Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [vb pp] on [num] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | The election , caused by the resignation of Ray Michie , MP , for family reasons , will be by postal ballot of party members , with the result being announced on 21 April . |
2 | Simply complete and return the application form at the end of the TESSA leaflet and we will make sure your TESSA is opened on 2 January 1991 . |
3 | The British Tinnitus Association was formed on 9 July 1979 . |
4 | The Automobile Association was established on 26 June 1905 , a few months after Charles Jarrott and William Letts had set up a warning system to advise motorists of police speed traps on some sections of the London to Brighton road . |
5 | Its membership of the Financial Intermediaries Managers and Brokers Regulatory Association was suspended on 16 April 1992/ |
6 | We are told that the main reason given was the weakening of squadrons by withdrawing the best crews , Nevertheless after much procrastination , all of which is still clouded in the veil of " security " , the Pathfinder Force was formed on 15 August 1942 and its first Commandant was Gp Capt D.C.T. Bennett DSO ( later AVM , CB , CBE , DSO ) who was officially appointed on 5 July — the master airman extraordinary and navigator par excellence . |
7 | Following a general strike and calls for his resignation , the President was arrested on 26 March by fellow army officers . |
8 | A copy of this was forwarded for our attention in early March and a reply was sent on 24 March , a copy of which is enclosed herewith . |
9 | The requirement for a company in England and Wales to have a common seal was abolished on 31 July 1990 . |
10 | The engagement was announced on 24 February 1981 , a few days after the two had consoled each other after the sudden death of the Prince 's horse Allibar . |
11 | However , a car was left on 25 October 1935 and began to run away down Anerley Hill . |
12 | A republic-wide vote was held on 30 March 1991 in which 90.3 per cent of the population were reported to have taken part , 98.9 per cent of whom expressed support for the restoration of Georgian independence ; following this , on 9 April , the Georgian parliament adopted a further resolution proclaiming the republic a fully independent state ( the act , for the moment , had little practical significance ) . |
13 | When Sir George Strickland 's motion ( having no force of law ) for complete emancipation was passed on 22 May but the government reversed the decision , delegates posed ‘ the Philanthropic and Christian Public ’ whom they represented against such parliamentary manoeuvring . |
14 | Substantial Completion was agreed on 16 November . |
15 | The action was compromised on 10 June 1989 . |
16 | We were told that Mr. Oyston 's action was settled on 7 October 1991 following a statement in open court , by an apology made to Mr. Oyston and the payment of damages and costs . |
17 | Begun in 1679 , the new institution was opened on 21 May 1683 . |
18 | Eighteen months of hard work were rewarded on 11 February when Andy Davey , Dave Dodson , Les Gillard , Jeff Annison and Ann Beeston , all managers in Bedfordshire , Hertfordshire and North Buckinghamshire Area received the award of Higher Level National Vocational Qualification in Management , from the University of Westminster . |
19 | Grants for land cultivation within the LFA were withdrawn on 11 December 1984 . |
20 | The January issue is published on 18 December |
21 | The main withdrawal was accomplished on 16 March ; the entire abandoned area was laid waste , strewn with mines and booby traps , and the water supplies poisoned . |
22 | A deed of transfer was executed on 18 October , whereby the developers transferred the land in question to the Prudential . |
23 | Eight nations with legations in Beijing gathered together an international force and the two-month siege was lifted on 14 August 1900 . |
24 | The TUC edict was followed on 5 July by action against the Cricklewood sorters — they were laid off by the Post Office management and threatened with the withdrawal of strike pay by the Union of Post Office Workers and as a result were forced to go back to handling Grunwick mail . |
25 | By the time that his German State Workbook was issued on 4 October , Joyce and his wife had moved from the busy Friedrichstrasse area to the semi-wooded suburban avenues of Charlottenburg . |
26 | A forcible demonstration of Castro 's changed attitude was given on 21 October when he ordered the arrest of his former companion-in-arms , the charismatic Major Huber Matos , Commander of Camaguey Province ( an area where there was significant resistance to the new regime ) , who had resigned his commission in the Rebel Army in protest at the increasing Communist influence in the revolution . |
27 | A further circular was sent on 26 May " calling upon all members to refrain from any further joint activities with the Communist Party and the ILP . |
28 | The elder boy was born on 2 September 1985 and the younger on 28 February 1987 . |
29 | The little boy was born on 28 December 1985 . |
30 | The prosecution under the Official Secrets Act was launched on 12 January 1971 ( the Conservative Party was then in power and had inherited this state prosecution from its Labour predecessors ) and lasted three and a half weeks . |