Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [vb -s] act " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , a great many of the most important decisions by British Governments have been introduced without any prior leave by the electorate as has been the case with respect to the repeal of the Corn Laws , 1846 , the passing of the Trades Disputes Act , 1927 , the departure from the Gold Standard in 1931 , the decision by the post-war Labour Government to opt for a nuclear-defence policy , the decision to apply for membership of the European Economic Community in 1961 , the passage of the Commonwealth Immigration Act , 1968 , as well as a host of foreign-policy matters over the years . |
| 2 | This project investigates how the police maintained order and enforced the law when the two came into conflict during industrial disputes between 1906 , after the passing of the Trades Disputes Act which legalised peaceful picketing , and the end of the General Strike in 1926 . |
| 3 | Union affiliations to the Labour Party had been confined to those " contracting in " under the Trades Disputes Act of 1927 , and the total of affiliated unionists stood at two million throughout the 1930s . |
| 4 | The trade unions were disillusioned by the General Strike , shackled by the Trades Disputes Act and demoralized by the Depression . |
| 5 | It was attempting to reach agreement on a campaign for improving wages and hours , for combating unemployment and repealing the Trades Disputes Act . |