Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [num ord] anniversary " in BNC.
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| 1 | A disguised car 4 heading the 75th Anniversary procession in 1960 . |
| 2 | Following a resolution taken at a conference of the Council of Museums , celebrations will take place in 1995 marking the 2,500th anniversary of one of the oldest Eastern cities in the world , Bukhara in Uzbekistan . |
| 3 | The announcement came as a shock because they and other political observers had expected Mr Ben Ali to announce moves towards liberalisation in a speech he gave yesterday marking the second anniversary of his coming to power . |
| 4 | Some of the words of Ms Galron 's song , which explores the theme of guilt and responsibility for the uprising while Tel Aviv makes merry , were read out in the Knesset yesterday in the course of a stormy debate marking the second anniversary of the intifada . |
| 5 | YITZHAK Rabin was looking even more than usually impassive on Wednesday night as he watched Israel Television 's special programme marking the second anniversary of the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising . |
| 6 | YITZHAK Rabin was looking even more than usually impassive on Wednesday night as he watched Israel Television 's special programme marking the second anniversary of the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising . |
| 7 | On the same day large numbers of troops were deployed in Yangon to deter demonstrations marking the second anniversary of the SLORC coup . |
| 8 | The move coincided with the publication of a catalogue marking the fifth anniversary of their firm . |
| 9 | The far-reaching reorganization of the government had been foreshadowed in Babangida 's address broadcast on Aug. 27 , marking the fifth anniversary of his taking power , when he said that " we shall from now on systematically deregulate and demilitarize the process of politics and governance in the period leading to 1992 " and that his adminstration had become " critically conscious of the need to start the process " . |
| 10 | The far-reaching reorganization of the government had been foreshadowed in Babangida 's address broadcast on Aug. 27 , marking the fifth anniversary of his taking power , when he said that " we shall from now on systematically deregulate and demilitarize the process of politics and governance in the period leading to 1992 " and that his adminstration had become " critically conscious of the need to start the process " . |
| 11 | President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali , in a speech marking the fifth anniversary of his assumption of power on Nov. 7 , 1987 , announced reforms of the civil service , but failed to announce a timetable for multiparty democracy . |
| 12 | In the speech , marking the 28th anniversary of Malawi 's independence , he also stated that there were " only 11 detainees remaining in our prisons today " . |
| 13 | An exhibition of the work of landscape painter Giovanni Paolo Pannini , marking the 300th anniversary of his birth , opens on 16 October . |
| 14 | He was launching his report , the Lessons of Lockerbie , marking the first anniversary of the Pan Am jumbo jet blast . |
| 15 | Apollo 2 ( to Dec ) Marking the twentieth anniversary of man 's first step on the moon ; various exhibits , aeronautical clothes , a model of the original launch vehicle and the inevitable piece of moon rock . |
| 16 | SOC Premier Hun Sen on Jan. 7 told a National Day rally ( marking the 12th anniversary of the overthrow of the Pol Pot regime ) in Prey Veng Province that , although hopes of a settlement " were founded , the solution remains remote " . |
| 17 | The ANC on Jan. 8 , in a statement marking the 79th anniversary of its founding , proposed the convening of an all-party congress which would draft the broad principles of a new constitution . |
| 18 | On May 3 , Dai Qing and a number of Chinese intellectuals , marking the 70th anniversary of the May 4 Movement , called on the Party to continue with the liberal reforms and supported the demands of the students . |
| 19 | The following day King Birendra addressed a rally in Kathmandu marking the 29th anniversary of the abolition of multiparty government and its replacement by a non-party system . |
| 20 | The 25 ft statue marking the 40th anniversary of the People 's Republic of China is an altogether different creature from its smashed predecessor . |
| 21 | Jiang 's visit to the Soviet Union was the first by a CCP general secretary since Mao Zedong 's 1957 visit to Moscow for celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of the October Revolution [ see pp. 15899-902 ] . |
| 22 | A total of 13 people were reportedly injured and 90 others arrested following violent confrontations with riot police during ceremonies and demonstrations on Sept. 11 , marking the 17th anniversary of Allende 's death . |
| 23 | In the talk , first Mr Preshous ( Principal of the Bishop 's Castle ommunity College ) recalled how they came to Bishop 's Castle in 1973 when the Borough was celebrating Charter Year marking the 400th anniversary of the granting of the Borough Charter . |
| 24 | President Hafez al-Assad on March 8 , in a speech to a youth rally marking the 27th anniversary of the accession to power of the Baath Party , appeared to confirm these reports . |
| 25 | Trade Unionists are planning to renew their camapign with a march marking the 10th anniversary of the ban in January next year . |
| 26 | Trade Unionists are planning to renew their camapign with a march marking the 10th anniversary of the ban in January next year . |
| 27 | This effort is conceived in part to counteract the backfiring of federally sponsored events marking the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the Western Hemisphere in 1492 . |
| 28 | In a broadcast speech on July 26 marking the 38th anniversary on the assault on the Moncada barracks , a landmark in the Cuban revolution , President Fidel Castro called on the population to redouble their efforts to stand up to the continuing economic blockade by the United States and to the economic and political collapse of the Eastern bloc , characterizing the latter as a " disaster " [ see p. 38229 ] . |
| 29 | In a speech marking the 20th anniversary of his reign on Nov. 18 , Sultan Qaboos bin Said announced plans for the creation of a Consultative Council " to provide more opportunities for the Omani citizen 's wider participation in the responsibilities of … the fatherland " . |
| 30 | If a successful sponsorship deal is arranged , the Liberator will be based in the UK for a two year period , during which time it would be a major attraction at the various events marking the 50th Anniversary of the US 8th Air Force 's arrival in the UK . |