Example sentences of "date was [verb] " in BNC.

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1 In one was a fat , broad-faced man ; the body perfect and soft , as if just dead ; the lid had been glewed together , lengthways , and the weight of the earth had prest down his nose ; his beard was about half an inch long ; the winding-sheet was crape , tied with black ribbons ; and the thumbs and toes with the like ; the date was composed of small nails ( 1665 ) by which it appeared he had been dead seventy-two years ; as were also the figure of an hour-glass , death 's head , and cross bones .
2 This date was imposed by Mr Justice Kennedy , limiting the right of entry by legally aided litigants into the first group action in the multiplaintiff benzodiazepine litigation .
3 A date was decided on , the LEA 's support was enlisted and ‘ The Self-Managing School ’ training day came about .
4 WAC 's most elaborate ruse to date was to turn up at the Republican convention in Houston and install batch after batch of 20-by-60-foot high feminist slogans ( designed by Anderson , Kruger et al ) which greeted Bush 's nearest and dearest as they exited from the convention .
5 A date was arranged for the following week for both events and I agreed to go with them .
6 The negotiators agreed to meet again before the end of November , and although no date was arranged for the holding of full normalization talks , it was suggested that these might begin before the end of 1990 .
7 Earlier in the week , the naming of an InterCity Powercar ‘ Country of Somerset ’ at Taunton on July 1 — the actual 150th anniversary date was followed by an eventful run of ‘ City of Truro ’ .
8 This date was adopted by various countries as marking the beginning of the year .
9 In Kursell v Timber Operators and Contractors Ltd [ 1927 ] 1 KB 298 , a contract for timber to be felled by the buyer at a future date was treated as a sale of goods .
10 The interim government promised elections under the new Constitution in 1991 , two years later than had originally been suggested , but in April 1991 the likely election date was revised to 1992 .
11 The two sides agreed to meet again in Ethiopia , but no date was announced .
12 A similar decision had been made in respect of Uttar Pradesh by the time the poll date was announced in April [ see also above for Haryana ] .
13 Its decision last week to call for the removal of all sanctions , except the arms and oil embargoes , from the time that an election date was announced , rather than the elections themselves , indicates a clear understanding of the country 's dire economic situation .
14 The date was stamped indelibly on his memory calendar , more than just stamped , etched in .
15 " The date was altered , Mrs James , " Heinrich explained .
16 The largest privatization to date was completed in October 1990 when the Nonoc Mining and Industrial Corporation , a nickel refinery complex in the south of the country , was sold to the Philippine Nickel Corporation ( Philnico ) for $325 million to be paid over six years .
17 What local ‘ MPs and candidates had to say on the day the election date was named :
18 The date was pencilled in during the summer , but the tourists , who will effectively be a near Springbok side , wanted a Saturday fixture .
19 But because of the nature , because of the nature of our amendment , we do need to remind the opposition that er prior to that date was facing major social economic problems as vital services in the local economy fell victim to the consequences of planning thirty million out of the budget in order to bring in a low poll tax .
20 The date was fixed .
21 A date was fixed .
22 In response to strong representations from the President , the Secretary of State for the Environment , Mr Michael Howard , agreed to further considerations before any date was fixed for its introduction .
23 Although no date was fixed for the transfer , Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Esmat Abdel Meguid expressed the hope that it would be completed by Sept. 1 .
24 The departure date was fixed for 4 August , an ideal time to travel because of school holidays and our diaries .
25 Apparently in deference to The Builder 's comments , the submission date was extended and designs had to be inscribed with a motto and delivered to Westminster Hall on or before 20th March , 1857 .
26 No moving date was given .
27 No availability date was given for the new release .
28 No date was given for fresh elections .
29 Since the net book figure is precisely matched by loans outstanding , this presentation implies that the authority has no capital invested in the asset : the amount by which the asset depreciated to date was repaid to the loan creditor .
30 Myself and my friend rehearsed frantically trying so very carefully not to push the coach off the edge of the stage but the production date was growing ever closer .
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