Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [verb] to the national " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 17-month period from March 1980 to August 1981 alone , 15 units were connected to the national grid . |
| 2 | However , four smaller parties were also represented , and six posts were allocated to the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) , including one of Cabinet rank and the post of Deputy Minister of Defence . |
| 3 | But the six-day week , the 7.5 hour shift and the other things that make Asforby possible would be impossible if things were left to the National Union of Mineworkers . |
| 4 | No details were given to the National Union or to the constituencies involved , so much hard work had to be done and much recrimination endured before the party could settle down to the campaign . |
| 5 | In 1986 84 additional members were elected to the National Assembly ( KMT 68 , DPP 11 , CDSP 1 , independent 4 ) . |
| 6 | Legislative and presidential elections were held simultaneously in April 1988 , when President Paul Biya , who first came to office in November 1982 and was confirmed in office in the presidential elections of January 1984 , obtained 98.75 per cent of the vote ; 153 new deputies were elected to the National Assembly . |
| 7 | A total of 28,143 water pollution incidents were reported to the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) in 1990 , of which 658 ( 2.3 per cent ) were deemed as sufficiently serious to merit legal action . |
| 8 | The supply problem was further compounded by the fact that during the four years of war only 50,000 dwellings were added to the national stock . |