Example sentences of "[adv] of national " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did n't want to be press barons , says Miles , they wanted a community paper , and it had n't even been easy to find an editor amongst the founding group , preoccupied as they were with art galleries and bookshops , theatre companies and poetry , and preoccupied also with that sense of freedom , and the breaking down of national barriers which had accompanied the explosion of travel in the 1960s . |
| 2 | Consequently countries can ‘ export ’ and ‘ import ’ acid rain , regardless of national barriers . |
| 3 | Capital fleeing the country has been recycled through family connections abroad to reappear as fresh capital imports capable of attracting the more recently relaxed rules for foreign investors , regardless of national or ethnic origin . |
| 4 | Nujoma 's policy statement — Swearing in of National Assembly and Council of Ministers |
| 5 | [ L ] iberty was not a matter only of national independence , or of constitutional democracy , or of freedom of thought and religion … |
| 6 | The area , known as the Westness Walk , is archaeologically of national importance . |
| 7 | In a sombre May Day speech , Mengistu admitted that the government had suffered setbacks and called for renewed commitment to the war , saying : " It is no longer a question of national unity , but rather of national survival . " |
| 8 | You are poisoning the very sources of order and happiness and virtue ; you are tearing up root and branch all relations of families to each other ; you are annulling , as it were , the institution of domestic life decreed by Providence Himself , the wisest and kindest of earthly ordinances , the mainstay of social peace and virtue and therein of national security . |
| 9 | Where awards consist solely or largely of National Certificate Modules these may be called : ‘ National Certificate in … ’ . |
| 10 | … taking account of statutory provisions and also of national and collective agreements , except where these conflict with the powers allotted to the Governing Body under the Act . |
| 11 | In the First Report of the Joint Liberal/SDP Commission for Constitutional Reform they announced that " electoral reform is an absolute priority for Britain , since we believe it to be a precondition both of national unity and of social and political progress " and ( they failed to add ) for their own sure breakthrough into Parliament itself . |
| 12 | As de Gaulle wanted , this should only be developed on the basis of unanimous agreements , with a new Commission being created in Paris , made up of national civil servants , not officials loyal to European institutions . |
| 13 | The Scott report , published in 1942 , urged the setting up of a planning system embracing the countryside as well as the town , mainly with a view to preserving the best agricultural land from urban development , but also recommending the setting up of national parks . |
| 14 | Commenting on the move , Bjorn Larsson , president of Volvo Bus Corporation , said that deregulation , reduced subsidies and increased competition from the opening up of national markets was aggravating the problems caused by recession . |
| 15 | The T U C is made up of national affiliated unions , the delegates to its conference should be from those unions , the C E C ask you to oppose three eight eight and three eight nine . |
| 16 | However , governments have for a long time been divided over how large a merger must be before it passes out of national hands to Brussels . |
| 17 | It is in this sense that EMU would tear the heart out of national parliaments . |
| 18 | When Roy Thomson 's son decided to pull out of national papers , having spent millions on The Times in pursuit of production economies , Murdoch was the purchaser . |
| 19 | Far from delivering priority goods and services efficiently , most have been shambling giants draining funds out of national coffers . |
| 20 | Only er National Savings are worth keeping your eye on , because the government 's very keen to make a few shillings out of National Savings , and you might get some good issues in the future . |
| 21 | Their tasks included collecting taxes and when necessary producing labourers for public works on dams , canals or bridges ; and enlisting the required numbers of men for the army who lacked the money to buy themselves out of national service . |
| 22 | And sort of , dead down to earth and everything and it showed you a clip out of National Velvet when she was twelve years old you know erm that with the horse in it and that ? |
| 23 | The Commission is pledged to act independently of national or sectional interests . |
| 24 | By cost containment , the American media meant that the U S A spends almost twice of national income on health as the U K does , but for no better results overall . |
| 25 | Transnational corporate corruption is therefore perhaps the most pernicious form of crime in the world today because it involves robbing the poor to feed the rich , and brings into political power rulers and administrators who in general will put self-interest ahead of the public interest , and transnational corporation interest ahead of national interest . ’ |