Example sentences of "[prep] our national [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The success of American Football in Britain illustrates a growing antipathy towards our national games for failing to change with the times . |
| 2 | For those interested in tracing the evolution of our national dishes , the brief recipe on page 145 shows how the syllabub and the trifle were eventually amalgamated to make one glorious sticky mess . |
| 3 | The third I , Ludicrous album , ‘ Idiots Savants ’ , brims with brilliantly bucolic observations about weather , football , macho cretins , daytime TV celebs , Carter USM and other festering symptoms of our national malaise . |
| 4 | I wonder what other pieces of our national heritage this Welsh oaf proposes to give away . |
| 5 | How have you managed to make use of your membership of the House of Lords in support of our national heritage ? |
| 6 | As the Denmark Farm experiment shows , it is not too late to restore our countryside — arguably the richest aspect of our national heritage — and recreate a living countryside with a rich biological diversity . |
| 7 | It 's taking away part of our national heritage . |
| 8 | Last night showed that music hall is a living breathing form of our national heritage . |
| 9 | This was said to constitute ‘ a great violation of our national rights … and non-observation of attitude of neutrality by the British disarmament forces ’ . |
| 10 | If Hoare did not go , the Prime Minister would lose his personal position and ‘ one of our national anchors would have dragged ’ . |
| 11 | It is perhaps inevitable that I think in these terms , since I have more direct experience of leading the British than any other nationality , and I am deeply conscious of our national foibles . |
| 12 | The dilapidation of our transport system and the shoddy state of our national services underlines the argument for more public investment . |
| 13 | These conditions touch on many aspects of our national life : health threatened by overcrowded and insanitary homes ; education retarded when children have no room in which to do homework , or arrive tired at school after sleeping in a room with several others ; marriages broken up through the strain of sharing a home or making do in cramped and uncomfortable quarters ; Borstal institutions , remand homes and approved schools filled by the products of an unhappy home life . |
| 14 | In almost every aspect of our national life , from the educational system to the institution of marriage , the ethic of instant gratification and the rejection of perseverance and the long haul are clearly evident . |
| 15 | The Secretary of State for Education and Science has referred to LEAs ' and schools ' ‘ important responsibility to work towards the promotion of equality of opportunity for the different ethnic groups who are part of our national life ’ . |
| 16 | This is why we have instituted imaginative reforms of education , of health , of the legal profession , of social security , and of other crucial areas of our national life — so that we do n't just do more , but also do better . |
| 17 | Since television is now admitted to all other public aspects of our national life it is absurd for the Commons to conceal themselves . |
| 18 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that there is general support for the emphasis that the Foreign Secretary has placed on the importance of keeping the European Commission out of the nooks and crannies of our national life ? |
| 19 | Is the Minister not concerned about the Commission 's power to investigate various nooks and crannies of our national life ? |
| 20 | The House must retain control of those aspects of our national life that are properly dealt with here : above all , we must retain responsibility for key decisions about foreign policy and defence , and the issues of war and peace . |
| 21 | ‘ This fixation with selling off every remaining part of our national life is a catastrophe unfolding before us . ’ |
| 22 | Whichever of the two main parties forms the government of the early nineteen nineties , it will have to create a greater consensus in health and social care as well as other areas of our national life . |
| 23 | It is an important industry and a vital part of our national life . |
| 24 | I would also like to acknowledge here the advice always so willingly given to us by members of our national institutions – the National Library , the University , the BBC , ‘ 121 ’ and Life and Work , Scottish Courts Administration , and even , this year , the Zoo . |
| 25 | CALLS from the Scotch Whisky Association for the fairer tax treatment of our national spirit have , in the past , tended to fall on deaf ears . |
| 26 | Above all , it is a sensitive arena of our national will and mood , in which the dogs bark but the caravan does not always move on . |
| 27 | I have been asked to enquire if we could hold meetings of our national Council at your hotel on a regular basis . |
| 28 | On Saturday morning there will be a meeting of our National Council which will be presented with a document called ‘ Wales 2012 ’ . |
| 29 | Most people nowadays would agree that a good pub is one of our best traditions and a vital and distinctive ingredient of our national way of life . |
| 30 | While welcoming the briefing that is continually taking place , may I press the Secretary of State to bear in mind that the reserve forces are always an important aspect of our national forces ? |