Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] the national " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus someone buying coal from the National Coal Board does have the benefit of the implied condition that it shall be of merchantable quality . |
| 2 | Fawley power station , which supplies electricity to the National Grid , operated at reduced capacity to avoid sucking up the oil in its water cooling system . |
| 3 | That development work or experiments which involve modification of the national curriculum in a school will require the approval of the Secretary of State may well serve to inhibit some forms of school-based curriculum innovation . |
| 4 | Quadrant Advertising and Marketing of Warrington , said to be the North West 's largest independent advertising agency , has launched the new campaign which includes space in the national press and dealer advertisements in the local press . |
| 5 | This was the man who became President of the National Deaf Club in 1909 and held the position for over thirty years . |
| 6 | Bob Hilborn adds : ‘ We pool knowledge with the National Farmers Union , the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food , the Horticultural Development Council and , most importantly , with our growers . ’ |
| 7 | In the South West we receive gas from the National Transmission System at ten different locations . |
| 8 | In fact electric trains are themselves very efficient , but they draw electricity from the National Grid which is produced perhaps at something like thirty percent efficiency on the power station distribution network . |
| 9 | So it 's not surprising they draw the racist conclusions — the blacks are getting jobs , housing etc. at their expense ; and so they become fodder for the National Front . |
| 10 | This Fire Brigade was to continue as a Local Volunteer Force until the 1939–45 war when it became part of the National Fire Service . |
| 11 | In 1964 he became secretary-general of the National Liberation Front — the political arm of the Viet Cong — and thus officially the top communist leader in southern Vietnam , although more power was held by senior leaders from the north . |
| 12 | And last Saturday he finished runner-up in the national finals at Birmingham . |
| 13 | Will he draw attention to the National Coal Board 's policy of closing pits , because when a pit is closed not only is low-sulphur coal lost in many cases , but the methane is then allowed to find its way to the surface ? |
| 14 | He took control of the national drugs intelligence unit , the national soccer intelligence unit and seven regional criminal intelligence offices . |
| 15 | Although Taylor made Lineker his captain , when he took charge of the national side after the 1990 World Cup Finals , it was n't long before hostility emerged between the pair . |
| 16 | He remained secretary of the National Federation , so becoming the link between the leadership and the constituency associations and hence the key figure in rebuilding the party following the split over Irish home rule and the defection of the Liberal Unionists . |