Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] act [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bulgaria 's Grand National Assembly on Oct. 24 passed an amendment to the Political Parties Act which debarred all personnel in the Army , police , judiciary , diplomatic service and full-time presidential staff from membership of a political party . |
| 2 | Is it still feasible for the British Parliament to pass an Act repealing or amending the 1972 European Communities Act which enshrined the Treaty of Rome in British law ? |
| 3 | Blake pleaded guilty to the five charges against him under the Official Secrets Act which referred to him having passed on information since November 1951 . |
| 4 | In general , then , supporters of the ‘ society-as-parent ’ view tend to favour changes in the 1975 Children Act which facilitate the removal and transfer of parental rights . |
| 5 | The risks have been somewhat reduced thanks to the 1992 Cheques Act which shifts responsibility to the banks provided all safeguards have been taken . |
| 6 | Staff Sergeant Michael Tilghman , a security officer at Bentwaters air base in Suffolk , was convicted at a court martial of the rape of his British girlfriend against the conditions of the Visiting Forces Act which states that cases of murder and rape must be tried by domestic civilian courts . |
| 7 | A law against obscene libel was created by the judges , although Parliament gave some assistance in 1857 with an Obscene Publications Act which permitted magistrates to destroy immoral books found within their jurisdiction . |
| 8 | After referring to a section of the relevant Customs Act which was said to give an importer an opportunity to obtain his goods without making an irrevocable payment of the duty claimed O'Connor J. continued , at p. 277 : |
| 9 | The Magistrates Association mounted a successful campaign against the 1969 Children and Young Persons Act which sought to replace courtroom hearings for young people with ‘ welfare dispositions ’ . |
| 10 | The Contagious Diseases Act which had been so bitterly opposed by feminists like Butler , had extended well beyond sanitary supervision of common prostitutes . |
| 11 | I welcome the new Children Act which became law earlier this month . |
| 12 | This attempt to ‘ define ’ by inclusions has been carried a stage further by the Financial Services Act which , for its purposes , employs both inclusions and exclusions . |
| 13 | Then there are the personal perils for breaches of companies legislation which are not only manifold but , supplemented by the Insolvency Act and , where relevant , the Financial Services Act itself amended by the 1989 Companies Act , threaten to catch the unwary at every turn . |
| 14 | So it would not seem unreasonable that you know , from the date of the Financial Services Act it might come in there . |