Example sentences of "[vb past] the national assembly " in BNC.

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1 On the first day of the war the prime minister , Yildirim Akbulut , asked the national assembly not only to sanction the use of the bases for American bombing raids but also to allow the Turkish armed forces themselves to go on the offensive .
2 Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir , in January [ see p. 38710 ] was formed on Feb. 13 under the chairmanship of Col. Mohammed al-Amin Khalifah ; it met for the first time on Feb. 24 in the building which formerly housed the National Assembly — the elected parliament overthrown by Bashir in June 1989 [ see p. 36728 ] .
3 Later on Dec. 17 Fabius requested the National Assembly to convene a special session to vote on his indictment , which he said he himself would vote for .
4 The Charter suspended the National Assembly and the country 's sole political party and is to remain effective " until new democratic institutions are established " .
5 The Charter suspended the National Assembly and the country 's sole political party and is to remain effective " until new democratic institutions are established " .
6 The special session announced the creation of working groups to overhaul mass organizations and to strengthen participation in the municipal and provincial people 's power system of government ; and it proposed the National Assembly of People 's Power be upgraded to play a more dynamic role in assessing government performance .
7 On March 13 Ganev told the National Assembly that his ministry would be dismissing about 200 diplomats , in consulation with the two relevant trade unions .
8 On April 16 , Banda dissolved the National Assembly and announced that legislative elections would be held in May or June .
9 President Daniel arap Moi on Oct. 28 dissolved the National Assembly ( whose term was due to end in March 1993 ) , as a prelude to multiparty elections .
10 De Gaulle dissolved the National Assembly , announced elections for 23 June and 30 June and formed a new government of similar complexion to the old .
11 Over 100 soldiers , supported by tanks , invaded the National Assembly on Oct. 7 and forced the 29 delegates present ( out of a total of 110 ) to elect the little-known Joseph Nerette , 67 , a Supreme Court judge , as interim President .
12 In France , radicals who agreed on little else invaded the National Assembly in May 1848 with the object of goading it into action on the Polish question .
13 As a result of constitutional reforms adopted by referendum in April 1983 , legislative power is vested in a unicameral Legislative Assembly ( which replaced the National Assembly of Community Representatives in 1984 ) consisting of 67 members elected for five-year terms by universal and compulsory adult suffrage .
14 President Mathieu Kerekou inaugurated on March 9 the High Council of the Republic ( HCR ) , the legislative council which replaced the National Assembly dissolved on March 1 [ see p. 37238 ] .
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