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 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | It was announced on Feb. 25 that a ceasefire had been agreed in principle as a prelude to full peace negotiations . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |