Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [art] customs [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately the statement of Balassa made some years ago still remains true , " there exists no wholly satisfactory way of measuring the effect of a customs union or free trade area on trade flows . |
| 2 | By now , thanks to the Luxembourg Compromise , France was less fearful of the European Commission ; the completion of the customs union led to hopes among the Six of further developments in the EEC ; and there was still the need to settle the long-term finance of CAP , a question which had been papered over after de Gaulle 's ‘ empty chair ’ policy . |
| 3 | This is particularly so in the area of obscene or indecent publications , where , interestingly , some of the older legislation ( e.g. part of the Customs Consolidation Act 1876 , now incorporated in the Customs & Excise Act 1952 ) is invoked instead of the new legislation ( e.g. the Obscene Publications Act 1964 ) , partly because some of this more recent legislation has become less effective in securing convictions . |
| 4 | The document on the formation of a customs union was not unanimously agreed . |
| 5 | Formation of a customs union , the Financial Times reported , was intended to ensure that dissolution of the federation did not jeopardise the country 's obligations towards the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) and the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 6 | The two Prime Ministers met again in Javorina , Slovakia , on Oct. 25 and 26 , and on Oct. 29 were reported by CSTK to have signed 16 agreements on future economic and social co-operation , including that on formation of a customs union . |
| 7 | He was less concerned with the fate of the customs official in Uruguay whose spine he had had to snap than he was with the course of the ancient empire on its long , slow descent into barbarism . |
| 8 | Conversely the benefits which accrue from a fully fledged economic union are by definition more numerous than those which result from membership of a customs union . |
| 9 | It would n't go in a straight line and kept squeaking , as if it was trying to draw the attention of the customs officers to the person pushing : ‘ Hey , take a look at this chap 's bags . ’ |
| 10 | But the six ministers did draft a joint proposal for the pooling of information and work on the uses of nuclear energy , and for the establishment of a customs union that would lead to a common market . |
| 11 | Negotiations on the establishment of a customs union were ahead of schedule , and the Commission was forecasting that the union could come into effect by 1967 , three years earlier than originally planned . |
| 12 | The memory faded and her eyes refocused on the nicotine-yellowed wall of the Customs office . |
| 13 | However , of the three areas excluded from potential transfer to the Community , it might be argued that customs co-operation was already implicit in the concept of the customs union ( which has existed since 1968 ) . |
| 14 | He noted that " serious constraints " still affected the economy , including the limited range of natural resources , dependence on miners ' remittances from South Africa and Lesotho 's share of the customs revenue pool in the Southern African Customs Union . |
| 15 | Be that as it may , the efficiency of the Customs service was much less regarded . |
| 16 | Even after migration between discursive realms has been effected , the juridical flavour of the customs declaration is not completely relinquished . |
| 17 | She went on seeing Jim , his friend , his appalled good friend , just as before — perhaps even in his own bed , Albert realized , since the shift-work timing of a customs officer 's job made the logistics of adultery comically easy . |
| 18 | You must understand that the boat 's history is the affair of the Customs officers . |
| 19 | Business Deals — Drawing up contracts with foreign suppliers or customers , and taking account of the customs regulations in transportation . |
| 20 | The successful creation of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 was followed by formation of the European Economic Community and Euratom in 1957 , and the introduction of a customs union and the Common Agricultural Policy in 1968 . |
| 21 | Finding himself in some difficulties , with his ship seized by order of the customs commissioners in Edinburgh , Bailie Hooks offered to try to carry the burgh of Wigtown for the candidate favoured by the Duke of Argyll in return for some ready cash and the expectation of assistance with the Court of Exchequer . |
| 22 | The entry of Britain into the Common Market in 1973 had given us access to a 10% repayment scheme of the Consolidated Fund , allowed under EEC rules , and it was from this source that the money would come for the expansion of the Customs fleet . |
| 23 | The connection between smuggling , parliamentary politics and the conduct of customs officials was brought out strongly in the election for Wigtown in 1761 , when that town was the returning burgh of a district of four towns , for the position of the customs officers of Wigtown was thought likely to topple the dominant interest of Lord Galloway and his son Lord Garlies . |
| 24 | In a final communiqué they agreed to accelerate economic integration of their countries by the creation of a customs union by 1995 , and called for the strengthening of economic ties with their main trading partner , the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 25 | The question of the necessity for Community action under Article 235 was first considered in the context of the Customs Union , in a judgment which illustrates the first of those approaches . |
| 26 | Henry VII extended the Crown estates ; Henry VIII added to them monastic lands and developed the subsidy ; Mary restored the value of the customs duties . |