Example sentences of "on [noun] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such an obligation , usually thought of as nothing more than a reason to obey , may be based on reasons other than the authority of the law . |
| 2 | It was on March 7 that a helicopter carrying Tanay , accompanied by his family and a number of Afghan generals , landed near the Pakistan border town of Peshawar . |
| 3 | However , the Interior Minister , Julio Mera Figueroa , insisted at a press conference on March 7 that the decree did not modify the March 1989 decree but merely changed the composition of the National Security Council . |
| 4 | The secretary-general of the KMT , James Soong , said on March 8 that the government had no timetable for unification . |
| 5 | It was reported on March 8 that an offer of resignation by Communications Minister Clement Chang , over his family 's involvement in an insider stock trading scandal , was not to be accepted by Hau until the Ministries of Finance and Justice had completed further investigations . |
| 6 | Mr Purves revealed on March 13th that the bank 's property holdings had been revalued in the group 's balance sheet at HK$13.8 billion ( $1.8 billion ) — over twice most analysts ' estimates . |
| 7 | The District judge for Guam ruled on March 26 that the law was " obviously unconstitutional " and suspended its enforcement pending a full hearing on its constitutionality . |
| 8 | Milosevic said on March 16 that the presidency of Yugoslavia had " long since stopped functioning " , and that the country had " entered the final stage of its agony " . |
| 9 | US District Court Judge William Hoeveler announced in Miami on March 14 that the trial on drugs-trafficking charges of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega and four co-defendants would begin on Jan. 28 , 1991 . |
| 10 | Finance Secretary Jesus Estanislao announced on March 5 that the board of the IMF had formally approved an economic plan by the Philippines designed to curb inflation and reduce public spending . |
| 11 | It was reported on March 1 that the ICRC had provided a water purification plant for hospitals and vulnerable groups , especially women and children . |
| 12 | The government announced on March 4 that the rupee would become partly convertible . |
| 13 | Alison Pratt , the union 's regional horticultural policy adviser , said the first meeting will be held on March 3 and the second on March 17 , both at Agriculture House , Darlington . |
| 14 | Justice Minister Kobie ( H. J. ) Coetsee announced on March 22 that the ban on unauthorised political and protest meetings without written permission from a magistrate , which had been renewed each year since 1976 , would lapse on March 31 . |
| 15 | Klaus announced on March 22 that the government had decided to cancel Czechoslovakia 's multilateral agreements with the CMEA ( COMECON ) under which the exchange rates between the crown and the currencies of the other CMEA countries were fixed by joint arrangement [ see p. 37334 ] . |
| 16 | Klaus announced on March 23 that a government office for privatization of state-owned enterprises would be set up ; it was reported , however , that there were differences within the Cabinet over the extent to which such enterprises should be privatized . |
| 17 | In another pre-election development Likud sources announced on March 23 that the party had decided " not to reserve safe slots " in the next Knesset for Finance Minister Itzhak Modai 's faction of the party . |
| 18 | Zhelev maintained on March 9 that the legislation , if approved , could constitute a restriction on political freedoms and an obstacle to Bulgaria 's membership of the Council of Europe and association with the EC . |
| 19 | Mrs Rymer 's contract runs out on March 31 but the council said it will be renewed . |
| 20 | Dos Santos told the opening session of the Angolan People 's Assembly on March 20 that the session would introduce the framework for multiparty democracy . |
| 21 | A police source said on March 15 that a list of some 200 " godfathers " had been drawn up , and that it included a number of former MPs and Cabinet ministers . |
| 22 | It was reported on March 21 that a transport plane , in which members of Senegal 's contingent in the anti-Iraq coalition were returning from a visit to Mecca , crashed in Saudi Arabia killing 92 people . |
| 23 | The ceremony was attended by Portuguese-speaking African leaders and by Portuguese President Mario Soares , who said on arrival on March 21 that the functioning of the democratic process in Cape Verde was " an example for other regions of Africa " . |
| 24 | A spokesman of the left-wing nationalist guerrilla movement Fretílín announced on March 12 that the organization 's second-in-command , Jose da Costa , had escaped from a military hospital in Dili . |
| 25 | The Army announced on Jan. 4 that the security situation throughout the country had been brought under control , with most members of the Securitate police now in detention . |
| 26 | Charles Nupen , a strike mediator , announced on Jan. 26 that a settlement between the two sides had been reached whereby SATS agreed to recognize SARHWU and to negotiate wages and conditions of service with the union in areas where it obtained registrations under the Labour Relations Act . |
| 27 | Defence Minister Lassane Ouangraoua revealed on Jan. 8 that an army non-commissioned officer had plotted to overthrow the government on Dec. 28 . |
| 28 | It was reported on Jan. 16 that the government had also requested assistance worth $US130,000,000 from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank . |
| 29 | Romania 's Foreign Ministry had said on Jan. 18 that the organization had " lost its raison d'être " , and that it too favoured its dissolution . |
| 30 | The State Council spokesman , Yuan Mu , said on Jan. 10 that a policy of " leniency " was being adopted in the trials , which were closed to foreign observers . |