Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the conference " in BNC.

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1 Africa 's needs in the area of remote sensing were highlighted at the conference by Bernard Sikilo , director general of Kenya 's remote-sensing centre in Nairobi .
2 This is a far cry from the days when increases in national income were committed by the conference before they were generated and the economy 's commanding heights were deemed to be heavy , smokestack industries .
3 Five key papers were presented at the conference by Professor Paul Ansah of Ghana , Dr Kwame Boafo of Kenya , Dr Bernard Muna of Cameroon , WACC 's General Secretary , Rev Carlos A Valle , and Rev Daniel Ntoni-Nzinga of Angola .
4 Notwithstanding the efforts that were made at the conference to din the contradiction between conservation and utilitarianism into the brains behind DOCOMOMO , the lure of the rolling expense accounts of museum culture was too strong .
5 All 17 members of the Iraqi National Joint Action Committee ( INJAC ) formed in Damascus in December 1990 [ see p. 37927 ] were represented at the conference .
6 Over 50 forest peoples were represented at the conference , which was co-ordinated by the World Rainforest Movement .
7 The three states were admitted to the Conference and Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) on Sept. 10 and to the United Nations on Sept. 17 [ see p. 38458 ] .
8 The alternative economic programmes of the Industrial Union and of the loosely allied Civic Union [ see p. 38974 ] were published before the conference , and reported in Izvestiya of Aug. 12 and July 23 respectively .
9 A programme for the Cooperative Party was formulated at the conference soon after its formation .
10 Greece was criticized at the conference as having the worst record among participating countries .
11 Only when the inevitable standing ovation was over , and their work was done in the conference hall , could they relax .
12 The idea of regional or republican cost-accounting received no more than a cautious welcome in the resolution on national relations that was adopted at the conference ; the resolution did however speak of the ‘ further development ’ of the federation , involving the transfer of greater powers to the local level and to the union republics in particular .
13 Produced by a team which includes deputy general manager , and the paper was presented at the conference by , vice-president , marketing , of BNFL Inc .
14 The Peoples ' Charter , which comprised the fundamental principles of the movement , was approved by the Conference , the show , as they say , was on the road .
15 This system was demonstrated at the conference and exhibition " Public access to library files ' at the Centre for Catalogue Research , Bath University , in September 1984 .
16 Secondly , President Truman had ruled , with his eye on the continuing war in the Far East , that he did not wish US troops to get involved in a war in the Balkans ( this point was underlined to the conference by the senior American military representative , Gen McNarney ) .
17 For the first time in its history the Irish Bank Officials ' Association attended and was represented at the Conference by fifteen Delegates led by the President , Leonard Coote .
18 Odinga was represented at the conference by lawyer James Orengo , whose own passport was withdrawn on his return .
19 Our report , which is essentially a record of what was discussed at the conference , gives them , and those unable to attend , an opportunity to reconsider the issues involved .
20 When the majority executive recommendation — to withdraw from the coalition and fight an early general election — was put to the conference , it was accepted with only two dissentients .
21 With response to Kevin , yes the National Committee Paper on the future structure and organization of the Apex Partnership was rejected by the Conference .
22 The first was held at the conference hotel in Northampton on Saturday , May 30th , when members considered the voting rights of the Institute 's Officers at National Council meetings .
23 Colleagues , on composite motion thirty two , Toxic Shock Syndrome , I notice a number of colleagues went to the , the meeting that was held in the Conference Hall at lunchtime , and certainly for a few minutes , I had the opportunity to listen to some of the discussions that took place .
24 Meanwhile Home with great determination had been to the hospital in London and obtained Macmillan 's written resignation , which was read to the Conference on Thursday afternoon : ‘ I hope that it will soon be possible for the customary processes of consultation to be carried on within the party about its future leadership . ’
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