Example sentences of "[prep] the present system " in BNC.

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1 Screening appeals The justification for the present system whereby some categories of appeal could only be brought by leave of the trial judge or of the Court of Appeal was threefold : 1 .
2 If the structure of excise duties maintained revenue without unduly distorting consumer choice , there might be some justification for the present system .
3 Thus , to return to the arguments mobilized against the CLRC 's proposal : the chief difference in protection of the vulnerable between the present system and the CLRC 's is that the latter had a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment , whereas life imprisonment is available where a defence of diminished responsibility succeeds ; and the fundamental ethical problems are now swept under the carpet by a combination of a stretched diagnosis of ‘ abnormality of mind ’ and the ample judicial sentencing discretion , whereas the CLRC 's proposal attempted to make the issues justiciable .
4 Since the white paper on broadcasting was published in November 1988 , the debate has raged over whether the proposals will mean real choice for the public , or simply undermine what is best about the present system .
5 They declared , rightly , that the very power of the clergy in education was being attacked , and , probably wrongly , that the reform of the faults of the present system was only the apparent reason .
6 While the arguments of the defenders of catholic schools have a theological basis , those of the promoters of integrated schooling have been founded on what they see to be the results of the present system , namely a violent and destructive society .
7 Mr Patten also said that he believed in the validity of the present system for predicting what housing needs will be .
8 The great benefit to the government of the present system is that the City finances it and receives a large share of the blame when things go wrong .
9 I am sorry to worry you over this but the result of the present system is that John Merer and I are barely on speaking terms .
10 However , one benefit for DHAs and GPs of the present system is that difficult rationing decisions are taken by hospital physicians and are seldom made explicit .
11 That , stated Coopers & Lybrand/Cork Gully in their guide to the Cork Report , would go a long way towards remedying the shortcomings of the present system .
12 It does not go so far to ensure proportionality as other variants , but would involve the least departure from the existing system , would retain single-member constituencies which many regard as being a valuable feature of the present system , and would be much the simplest to understand in operation .
13 The Faculty sees no logic in basing the fuel scale charge on cost and therefore supports the continuation of the present system .
14 When , however , the chairman of the SIB , supposedly at the apex of a system of self-regulation , calls for a ‘ clear shift to a less self-regulatory basis ’ , when the chairman of Prudential Corporation says that the government should ‘ organise investor protection on a fully statutory basis under direct government control ’ , and when the chairman of BAT Industries ( which owns Eagle Star and Allied Dunbar ) adds that ‘ self-regulation has not really worked ’ , it would be futile to start quizzing them about whether ‘ self-regulation ’ is really an accurate description of the present system .
15 The aim of the present system is to improve the recognition rates of a cursive script recogniser by implementing techniques using linguistic information for a large vocabulary .
16 No doubt , the most fundamental factor working in favour of the present system is the fact that the regime is politically hoisted to it .
17 Edito r , — C J McCullough rightly draws attention to the part that the royal colleges might play in a reassessment of the present system of delivering health care .
18 ( 2 ) That , irrespective of the existence of the present system of national catch quotas , it was contrary to Community law , and in particular to article 52 of the E.E.C .
19 The reply to question ( 3 ) must therefore be that the existence of the present system of national quotas does not affect the replies given to question ( 2 ) .
20 ( 5 ) The existence of the present system of national quotas does not affect the replies given to question ( 2 ) .
21 It being their considered opinion , based on personal experience , that no one method is sufficient to meet their needs in adult life , they desire , therefore , that the Minister of Education shall with the utmost speed institute a Special Enquiry into the results of the present system and if necessary in the light of conclusions thus established , take such steps as he may think desirable to include the use of fingerspellng and signing , in conjunction with the oral teaching , in the curriculum of all Special Schools for the Deaf .
22 Chief officers continue to oppose any reform of the present system .
23 If only to explain what section 184 of the Act is all about a brief reference is needed to a further aspect of the present system .
24 It also raises critical questions about purpose , like : is the purpose of education to consolidate the logic of the present system or is it to challenge and transform it ?
25 In the meantime , planning authorities should try to co-operate as much as possible , within the confines of the present system .
26 To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will review the operation of the present system of discretionary awards for those undertaking courses for second degrees .
27 This research will provide evidence on which such proposals could be based , by potentially highlighting the procedural and jurisdictional inadequacies of the present system .
28 The need for these movements shows the ineffectiveness and unwillingness of the present system to deal with issues central to the voter .
29 However these ideas came to nothing and when interest was revived in 1988 , the advantages of the present system appeared to outweigh ideology once again .
30 The first is the White Paper on charity law , which we believe combines the flexibility of the present system of regulation with a set of controls designed to increase public confidence in charitable giving .
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