Example sentences of "on [noun] [adj] that a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Nabi Berri , leader of the Shia organization Amal and currently a Cabinet member , said on Aug. 18 that a postponement was undesirable and that " those who call for a postponement are also targeting the Taif accord " . |
| 8 | Mandela indicated on Aug. 13 that a statement of intent by the government to implement a non-racial constitution might be sufficient for the ANC to call for the ending of sanctions against South Africa . |
| 9 | Naval vessels were also contributed by Belgium and Italy ( which both on Aug. 21 confirmed that minesweepers sent initially to the eastern Mediterranean were to proceed on to the Gulf ) ; Greece announced on Aug. 20 that a frigate would join the naval forces in the Gulf , and Spain made a similar announcement the following day . |
| 10 | In April 22 traders were charged with illegal trading , and the Justice Department announced on Aug. 2 that a total of 46 traders had been indicted for futures fraud . |
| 11 | Radio Lebanon reported on Aug. 24 that a number of civilians were killed or wounded in the subsequent SLA barrage , during which , according to some sources , regular Lebanese soldiers ( deployed in the south since July — see p. 38360 ) clashed with SLA fighters . |
| 12 | It was reported on Sept. 13 that a law on citizenship had been passed . |
| 13 | Ethiopian transitional government representative Lencho Leta told the rally in Asmara on Sept. 1 that a standing committee on Eritrea formed recently by Ethiopia 's Council of Representatives was on a fact-finding mission in Eritrea " to facilitate a good interaction between the two peoples " . |
| 14 | Col. Tin U , second secretary of the ruling military junta , the State Law and Order Restoration Council ( SLORC ) , reiterated on Sept. 8 that a constitution would be drawn up following investigations into violations of the elections law . |
| 15 | The government announced on Sept. 18 that a delegation would leave for Libya in October to prepare a joint charter for the linking of the Sudanese Darfur region and the Libyan province of Tahadi . |
| 16 | The Saudi Press Agency ( SPA ) reported on Sept. 9 that a delegation led by King Fahd 's special emissary , Abdullah bin Abd al-Muhsin al-Turki , had visited Afghanistan to reconcile differences between warring mujaheddin factions . |
| 17 | It was reported on Sept. 25 that a committee of 13 creditor banks meeting in Washington approved proposals to make available to the Chilean government in 1991 and 1992 funds worth a total of US$320,000,000 . |
| 18 | Brian Mulroney , federal Prime Minister and national leader of the Progressive Conservative Party ( PCP ) , announced on Sept. 3 that a referendum would be held on Oct. 26 on the issue of constitutional reform . |
| 19 | No formal agreement was signed but Bazin said in a letter to OAS Secretary-General Joao Baena Soares on Sept. 3 that a meeting with Aristide was an " unavoidable solution " to the constitutional crisis . |
| 20 | As a result of the demonstration the Estonian Supreme Soviet announced on May 16 that a Home Guard was being set up to defend government buildings , and the Tallinn city council placed a temporary ban on the organization responsible for calling the demonstration , the United Council of Work Collectives . |
| 21 | It had been postponed from May 17 to May 19 after it was found on May 16 that a consignment of indelible ink donated by Germany — with which it was proposed to stamp voters ' hands in order to prevent multiple voting in the absence of electoral registers — was in fact easily washed off . |
| 22 | It was reported on May 7 that a meeting in Paris of the Aid to Pakistan Consortium , made up of 14 Western countries and the World Bank , had approved aid totalling US$2,300 million . |
| 23 | In an effort to resolve the dispute it was agreed on May 26 that a subcommittee would consider the point at which the Irish government would take part in the talks . |
| 24 | It was reported on local radio on May 23 that a commission had already been established to draft the rules and basis for the Democratic Constituent Congress . |
| 25 | Kyodo news agency , citing " informed Vietnamese sources " , reported on July 27 that a group led by Chea Sim had staged a coup attempt in Phnom Penh . |
| 26 | It had been reported on July 7 that a UN team had overseen the destruction of 61 Iraqi missiles and 10 mobile launchers . |
| 27 | Seeking to focus debate on Algeria 's economic crisis , Ghozali claimed in interviews with the Belgian news media on July 16 that a change in the law to allow foreign companies increased access to oil and gas production was the only way to avoid a debt rescheduling ; servicing the foreign debt at present absorbed 74 per cent of foreign exchange earnings . |
| 28 | Foreign Minister Joaquín Ricardo García was quoted by local radio as saying on July 18 that a total of 13,000 Haitian citizens , most of whom were migrant workers , had left the country " in the last few days " , 2,000 of them forcibly repatriated and the rest having left " voluntarily " . |
| 29 | Bahrain and Qatar were both members of the Gulf Co-operation Council ( GCC ) , and reports emerged on July 29 that a series of GCC ministerial meetings scheduled for July had been postponed due to " rising tension " between the two countries . |
| 30 | The UN office in Beirut had made an unprecedented announcement on Oct. 20 that a US hostage was to be released within 24 hours , following talks between the UN Secretary-General 's special envoy , Giandomenico Picco , and a representative of the hostage takers . |