Example sentences of "feb. [adj] that a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was announced on Feb. 22 that a government inquiry into the position of former East German Prime Minister Lothar De Maizière , who had been obliged to resign from the German Cabinet in December 1990 because of alleged connections with the Stasi [ see p. 37905 ] , had failed to prove that De Maizière had spied for the Stasi .
2 It was reported on Feb. 2 that an emergency session of the Moldavian Supreme Soviet Presidium on Jan. 31 had declared a six-month moratorium on " all political events which are likely to cause interethnic strife " .
3 IRNA said on Feb. 26 that a total of 9,657 refugees from 27 countries had fled to Iran from Iraq since the outbreak of the war .
4 Hocine Ait Ahmed , leader of the Socialist Forces Front ( FFS ) , declined to attend , and reiterated on Feb. 10 that a date should be set for a return to a " democratic process " which should include the FIS .
5 The Islamic Jihad Movement — Bayt al-Maqdis ( Jerusalem ) claimed on Feb. 5 that a unit from its Katibat Ushshaq al-Shahadah ( Martyrdom Lovers ' Battalion ) had carried out the attack .
6 It was reported on Feb. 11 that a total of 171 foreign companies , 75 per cent of which were US-based , had signed contracts to take part in emergency re-building .
7 On his return on Feb. 22 , he said that his visit had been " very fruitful " , and it was announced in Washington on Feb. 25 that a US embassy would be opened in Moldova by March 15 .
8 It was announced on Feb. 25 that a ceasefire had been agreed in principle as a prelude to full peace negotiations .
9 Reuters news agency , quoting Chinese sources , reported on Feb. 6 that a group of workers calling themselves the China Free Union Preparatory Committee had posted out 2,000 copies of their anti-government manifesto for the organization , modelled on Poland 's Solidarity .
10 The government announced on Feb. 13 that a referendum on a draft constitution would be held on March 9 , to be followed by legislative elections by the end of the year and presidential polls in 1993 .
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