Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] on [num] may [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contracts for the sale of Vertigo were exchanged on 14 May 1985 and completed on 16 August . |
| 2 | One impressive crater , Viti — the name means hell — — some 300 metres in diameter , was formed on 17 May 1724 as part of a five-year eruption . |
| 3 | Given that the MIT was formed on 13 May 1991 , we had until 12 May 1992 to achieve the objective . |
| 4 | In order to meet the demand for a maintenance and support facility , Europe Falcon Service , an AMD subsidiary , was formed on 25 May 67 . |
| 5 | Europe Falcon Service , ICAO designation FK , was formed on 25 May 67 at Le Bourget as an AMD subsidiary and key support centre for Falcon customers in Europe , Africa , Asia and Australia . |
| 6 | 185 Squadron was formed on 12 May 1941 from ‘ C ’ Flight of 261 Squadron and some spare pilots . |
| 7 | In another letter read out to the Zoological Society in his absence , but which was written on 10 May 1839 , he recalls : |
| 8 | The letter from Petrarch to Boccaccio was written on 28 May 1362 , and besides casting doubt on the authenticity of the message , contained a fine defence of secular learning . |
| 9 | Begun in 1679 , the new institution was opened on 21 May 1683 . |
| 10 | The child was born on 10 May 1977 and he was adopted two years later . |
| 11 | I have worked for Lothian since it was born on 15 May 1975 and for its predecessor since 1969 . |
| 12 | Now that trolleybuses were established on the Crystal Palace route , the regulator 's sentry box at the Robin Hood was no longer required and the lease of the site was terminated on 24 May 1937 . |
| 13 | His will , dated 27 November 1833 , was proved on 22 May 1834 with effects valued at £400,000 . |
| 14 | He was arrested on 11 May 1991 , having been previously arrested twice and released without charge . |
| 15 | JOHN McVEIR alias MacDonald of Elistererrarich in Islay was arrested on 22 May 1699 and brought before the Baillie of Islay , Archibald Campbell of Cluaness , and on 8th . |
| 16 | After two further administered rises in rates , it was announced on 25 May 1978 that from then onwards MLR would be a purely administered rate . |
| 17 | According to the respondents all the disputes were resolved by an oral agreement which was concluded on 6 May 1988 whereby the first two respondents agreed to pay $100,000 to the petitioner and $50,000 to Omnicorp and it was agreed by all parties that the legal proceedings and threatened litigation with regard to all matters in dispute would be abandoned . |
| 18 | Ecgfrith , his successor , is given a reign of fifteen years in the Northumbrian regnal list , but Bede says that he was killed on 20 May 685 in his fifteenth year ( HE IV , 24 ) , and that Ecgfrith was indeed in his fifteenth year in 685 is confirmed by the inscription at Jarrow which records the dedication of the church on 23 April ( which fell on a Sunday in 685 ) , a month before his death , in his fifteenth year . |
| 19 | As one who had ‘ stood for the true religion ’ ( that is , Protestantism ) in Mary I 's first Parliament , he was assured of a leading place in local government , serving as vice-admiral of Sussex ( 1559–94 ) , deputy lieutenant of Surrey from 1569 , and sheriff again in 1579 ; he was knighted on 14 May 1576 . |
| 20 | The following February the Church agreed and allocated £250 ; an organ was dedicated on 29 May 1895 . |
| 21 | The first Targa Florio was held on 6 May 1906 and that race , like all subsequent ones , was over a difficult and testing winding Sicilian course which varied over the years . |
| 22 | On 29 April , 1986 H.M. Treasury and the Bank of England announced changes in existing regulations to allow the issue of Sterling-denominated Commercial Paper and the first issue was launched on 20 May 1986 . |
| 23 | A third was launched on 23 May 1977 . |