Example sentences of "[vb pp] in [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curfew was lifted in Soweto on Oct. 5 . |
| 2 | Martial law was lifted in Beijing on Jan. 11 , having been imposed by the authorities in May 1989 in an attempt to quell growing pro-democracy demonstrations centred in the city 's Tiananmen Square [ see p. 36641 ; see pp. 36720-22 for crushing of pro-democracy movement in early June ] . |
| 3 | The legislation has been designed in part on the basis of research on custodial interrogation carried out for the Royal Commission on Criminal Procedure . |
| 4 | Having won in Bratislava on Monday with an impressive 17.18 metres , the Commonwealth silver medallist is laying strong foundations for a serious medal bid in Spain . |
| 5 | The offence was alleged to have been committed in Perth on 4 February of last year but the defence counsel , Graham Bell , QC , pointed out that the complaint had not been served until 14 February this year . |
| 6 | With a final decision expected in January on whether to scrap subsidised buses , the school 's vowing to fight it all the way . |
| 7 | Which is odd , because he was expected in Italy on Monday , apparently . ’ |
| 8 | EC reassures Moscow on unity continued from page one The Soviet Foreign Minister , Mr Eduard Shevardnadze , is expected in Brussels on Wednesday to sign a trade and co-operation agreement with the EC , French officials said . |
| 9 | An overall increase of 4.4 per cent was expected in investment on the mainland during 1990 which , according to Chinese officials , would bring Taiwanese investment in the mainland to US$4,400 million during the year . |
| 10 | A soldier received a shrapnel wound in Sarajevo on Thursday when a UN headquarters was mortared . |
| 11 | It is easy to understand , cheap and simple to administer and can be varied in rate on different commodities to support the less well-off , by exempting food , for example . |
| 12 | A colonel was killed and his chauffeur wounded in Madrid on Nov. 17 and another colonel was wounded in Valencia on Dec. 15 . |
| 13 | A colonel was killed and his chauffeur wounded in Madrid on Nov. 17 and another colonel was wounded in Valencia on Dec. 15 . |
| 14 | Thousands of demonstrators protested in Tehran on July 6-12 against recent price rises including a 500 per cent rise in bus fares . |
| 15 | A similar number protested in Bonn on Dec. 8 . |
| 16 | A Ukrainian physicist , Vladimir Chernousenko , claimed in London on April 18 that at least 7,000 people involved in clean-up work following the accident had died of radiation sickness . |
| 17 | INQUEST PLEA : Families of five party-goers who died after being trapped in fire on third floor of house without fire escape in Hove , east Sussex , asked High Court to order fresh inquest into the tragedy . |
| 18 | If only it were Lorrimer 's cadaver which would be cradled in porcelain on the post-mortem table next day , laid out for ritual evisceration . |
| 19 | ‘ We are only doing our duty , gentlemen ’ — and returning to find books and food and clothes scattered in chaos on the floor . |
| 20 | The original plaster lay scattered in pieces on his death , it not being clear just how Rodin would have wanted it pieced together . |
| 21 | The decision on troop dispatch was further delayed when the Krajina assembly voted in Knin on Feb. 10 to hold a referendum on Feb. 22-23 on whether the enclave should accept the UN peacekeeping plan unconditionally . |
| 22 | On Jan. 27 , bombs exploded in Paris and Marseille , causing substantial damage , and attacks were reported in Athens on Jan. 25 and 28 . |
| 23 | The first mutilation of the year was reported in Expressen on 14 April . |
| 24 | Further violent demonstrations were reported in Douala on Oct. 14 , leaving dozens injured and causing major damage to property . |
| 25 | Demonstrations against government policy were reported in Aden on Oct. 17 , further heightening tension . |
| 26 | Fresh rioting was reported in Lagos on May 21 after the arrest on May 18 of Beko Ransome Kuti , chairman of the Campaign for Democracy ( CD ) , and of leading CD activists Femi Falana and Baba Omojola . |
| 27 | It was a Skein of Geese envelope , with three of the wretched birds embossed in brown on heavy cream vellum . |
| 28 | Of course the sense of occasion is heightened by this seasonal tide and many feel that here the Calvinist Kirk is at its very essence — grim , taciturn , with the minister perched in judgement on a wicked generation , like a hoodie craw in the pulpit . |
| 29 | The male spends much time perched in trees on the lookout both for other Patas and for potential predators . |
| 30 | From 1888 , however , installed in Montmartre on a private income , Toulouse-Lautrec gave free rein to his insatiable appetite for cheap flesh and seedy sensuality . |