Example sentences of "on [noun prp] [adj] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | His predecessor , Diego Tamariz , who had held the post since 1988 , was dismissed on March 12 after a National Congress hearing had found him responsible for the " incorrect and illegal " handling of the country 's oil and electrification affairs . |
| 2 | They were resumed on Jan. 22 after a series of compromises had been agreed , including live radio coverage of the talks . |
| 3 | However , in a rare display of unity , the country 's four main opposition parties — the Social Democratic Party of Japan ( SDPJ ) , the Komeito ( Clean Government ) Party , the Japanese Communist Party ( JSP ) and the Democratic Socialist Party ( DSP ) — threatened to disrupt the special Diet session scheduled to begin on Aug. 5 unless a full legislative inquiry was undertaken . |
| 4 | DEREK ANGOL must appear before the British Board of Control on January 13 after a positive drugs test . |
| 5 | The Macedonian government offered its resignation on July 16 after a vote of no confidence was carried by 91 votes to two with seven abstentions in the Macedonian Assembly on July 7 . |
| 6 | Five Turkish sailors were killed and 18 were injured on Oct. 1 when a US aircraft carrier , the Saratoga , accidentally fired two missiles during a North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) exercise in the Aegean , one of which hit a Turkish destroyer , the Muavenet . |
| 7 | Former Queensland Premier and National Party leader Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen walked free from the Brisbane District Court on Oct. 19 after a jury failed to agree on a verdict in his trial for perjury . |
| 8 | Indian border guards again opened fire on Pakistani civilians on Feb. 11 after a small group had crossed the line of control at Chakhoti , in the Uri sector . |
| 9 | Little real progress was achieved , however , and the FMLN broke off peace negotiations on Nov. 2 after a trade union headquarters was blown up by a car bomb [ see pp. 37037-38 ] . |
| 10 | Sarajevo airport was closed on Dec. 1 after a UN plane was hit by small-arms fire and remained closed for three weeks due to fighting . |
| 11 | About 400 people were evacuated from a Royal Air Force base at Stanmore , north London , on June 21 after a patrol discovered a bomb , which later exploded . |
| 12 | The new government was formed after consultations with seven parliamentary parties , but not with the Serbian Democratic Party ( SDS ) , which was banned on June 24 after a Sarajevo court found that it had developed into a " classic terrorist organization " , nor with the Serbian Renaissance Movement ( SPO ) . |