Example sentences of "uk [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Refusal of asylum in UK for Tamil militant |
| 2 | Complaints from CA , beginning in 1987 , and from the European Bureau of Consumers ' Unions , have resulted in the Commission initiating proceedings against the UK for incorrect translation of the directive . |
| 3 | The benefits of short-term machinery hire have been known in the UK for some time . |
| 4 | This aircraft has been in the UK for some time , latterly at Audley End , Essex , and before that Rochester , Kent , and Duxford , Cambs , having been recovered from the fire dump at Decimomannu , Sardinia , Italy . |
| 5 | THE DEATH PENALTY is retained in law in the UK for high treason , various offences committed by members of the armed forces during wartime and , in England and Wales , for piracy with violence . |
| 6 | Mrs Hiscocks , a divorcee , had been looking after a 650-acre wildlife sanctuary at Abuko for Mr Brewer , while he was in the UK for medical treatment . |
| 7 | Japan scores twice as high as the UK for this variable with a significance of p < 0·001 , but with a negative correlation . |
| 8 | Bacon and Eltis ( 1976 ) pointed to the growth of the public sector during the 1960s and early 1970s as a major factor behind low levels of investment in the UK during this period . |
| 9 | The Social Charter , which had been adopted by 11 member countries in December 1989 [ see p. 37132 ] , continued to draw much criticism from the UK during this period , particularly with regard to the rights of employees to consultation in the workplace . |
| 10 | Born and educated in South Africa he first came to the UK as private secretary to the ambassador . |
| 11 | This ESRC-financed research project will outline aspects of United Kingdom policy with application in the Arctic and will examine the policy consequences for the UK of possible exclusion from certain areas of Arctic activity and suggest appropriate responses . |
| 12 | * A book cataloguing 256 sites in the UK of international importance for breeding , migratory and wintering birds has been published . |
| 13 | But outward investment from the UK into other member states will be de-restricted in terms of the domestic legislation of those member states . |
| 14 | The pattern was similar in the UK with second generation blacks rising to prominence in the late 1970s and early 1980s , getting a foot-hold first in boxing and later in athletics and football , not to mention karate and table tennis . |
| 15 | Environmentalists said that Mr MacGregor had been ill-advised , and pointed out that the Department 's environmental assessment policies had been criticized by both the EC [ which has threatened the UK with legal action over the matter — see ED no. 52 ] and the government 's Standing Committee on Trunk Road Assessment . |
| 16 | Ford is trying to recoup losses on car sales in the UK with new business ventures in finance and car phones . |
| 17 | First Officer Cundy , Radio Officer Brent , and R/O Wycherly were crew members on C-Class flying-boat G–AFCZ Clare , which took-off from Bathurst at 2007 GMT September 14 , 1942 northbound for the UK with six crew and 13 passengers . |
| 18 | Very few agencies now have their own market research department as such , and the only major agency group in the UK with significant research interests is WPP , which owns BMRB , Research International and Millward Brown , among others . |
| 19 | This may be true whether the product is a " blockbuster " ( such as Nescafe " ) , or aimed at specific smaller segments , as is currently the case in the UK with some health food ranges . |
| 20 | The purpose of the award is to review recent literature on the topic of vocational training in the UK with particular reference to innovative developments . |
| 21 | For example , a major recipient of capital from the UK in this period , Australia , had notoriously ‘ leaky ’ controls — in 1947–8 it was supposed to spend $80 million and spent $200 million . |
| 22 | Dickens Data Systems ' Max-Terminal — an asynchronous X-terminal for the IBM RS/6000 — is now available in the UK from Oxford-based Nextage Systems Ltd . |
| 23 | Third party design tool support includes Colorado-based Minc Inc 's PLDesigner-XL and Data I/O 's ABELsoftware — available in the UK from Direct Insight Ltd of Lutterworth , Leicestershire . |
| 24 | By deleting the social protocol , Parliament would be making no inroads on British law , since the protocol excludes the UK from social chapter legislation . |
| 25 | Over 18 000 people die each year in the UK from colorectal cancer . |
| 26 | Rabies was indigenous to the UK before successful eradication at the turn of the century . |
| 27 | The Farnborough half pipe was the oldest free standing skateboard ramp in the UK until last Autumn . |
| 28 | In a May 27 statement , Hussein Musavi , leader of Islamic Amal ( a Hezbollah faction ) , offered the release of some British hostages in exchange for the expulsion from the UK to any country it chose of Salman Rushdie , the author of the controversial novel The Satanic Verses [ see pp. 36450-51 ] . |
| 29 | The CF Trust has issued interim guidance about social contacts for CF in adults in the UK pending further research . |
| 30 | In the UK all Iraqis were from Jan. 19 required to have visas to enter the country , and strict registration procedures were laid down for Iraqis who were in the UK on limited leave ; as of Jan. 29 , out of 101 Iraqis detained since the beginning of the year 42 ( together with seven Palestinians ) were currently in detention awaiting deportation , 21 had left or had been deported and three had been released ; 35 serving members of the Iraqi armed forces were being held in military custody . |