Example sentences of "on may [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unrest began on May 5 as textile workers went on strike in support of a pay demand . |
| 2 | Robert Hill ( 26 ) , of Malvern Close , was charged with the attempted murder of two men on May 17 and possession of a rifle on the same date . |
| 3 | Antonio Sibacha , secretary-general of the Gabon-based opposition Union for Democracy and Social Development in Equatorial Guinea ( UDDS ) , claimed on May 4 that opposition activist Feliciano Moto had been beaten to death by guards from the presidential palace , that two other opposition activists had been arrested , and that the regime was employing the tactics of " assassination and imprisonment " . |
| 4 | The US ambassador in Belgrade asserted on May 21 that Secretary of State James Baker could still revoke the decision , especially if the presidency issue was resolved quickly . |
| 5 | Boris Yeltsin , the leading radical populist and one of President Mikhail Gorbachev 's fiercest critics , was elected on May 29 as Chairman of the Russian Supreme Soviet , making him de facto President of the Russian Federation , the Soviet Union 's largest and most powerful republic . |