Example sentences of "[noun] for a national " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're working an intense 8-hour day , 5 days a week in preparation for a national tour in March . |
| 2 | My first-ever story for a national magazine was about another of my seminal Ali experiences — a sparring session I 'd had with the Champ in 1975 , when , because of his influence , I was trying to make a living as a kickboxer . |
| 3 | Others , like Clifford or J. B. Paton , were leaders in various reform movements : in Clifford 's case for a national health service and the abolition of capital punishment ; in Paton 's , for rural colonization . |
| 4 | There is still no provision for a national toxic wastes dump . |
| 5 | Labour Party plans for a national minimum wage were criticised by the AEU engineering union , which fears an erosion of skilled workers ' pay differentials . |
| 6 | But they are still discussing plans for a national network of terminals . |
| 7 | THOUSANDS of people stand to win a small fortune every week under new plans for a national lottery . |
| 8 | Based in the London Borough of Greenwich , the centre is the first in the Trust 's plans for a national network of centres providing information , advice counselling , advocacy , outreach support and a helpline for carers . |
| 9 | Mitterrand approves his Bibliothèque and plans for a national art library |
| 10 | While the saga of Très Grande Bibliothèque runs on , plans for a national art library linked to the transfer of the Bibliothèque National 's volumes to the controversial new Tolbiac site are beginning to take shape . |
| 11 | Detailed studies of English science during the period of the puritan domination have also revealed plans for a national agency to supervise technological innovation — plans that had taken shape in the mind of Samuel Hartlib . |
| 12 | The Donora episode , together with smogs in London in 1952 ( causing 4000 deaths ) and New York City in 1953 ( resulting in 200 deaths ; Greenburg et al. , 1962 ) , stimulated plans for a national air pollution conference and the introduction of a few bills in Congress ( none of them passed ) . |
| 13 | As part of the investigation into attitudes to mass electricity , the project explores the reception by the public of plans for a National Grid and looks at the way in which this programme was presented to those most likely to be environmentally and economically affected by its construction . |
| 14 | The fourth and final part of the strategy involved formulating plans for a national " renovation " after the war . |
| 15 | ‘ We have to submit our plans for a national scheme to the EC Commission by July 1994 and it must be operational by January 1995 . |
| 16 | Given this premise , we should not be surprised to find the police are in the forefront of support for proposals such as the introduction of identity cards ; it was not surprising to find the 1988 Superintendents ' Association conference not only supporting this motion , but arguing for the creation of twenty-four hour armed patrols throughout the country and making a plea for a national motorway squad . |
| 17 | Despite its distracting romantic plot , this was campaigning cinema which put a case for the nationalization of the mines as strong as the argument presented in The Citadel for a National Health Service . |
| 18 | However , I very much support and understand my hon. Friend 's enthusiasm for a national lottery . |
| 19 | TUC support for a national limitation steadily eroded , not least because a so-called ‘ Top People ’ pay-review inquiry under Sir Edward Boyle recommended large rises for already well-paid professions such as High Court judges and top civil servants , while the police , the armed services , the dentists , and doctors also benefited from substantial salary rises . |
| 20 | Thus , despite widespread support for a National Government , there was little idea of how such a government might be brought about ; and little support for it among those who really mattered . |
| 21 | The variety of the sources of support for a national scheme of family allowances are an important feature of the story of how the scheme was accepted and implemented . |
| 22 | The National Rifle Association , the powerful lobby which had successfully blocked most gun controls , announced its support for a national computerised system to check prospective gun-buyers for possible criminal records . |
| 23 | Their advice follows a decision by John MacGregor , Secretary of State for Education , to delay proposals for a national appraisal scheme , run by local authorities under strict guidelines . |
| 24 | Shorter papers were published on the proposals for a National Health Service ; Hydro Electric Development ; the demobilisation problems confronting Lewis servicemen ; the Water ( Scotland ) Bill ; the National Insurance Scheme and a proposal to reclaim a large area of tidal land for agriculture . |
| 25 | A few years later there were proposals for a National Curriculum in England and Wales under the law — a law which would provide , according to the government , ‘ a framework not a straitjacket ’ . |
| 26 | This is regarded by the present government , along with its proposals for a national curriculum , as a means of enhancing the quality of education , and making schools more accountable to parents in a system of schooling that it is intended will be more consumer oriented . |
| 27 | These proposals for a national system of pupil assessment are discussed in Desmond Nuttall 's chapter ( 1.6 ) . |
| 28 | John Howard 's proposals for a national penitentiary , RA . |
| 29 | In this country family allowances were paid in some areas in Tudor times , and at the end of the eighteenth century William Pitt made serious proposals for a national scheme of cash allowances for children . |
| 30 | DES proposals for a national curriculum , the growth of categorical funding by the DES and MSC in priority areas specified by central government , the dismantling of the Burnham Committee on teachers ' pay , and changes in the control of polytechnics and colleges of higher education are all moves designed to reduce the power of the LEAs and increase central control . |