Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] national [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scargill argued for national unity within the ( federal ) union , against the growing call for local wage and conditions bargaining — which he believed would favour some fields but be the harbinger of closure for others . |
| 2 | During the recent years after the war the university rose in national importance and always had a close connection with the bishop . |
| 3 | But it was as a leader of the unemployed that Hannington rose to national prominence . |
| 4 | Some remained essentially local , some gained a widespread popular recognition , and certain deities rose to national significance . |
| 5 | Er in relation to existing employment sites er and Mr Laycock referred to National Power , erm there we have an example of the attitude that the the council is taking towards the the re-use of employment sites . |
| 6 | It occurred to National Certificate staff that instead of programming say twenty subject assessors to different centres all over the country on a particular day , all twenty could be programmed to visit the same centre on the same day . |
| 7 | The retiring President , , installed as National President for 1993/94 and offered his best wishes to Mr and Mrs during their year of office . |
| 8 | In a televised speech on May 1 , Zia appealed for national unity , saying that " there may be differences of opinion in a democracy … [ but ] this is not the time for differences " . |
| 9 | In his acceptance speech to the Assembly on Oct. 20 Berri appealed for national reconciliation . |
| 10 | In 1973 the industry came under national control and since then it has expanded from nearly 44 000 ha to more than 70 000 ha and employs more than 22 per cent of the island 's labour force . |
| 11 | He appealed on national television for patience , and on Jan. 26 promised a rescue plan for the economy . |
| 12 | During the Second World War he came to national notice as chairman of a Senate committee set up to check on war contracts and to prevent war profiteering . |
| 13 | The way I got into national radio from local radio was listening to programmes and thinking , ‘ I could interview X , and I could get it into that programme , if I could do it in that format . ’ |
| 14 | As the band were good enough live , we could build up a ground swell of interest at a local level which then translated into national success . |
| 15 | The Pope visited six Angolan cities in this predominantly Catholic country , and was welcomed by large crowds as he called for national reconciliation , 13 months after the ending of 16 years of war between UNITA and dos Santos 's formerly Marxist-oriented Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) . |
| 16 | Japan was both militarily and economically vulnerable and the lack of outside support for her resistance to great power domination reinforced a sense of national isolation which originated in national myth , grew in the seclusion period and was strengthened by an awareness of the cultural divide between Japan and the West . |
| 17 | Liverpool-based Graham Pratt today found his new-look Marine Park Hotel in New Brighton daubed with National Front slogans , swastikas and racist abuse . |
| 18 | The row was sparked as the French head of state went on national TV to declare any attempt to delay signing up to the Maastricht Treaty by Mr Major would be ‘ unacceptable ’ . |
| 19 | He later went on national television to state that he would stand down unless his new government gained public backing . |
| 20 | On Wednesday night , Mr Adamec went on national television to warn that he might quit because of intolerable ‘ ultimatums , deadlines and strike threats ’ from the opposition . |
| 21 | As the Kremlin issued strong signals to the dictatorship , and the Hungarian Socialist and Yugoslav Communist parties broke links with the Romanian party , President Ceausescu went on national television to blame the violence on ‘ hooligans , terrorists and spies ’ organised from abroad . |
| 22 | On Dec. 29 Aringo resigned as national chairman of KANU and from the party itself . |
| 23 | Ali Bozer resigned as Foreign Minister on Oct. 12 , and Safa Giray resigned as National Defence Minister on Oct. 18 . |
| 24 | The romantic philosopher , Schleiermacher , spoke of national loyalty as a condition of admission to the kingdom of God . |
| 25 | Agitation may have been couched in a vocabulary which spoke of national morality , but it was clear who were being singled out as the recipients of purity action . |
| 26 | The image of ‘ Uncle Ho ’ fostered in national propaganda was almost as illusory as that of Uncle Joe for Stalin . |
| 27 | In the same week in which President Bush appeared on national television brandishing $3,200 worth of cocaine ( coercively obtained from a dealer who was dragged a block or two nearer the White House ) to raise the air-time mileage he earns on drugs , it did not take long for outrage to be expressed . |
| 28 | Later , Koffigoh appeared on national television , saying that he had surrendered to avoid further bloodshed and announcing that he would form a government of national unity . |
| 29 | In particular she won a great deal of sympathy last January when she appeared on national television with Bill Clinton as he faced allegations of extra-marital dalliance with a singer . |
| 30 | We must surely conclude that when Reagan ran for national office in 1980 he was hardly the amateur in politics that his critics suggested . |