Example sentences of "is [to-vb] public [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The TEC 's main function is to channel public funds to training schemes for the unemployed . |
| 2 | The purpose of making such orders is to enable public bodies to carry out their function , e.g. the building of highways , etc . |
| 3 | [ The ] function of [ the criminal law ] , as we see it , is to preserve public order and decency , to protect the citizen from what is offensive and injurious and to provide sufficient safeguards against exploitation or corruption of others , particularly those who are specially vulnerable because they are young , weak in body or mind or inexperienced … |
| 4 | ‘ The aim is to encourage public awareness about the value of the buildings around them and to get owners who no longer want the properties , to sell or lease them to new people . ’ |
| 5 | So far as to my specific erm , question is on B one , on the white paper , or other target , the public question , thirteen thousand , five hundred pounds of money you do say in the subsequent paragraph , this is to provide public question time at Council meetings . |
| 6 | The purpose of the exhibition and station is to increase public awareness of the role played by radio in war-time operations and , hopefully , to make contact with many people , whether radio amateurs or not , who can help in achieving the aims of the Society either from personal experience and knowledge of historic equipment or from a special interest in the subject . |
| 7 | What is needed , is to increase public investment in public transport and there is n't any increased public investment , the increased investment is coming from higher fares and the private sector , and slashed the road building programme . |
| 8 | The demonstration arranged by the Lesbian and Gay Direct Action Group , OUTRAGE , is to challenge public decency laws which it claims are being misinterpreted to criminalise public shows of affection between gay couples . |
| 9 | A further way of presenting the above data is to divide public spending between goods and services ( purchased by the state ) and cash transfers ( to individuals or industry ) . |
| 10 | Thus the general scheme of the Regulations is to give public information about the authority and the school but to leave the governors free to make controversial decisions behind closed doors and without public knowledge . |
| 11 | At the same time it is no less obvious that the very purpose of criticism levelled at those who have the conduct of public affairs by their political opponents is to undermine public confidence in their stewardship and to persuade the electorate that the opponents would make a better job of it than those presently holding office . |
| 12 | Excuse me I have to say Princess Diana yesterday stunned the world announcing that she is to quit public life . |
| 13 | The alleged function of the leave requirement is to protect public bodies from harassment by citizens bringing cases of no merit . |
| 14 | One suggested reason is to protect public bodies from vexatious litigants with no real interest in the outcome of the case but just a desire to make things difficult for the government . |
| 15 | More tangible benefits than this are absolutely essential if the scheme is to have public support , without which it is unlikely to work . |
| 16 | One of the main difficulties facing the management and teachers at the Model School is to overcome public distrust . |
| 17 | Everywhere the aim of the research is to improve public understanding of a development in warfare that is arguably the most important , and certainly the most hedged about with technical complexity , since nuclear weapons . |
| 18 | Government housing policy as we found tonight when we voted on the rates is to bring public sector rents into line with private sector rents . |