Example sentences of "[noun prp] [num] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Preparations for unification of the two Yemens , which had received major impetus from the summit meeting in December 1989 following publication of a draft joint constitution [ see p. 37138 ] , moved forward with the opening of the border ( announced on Jan. 22 following a three-day meeting at Prime Ministerial level ) and a visit to Aden , capital of South Yemen ( the People 's Democratic Republic ) , by the President of North Yemen ( the Yemen Arab Republic ) , Col. Ali Abdullah Saleh , on Feb. 18 . |
| 2 | A new National Council of Ministers was sworn in on Jan. 13 ; its predecessor had been dissolved on Jan. 3 following a decision to reduce the number of ministries from 25 to 16 as part of a rationalization of the civil service . |
| 3 | Joint communiqués were signed on the establishment of diplomatic relations ( i ) with China on Sept. 30 following a visit to Beijing by a Brunei delegation on Sept. 8-11 ; and ( ii ) with the Soviet Union on Oct. 1 in New York . |
| 4 | Cordial relations between the socialist General Workers ' Union ( UGT ) and the PSOE were resumed at a meeting , the first for five years , between UGT secretary-general Nicolás Redondo and PSOE deputy secretary-general Alfonso Guerra on Sept. 30 following a longstanding rift over government economic policy [ see pp. 36359-60 for Redondo 's 1988 refusal to take up the UGT seat on the PSOE executive ] . |
| 5 | CHINA : Huchin Togos , a schoolteacher , and Wang Manglai , a Mongolian-language specialist , have reportedly been detained without charge or trial since May 1991 following a crackdown by the regional authorities against two organisations accused of ‘ instigating ethnic division ’ . |
| 6 | The resumption of trade with Ukraine , suspended since March 1 [ see p. 38828 ] in a dispute over the price of Turkmen gas , was announced on Sept. 26 following a meeting between Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Konstyantin Masik and Turkmenistan 's President Saparmurad Niyazov ; Ukrainian radio reported that Ukraine would pay transport costs for the gas in addition to the price of 3,000 roubles per cubic metre . |
| 7 | The emerging feelings bubbled to the surface in the unlikely setting of the Route 66 pub in Darlington on Friday , February 7 just a few days after they met . |
| 8 | Kurds in northern Iraq formed their first government on July 4 following a general election in May [ see p. 38934 ] . |
| 9 | An agreement to increase contacts aimed at resolving the financial dispute between Iran and France [ see p. 37929 ] was confirmed on Sept. 27 following a meeting in New York between Vellayati and his French counterpart , Roland Dumas . |
| 10 | Opened in May 1989 following a total refurbishment . |
| 11 | In early January 1988 about a dozen friends and colleagues , the same people who had been with me on the day John was kidnapped , met at my flat . |
| 12 | By December 1988 over a million had purchased their properties . |
| 13 | The June 1987 general election resulted in the return of Paias Wingti 's coalition government which had first come to office in November 1985 following a vote of no confidence in the government of Michael Somare . |
| 14 | Mr King , who was sacked from the group 's board in November 1989 following a problematic £629m management buyout eight months earlier , was told by a High Court judge that he had carried out his duties correctly . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | A military contract with the Ukraine involving the supply on a barter basis of arms and spare parts was signed on Oct. 17 following a visit to Kiev by Defence Minister Sharad Pawar on Oct. 14-17 . |
| 17 | Reports of plans inviting former Warsaw Pact countries to establish closer relations with NATO had been confirmed on Oct. 3 following a joint US-German declaration recommending the creation of a pan-European " North Atlantic Cooperation Council " . |
| 18 | Construction of a nuclear power station on Belene Island in the Danube was finally suspended on Feb. 15 following a general strike in the nearby town of Svishtov . |
| 19 | This emphasis , repeated by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Oct. 23 following a meeting in London with the Amir of Kuwait , was seen as an attempt to counteract the perception of a softening in the Saudi attitude [ see below ] . |
| 20 | The Flag Protection Act had been passed in October 1989 following a Supreme Court decision four months earlier which overturned a similar Texas statute . |
| 21 | Fairburn died in London 12 October 1945 following a heart attack . |
| 22 | The important breakthrough came late on Oct. 24 following a day of intensive negotiations . |
| 23 | Jagannath Pahadia resigned as Governor of Bihar in mid-January 1990 following a central government call for the resignation of all governors [ see above ] . |
| 24 | S. K. Bhatnagar resigned as Governor of Sikkim in mid-January 1990 following a central government call for the resignation of all state governors [ see above ] . |
| 25 | Plans for the so-called " three gorges dam " on the Yangtze river were reportedly resurrected in August 1990 over a year after they had been shelved by the Chinese government [ see also p. 37003 ] . |
| 26 | The Chelsea defender was stretchered off the Anfield turf on September 5 following a challenge with the former Reds ' striker , suffering cruciate ligament damage which required one operation , with further surgery likely . |
| 27 | These two major blows basically saw the end of his racing career , although he continued to compete on BMWs and Nortons again , before retiring in September 1961 following a crash in Sweden . |
| 28 | The American team arrived in the British Isles on September 19 following a three hour flight on a British Airways Concorde specially chartered by Wroe Burton Bennett on behalf of the P.G.A . |
| 29 | US Marines and Belgian paratroops entered Kismayu on Dec. 20 following a meeting between Oakley and local faction leaders , freeing it for use as a food distribution centre to the Juba valley . |
| 30 | The editor of the left-wing magazine Towards 2000 went into hiding on April 12 following a police raid in his absence on his office and residence , and the magazine 's publishers , Hürriyet , announced they would cease publishing the magazine for fear of violating the new rules on censorship . |