Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] policy " in BNC.
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1 | the formulation and general application of a unified Defence policy relating to the Armed Forces of the Crown as a whole and their requirements . |
2 | In particular , abortion had ceased to be a clear-cut electoral asset because younger and more affluent voters had become concerned that the Supreme Court would criminalize it , and the ending of the Cold War had undermined the traditional Republican issue of a strong defence policy . |
3 | He plans a strong youth policy as the basis for taking the re-born club into the Welsh pyramid soccer system . |
4 | ‘ Our priority must be the players and a strong coaching policy is imperative . |
5 | Rainbow was developed in 1989 as a multi-cultural education policy statement to create anti-bias lessons . |
6 | Er , we , we , we , we do n't want to , we have a go it 's a definite government policy that we will , we will , we are forced into this corner , and as I say , it 's the disadvantaged who suffer every time . |
7 | Resolved , That this House , believing it is in Britain 's interests to continue to be at the heart of the European Community and able to shape its future and that of Europe as a whole , endorses the constructive negotiating approach adopted by Her Majesty 's Government in the Inter-Governmental Conferences on Economic and Monetary Union and on Political Union ; and urges them to work for an agreement at the forthcoming European Council at Maastricht which avoids the development of a federal Europe , enables this country to exert the greatest influence on the economic evolution of the Community while preserving the right of Parliament to decide at a future date whether to adopt a single currency , on issues of Community competence concentrates the development of action on those issues which can not be handled more effectively at national level and , in particular , avoids intrusive Community measures in social areas which are matters for national decision , devlops a European security policy compatible with NATO and co-operation in foreign policy which safeguards this country 's national interests , increases the accountability of the Commission , enhances the rule of law in the Community including improved implementation , enforcement and compliance with Community legislation , improves co-operation between European governments in the fight against drugs , terrorism and cross-border crime , and through these policies secures the long-term interests of the United Kingdom . |
8 | In particular , the Framework budget is divided into seven categories ; information and communications technologies , 36 per cent ; energy , 23 per cent ; industrial technology , 16.5 per cent ; life sciences , 12 per cent ; environmental research , 9 per cent ; a European transportation policy , 2.5 per cent ; and socio-economic research , 1 per cent . |
9 | The proposed European Environment Agency must be established , a European energy policy drawn up and environmental subsidies and penalties applied Community-wide . |
10 | Attacked by its critics as a sort of institutional megalomania in which a defeat of free institutions anywhere was a defeat everywhere it was a supercharged containment policy in which , in defence of the perimeter , all points seemed to be of equal importance . |
11 | For example , in the UK the formation of financial conglomerates offering a full range of financial services was a response by market participants to embrace market forces rather than the product of a specific government policy . |
12 | Those schools which were not satisfied were asked to give examples of the constraints which limited provision and , apart from time , those most commonly mentioned in the primary sector related to the low priority given to health education when compared with other developments , and to the lack of a specific school policy . |
13 | These last-ditch problems aside , the odds point to a coherent EC policy on monoplies and competition by the end of this year , with some flexibility of mergers affecting the media and national security . |
14 | A coherent school policy on Standard English can be based on the different views of the main aims of English teaching which I listed in the previous chapter. : |
15 | A coherent school policy on Standard English is possible if it is recognised that all these views are legitimate . |
16 | Like Mr Sneddon , we would like to see the Government look at the wider picture and to develop a coherent defence policy that addresses all the issues . |
17 | The Whitney Museum is to take photography seriously : its director , David Ross , has announced the setting up of an acquisitions committee whose job will be to establish a coherent acquisitions policy , mainly by filling gaps in the present collections . |
18 | This has been widely criticised as failing to provide for the development of a coherent energy policy to take account of environmental and other considerations such as events in the Gulf . |
19 | Mr Kantor 's actions , as so often , raised eyebrows abroad , and reopened the question of whether the Clinton administration has a coherent trade policy . |
20 | Now you ca n't really get a coherent staffing policy within a school in that kind of flux , whereas now people perhaps erm a bit too much at the opposite extreme but nevertheless erm do know that they 're committed to being in the school and have a , therefore a commitment to it , a commitment to improving their own work and , and their collective work . |
21 | In common with many other Latin American countries , it was the weakness of technical and administrative institutions in charge of peasant agriculture that was partly to blame for the failure of a rural development policy . |
22 | That is a divisive policy , not a rural development policy , which would affect countries and areas of the European Community . |
23 | It has also encouraged the use of new financial control mechanisms such as external financing limits , which in Britain since 1979 have been used as a covert pay policy ( Heald and Steel 1981 : 15 ) . |
24 | In total , JS sells over 25O different brands of beer [ Savacentre carries a further 3O ] and there is a regional beer policy which allows stores to offer up to ten regional products . |
25 | Implementation of that policy , in Indo-China however , would depend upon France ; and after two years of war and in spite of some growing and ineffable optimism , the French were still looking for a purposeful Vietnam policy and had revealed not so much procrastination and missed opportunities as a sort of political paralysis . |
26 | In May and June he made an important and successful series of speeches throughout the country , laying down a social reform policy for a future Conservative Government . |
27 | Clearly , there is a need in projects of this type to locate the award in the context of a clear school policy on library resourcing , particularly in respect of staffing . |
28 | ( 11 ) Do you have a clear assessment policy which conforms to the whole school policy ? |
29 | A clear communications policy is necessary for both external and internal communications — and the more hierarchical the structure of the organisation , the more inflexible the communications are likely to be . |
30 | Head teachers , in consultation with the whole teaching staff , instigate a clear homework policy and introduce measures by which its implementation is regularly monitored |