Example sentences of "[num] to mark the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In a speech on March 30 to mark the Moslem feast-day of Lailat al-Qadr , President Hosni Mubarak made more direct criticism than previously of " religious fanaticism " which had strayed from the correct teachings of Islam , and " ethnic fanaticism " ( the latter an allusion to attacks against Coptic Christians ) . |
| 2 | A ceremony was held on Feb. 2 to mark the formal handing back to Nicaragua of 17 Soviet-made anti-aircraft missiles , out of a shipment of 28 sent to the FMLN by officers in the Nicaraguan army [ see p. 37956 ] . |
| 3 | In an address on Jan. 10 to mark the 24th anniversary of his accession to power ( on Jan. 13 , 1967 ) , President Gnassingbe Eyadema announced a political amnesty and a change in the financing of the ruling Rally of the Togolese People ( RPT ) , the country 's sole legal party . |
| 4 | This will culminate in a celebration in 1991 to mark the 50th anniversary of the start of the war in the Pacific . |
| 5 | The conflict between Walesa and Mazowiecki had overshadowed celebrations on Aug. 31 to mark the 10th anniversary of the " Gdansk accords " which had led to Solidarity 's foundation . |
| 6 | The official council for the co-ordination of Islamic publicity organized a demonstration on Nov. 4 to mark the 12th anniversary of the occupation of the United States embassy in Tehran . |
| 7 | They will be staging a rally in the city centre on September 17 to mark the European Year of Older People . |
| 8 | The Mexican President , Carlos Salinas de Gortari , announced the decision in a speech on March 18 to mark the 53rd anniversary of the nationalization of the oil industry . |
| 9 | The opposition alliance , the Sacred Union , called for a strike on Dec. 5 to mark the theoretical end of the presidential mandate . |
| 10 | Celebrations on Oct. 3 to mark the first anniversary of unification were marred by about 50 attacks on immigrants throughout the country , in which at least 25 people were injured . |
| 11 | At celebrations in Asmara on Sept. 1 to mark the 30th anniversary of the Eritrean people 's armed struggle , the secretary-general of the provisional government of Eritrea , Issaias Afewerki , warned of " those Ethiopian forces who have started to mobilize and organize officially and clandestinely in the name of unity " and also of hostile foreign forces . |
| 12 | A general strike , called in the occupied territories on Sept. 9 to mark the 47th month of the intifada , was well supported . |
| 13 | They also pointed to what they claimed were morale-boosting concessions by the Soviet leadership to the armed forces , notably the promotion of Defence Minister Dmitry Yazov to the rank of Marshal on April 28 , and the holding of a big military parade in Red Square on May 9 to mark the 45th anniversary of the end of Second World War hostilities in Europe . |
| 14 | The Chinese authorities organized low-key celebrations on May 23 to mark the 40th anniversary of the " liberation " of Tibet . |
| 15 | Thousands of Swiss women went on strike on June 14 to mark the 10th anniversary of the country 's equal rights law . |
| 16 | All political detainees were freed in August 1989 to mark the sixth anniversary of Thomas Sankara 's military coup in 1983 [ see p. 32482 ] . |
| 17 | Alison Hardie spoke on ‘ Ji Cheng 's Yuan Ye ( The Craft of Gardens ) in its social setting ’ at a conference on the ‘ Authentic Garden ’ held in Leiden on 8–11 May 1990 to mark the 400th anniversary of the Leiden Botanic Garden . |