Example sentences of "[prep] the national [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She served the Copley News Service for a decade and then , married to a British businessman , Denis Nahum , settled in Bogota and became Latin American correspondent for The National Catholic Reporter . |
| 2 | Due to injuries and unavailability , the team for the national cross-country championships at Newark ( Notts ) was severely reduced . |
| 3 | Rawlings , who had retired from the air force on Sept. 14 in order to comply with electoral rules excluding serving members of the armed forces from candidacy , stood for the National Democratic Congress ( NDC ) [ see p. 39084 ] . |
| 4 | At present the historical geographer , the cartographic historian , and the local historian , not to mention solicitors and property lawyers , and a host of others who need large-scale mapping from different dates , use the British Library Map Library as the leading source for the national topographic record . |
| 5 | All the best junior girls were at Nottingham for the national junior championships last August , but it was not enough . |
| 6 | They echo the theme set in last year 's CBI Business Agenda for the 1990s with the emphasis on controlling inflation , public spending , strengthening the Department of Trade & Industry and giving it responsibility for the National Economic Development Council and opposing a national minimum wage . |
| 7 | By ‘ blimpish ’ The Times presumably means that the directors it so describes show an obstinate and blinkered lack of concern for the national economic interest , and persist in pursuing what they judge to be the more immediate interests of the companies they direct . |
| 8 | Now for the national classified results , here 's Headley Feast . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , little is known about her life , however , it is understood that she regularly for the National Geographic magazine , for whom she did some of their earliest published colour photography . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , little is known about her life , however , it is understood that she worked regularly for the National Geographic magazine , for whom she did some of their earliest published colour photography . |
| 11 | A spokesman for the National Housebuilding Council said : ‘ Every housing chain begins with a first time buyer and we are hopeful that this vital part of the market will be encouraged by the Chancellor 's additional concession . ’ |
| 12 | Now he writes computer software for the National Blind League but needs a proper job . |
| 13 | Most of the country 's top rugby sides will be in Gloucester on Monday for the National tens . |
| 14 | Thank you for publishing my letter ( Stamps for the National Canine Defence League ) in your June edition . |
| 15 | That is the kind of consequence to which Labour Members are characteristically blind , as they are blind in their continued support for the national statutory minimum wage . |
| 16 | This is the selection event for the national senior athletics championships at Hull on August 1 and 2 . |
| 17 | On the day of his death Bangkok police announced that they had grounds to believe that members of the National Revolutionary Council ( Sapha Patiwat , also known as the National Democratic Council — see p. 36151 ) had been involved in the incident . |
| 18 | British Library of Tape Recordings for Hospital Patients ( now known as the National Listening Library ) , 12 Lant Street , London SE1 1QH ( Tel : 01-407 9417 ) . |
| 19 | This airframe was the founder member of what became known as the National Aeronautical Collection ( NAC ) and the bulk of the airframes presented in the new gallery are from that grouping . |
| 20 | This perception leads Le Roy Ladurie to contrast the revolts of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries with what he regards as the national revolutionary movements of the Enlightenment : |
| 21 | This uneasy compromise was not a major difficulty during the first few years as the national economic problems of the early thirties , reductions in public expenditure and depressed employment conditions all led to severe restrictions on the development of adult education . |
| 22 | In determining priorities for investment in the 1990s , what emphasis should be given to ‘ elite ’ programmes such as the National Accelerated Development Programme ( NADP ) and its constituent General Management Development Schemes ( GMTS ) . |
| 23 | National Progressive Patriotic Front ( Sa'adam Hammadi regional s. -g. ) was formed by the Ba'ath Party in 1973 as the National Progressive Front . |
| 24 | And he believes that the introduction of a third-party examination accreditation such as the National Vocational Qualification is essential to the Association 's development . |
| 25 | Government agencies such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency are forbidden to fund any research into ocean dumping . |
| 26 | But still the employers resisted , and it was not until August 1917 that discontent among seamen led the government to establish joint meetings between the Ministry of Shipping , the NSFU and the Shipping Federation , with the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Shipping , Sir Leo Chiozza Money as chairman , from which there evolved in the following November a joint " National Maritime Marine Board " , of the kind which Wilson had long advocated , which within a few weeks referred to itself as the National Maritime Board . |
| 27 | The new Business Rate , also known as the National Non-Domestic Rate ( NNDR ) , will come into effect at the same time as the Community Charge/Poll Tax on 1st April 1990. this leaflet is intended to outline the changes that are being made to the rating system and show how these changes will affect businesses in Oxford . |
| 28 | Contrary to your account , there has never been a disagreement between the National Radiological Protection Board and the Ministry of Defence about this or about the general form of possible surveys . |
| 29 | So an agreement between the national actuarial association in the EC relating to the mutual recognition between the members of EC associations is currently being implemented . |
| 30 | An agreement between the National Actuarial Associations in the EC is being implemented which provides for the mutual recognition by each Association of the members of other EC Associations who wish to pursue the profession in other member countries . |