Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [vb pp] on [num] march " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following a general strike and calls for his resignation , the President was arrested on 26 March by fellow army officers . |
| 2 | A copy of this was forwarded for our attention in early March and a reply was sent on 24 March , a copy of which is enclosed herewith . |
| 3 | A republic-wide vote was held on 30 March 1991 in which 90.3 per cent of the population were reported to have taken part , 98.9 per cent of whom expressed support for the restoration of Georgian independence ; following this , on 9 April , the Georgian parliament adopted a further resolution proclaiming the republic a fully independent state ( the act , for the moment , had little practical significance ) . |
| 4 | The main withdrawal was accomplished on 16 March ; the entire abandoned area was laid waste , strewn with mines and booby traps , and the water supplies poisoned . |
| 5 | The first signs of the new eruption were seen on 23 March 1902 when a rambling party were making an ascent of the volcano . |
| 6 | The Annual Conference was held on 11 March — Peter considered going but the one-day rate , at £50 plus , seemed too expensive to warrant it . |
| 7 | The business was sold on 7 March 1990 , but there was not enough money raised to pay all the creditors and bankruptcy followed on 12 April 1990 . |
| 8 | An interim dividend of 3.2 pence per ordinary share was paid on 28 March 1990 . |
| 9 | The appointment was confirmed on 12 March . |
| 10 | The first complaint was made on 23 March 1972 and the NIRC ordered the union , its officers , servants and agents to refrain from certain specific blacking . |
| 11 | Despite some opposition the hierarchy was restored on 4 March 1878 , Eyre himself being translated as first archbishop of Glasgow . |
| 12 | The guillotine motion on the Community Charges ( General Reduction ) Bill was introduced on 26 March last year , before any Commitee debate had taken place . |
| 13 | His Life in the Georgian City is published on 27 March ( Viking £25 ) |
| 14 | Special category status was withdrawn on 1 March 1976 . |
| 15 | He came to the conclusion that the Young-Avestan calendar was introduced on 21 March 503 BC. ( 21 March is the ‘ Gregorian ’ date ; the corresponding ‘ Julian ’ date would be 27 March . ) |
| 16 | Although the parish register was badly damaged by fire , there still exists the Bishop 's transcript of that register in which Leapor 's baptism is recorded on 16 March 1721 ( the apparent discrepancy is accounted for by the change from old to new style calendars in 1752 ) . |
| 17 | Royal assent was given on 3 March , and , along with the new bishops of Norwich and Coventry and Lichfield , he was ordained priest on 9 March and consecrated as bishop on 10 March by the archbishop of Canterbury , Boniface of Savoy [ q.v . ] . |
| 18 | The Legion was formed on 10 March 1831 by royal decree of Prince Louis-Philippe , who saw it as a good way of clearing Paris of undesirable elements and at the same time providing free labour to defend and build France 's new colonial empire . |
| 19 | On 20 May 1987 the finance company presented a bankruptcy petition against the appellant and a bankruptcy order was made on 11 March 1988 . |
| 20 | His appointment by the Prime Minister was announced on 1 March 1985 by the Home Secretary in the following terms : |
| 21 | Marianella was assassinated on 14 March 1983 , at the age of 34 , in circumstances which will never be clarified . |
| 22 | Hamadi Jebali 's sentence was confirmed on 6 March 1991 by the Cassation court . |