October 3 and 4 . |
| 30 | The restructuring was announced as Hillsdown published its annual report which shows that the salary of chairman Sir Harry Solomon fell £9,000 to £297,000 last year . |