Example sentences of "march [adj] [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The State Bank of Pakistan on March 22 halted the world-wide sale of foreign exchange bearer certificates . |
| 2 | In the continuing controversy over election results in a small number of parliamentary seats [ see pp. 36983-84 for October 1989 general election ] , the regional High Court in Murcia on March 2 awarded the one seat still at issue there back to the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) . |
| 3 | Crucially , their Interim report submitted in March 1920 noted the intimate connection between housing , transport and the ultimate distribution of land uses of all kinds , including residential , commercial and industrial , so that the housing question ‘ can only be successfully attacked by the simultaneous consideration of all these aspects over a wide area ’ . |
| 4 | The Agua Caliente Handicap at Tanforan , Mexico , in March 1932 saw the last racecourse appearance of a horse who was beyond dispute one of the greatest horses that ever raced — Phar Lap . |
| 5 | On the 18th March 1884 appeared the first issue of a newspaper printed and published in Bishop 's Castle by Christopher Hughes , Market Place , Bishop 's Castle . |
| 6 | In an effort to combat the chronic air pollution affecting Mexico City , the Mexican government on March 18 ordered the immediate closure of the country 's largest oil refinery , responsible for emissions of carbon dioxide , sulphur dioxide , benzene and other pollutants . |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia , which joined the Council of Europe in February 1991 [ see pp. 37969 ; 38469 ] , on March 18 ratified the European Convention on Human Rights , the first east European country to do so . |
| 8 | A commentator 's article in the mainland People 's Daily of March 18 welcomed the new programme , especially its proposal for direct postal , trade and shipping services between Taiwan and the mainland , but referred to " quite a few questionable points " , including the Taiwan government 's demand for recognition as an independent and equal political entity , and its preconditions for unification : democracy , free economy , equal society and the rationalization of the armed forces . |
| 9 | The Lithuanian Supreme Soviet , which as a result of elections on Feb. 24 had passed firmly into the control of deputies affiliated to the nationalist Sajudis movement , on March 11 plunged the Soviet Union into a constitutional crisis when it unilaterally declared Lithuania independent . |
| 10 | The Financial Times of March 29 described the diverse membership of the Council as " a clear attempt to balance politics , regional interests and subject specialists " , while other commentators noted the span of members ' political persuasions from social democracy to Marxist conservatism to right-wing Russian nationalism . |
| 11 | A court in Paris on March 6 sentenced the five crew members of the Eksund , a Panamanian-registered ship seized by French customs in October 1987 off Brittany carrying 150 tonnes of weapons [ see p. 36238 ] , to prison sentences of between five and seven years and fines totalling £3,540,000 for arms trafficking . |
| 12 | His budget of March 1987 took the standard rate of income tax down to 27p , and in all a huge budget surplus of over £16 billion was recorded . |
| 13 | The budget of 17 March 1987 included the following changes : |
| 14 | The general election of 31 March 1966 gave the Labour party a comfortable working majority and removed any uncertainty about the movement towards comprehensive education . |
| 15 | Two other decrees on March 1 provided the legal framework for the creation of regional authorities and for a " basic law of government " . |
| 16 | Landsbergis on March 27 denounced the military actions against the deserters and the Communist Party headquarters as " barbaric " and a " gross violation of Lithuanian sovereignty " , and he renewed his government 's appeal for Western recognition and support [ see p. 37300 ] . |
| 17 | Vaclav Klaus , the Finance Minister , on March 27 presented the revised state budget for 1990 to the Federal Assembly . |
| 18 | Juan Bosch Gaviño , 82 , on March 15 told the Dominican Liberation Party ( PLD ) , which he had formed in 1973 after breaking from the Dominican Revolutionary Party ( PRD ) , that he had decided not only to resign as party leader but also to withdraw his party membership , because of the bitter fighting between the right and left wings of the party . |
| 19 | March 1989 saw the formal appointment of a coordinator for home-school liaison officers and bilingual support assistants , who was to be responsible to ‘ the appropriate adviser in the Primary Division ’ and whose job description listed eight major duties including close liaison with the schools involved in the two projects , cooperation with heads to provide a positive and coherent service , and attendance at appropriate working parties and committees ‘ as agreed with the Primary Adviser ’ . |
| 20 | Eden on 25 March 1955 gave the British cabinet his assessment of the international scene . |
| 21 | While a Supreme Court ruling in early March 1990 upheld the constitutional right of parents to decide the religious affiliation of their children under 18 , State Assemblies continued to be constitutionally empowered to pass Islamic laws . |
| 22 | A statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry of March 24 compared the limited franchise in the referendum with the recent referendum on reforms in South Africa [ see p. 38798 ] . |
| 23 | The head of the judiciary , Ayatollah Mohammed Ali Yazdi , at Friday prayers on March 20 mentioned the unprecedented access that ICRC delegates had recently been given to Iranian prisons , and said that the delegates should be replaced by a more competent team because they had given their " legal work … a political hue " . |