Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] the national " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Feb. 20 President Blaise Compaore suspended indefinitely the National Reconciliation Forum on democracy , human rights and development which had begun meeting in Ouagadougou on Feb. 11 [ for January preliminary discussions see p. 38709 ] . |
| 2 | But they wiped away the national disgrace of Wednesday 's defeat to America 's soccer novices by outfighting one of the favourites to win next year 's World Cup here in the States . |
| 3 | Demonstrators ripped up the national flag amid shouts of ‘ Yesterday Timisoara , today Bucharest . ’ |
| 4 | A fifth of all the party 's gains were made in the West Midlands and it achieved double the national swing in the region , writes David Graves . |
| 5 | The struggle for survival is all that he knows : ‘ When we were in charge during the riots , ’ he says ‘ we pulled down the national flag outside the supermarket . |
| 6 | Soldiers again briefly took over the national radio station on Dec. 15 to broadcast their demands . |
| 7 | As Sherman saw the teacher stop and point in the other direction , he dropped to a quadrupedal stance , put down the National Geographic , stopped vocalizing completely , lost his pilo-erection , and appeared completely dejected . |
| 8 | A majority of the 1916 conference called for action to end the war , immediately provoking Hyndman and his supporters , including Jack Jones ( soon to become Labour MP for Silvertown ) and Thorne to depart and set up the National Socialist Party ( NSP ) . |
| 9 | Brazil set up the National Bank for Economic and Social Development ( BNDES ) in the 1950s . |
| 10 | It forbade a number of unfair practices used by employers to block union development , and set up the National Labor Board to sort out problems and act as " umpire " between labour and management . |
| 11 | I remind the hon. Lady who set up the National Rivers Authority . |