Example sentences of "an independent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most have been convicted since 1988 under Indonesia 's sweeping Anti-Subversion Law , accused of attempting to establish an independent state of ‘ West Papua ’ . |
| 2 | This award was presented to Amnesty International following the decision of an independent panel of judges drawn from members of the public nationwide and chaired by a representative from the greetings card industry . |
| 3 | Ask the President for prompt government action to establish her whereabouts , and an independent enquiry into the ‘ disappearances ’ and the death threats . |
| 4 | Still , by reading , and looking at Lee Krasner 's pictures in New York galleries , she was able to defend an independent liking for her SoHo artist . |
| 5 | Wölflinn used such terms to distinguish epochs ; they are only partly useful as interpretation , since Wölflinn tended to be more interested in art as an independent phenomenon than as having meaning intended by the artist . |
| 6 | A fragment from an altarpiece can not be appraised in just the same way as an independent portrait ; and a craftsman 's skill is esteemed more accurately when the materials used are rightly identified . |
| 7 | A traditional interior does not have to be incompatible with accommodating whole families , nor with providing meals ; yet an increasing number of old pub interiors are being sacrificed on the altar of the identikit eating house — whether the brewer 's concept be a downmarket steakhouse or part of a family restaurant chain masquerading as an independent local concern . |
| 8 | Already the other Tetley Heritage Pub in York , The Swan , is out on lease to an independent retailing chain . |
| 9 | ARE you an independent hotelier or restaurateur experiencing problems with your bank ? |
| 10 | The music by which he frequently composed his poetry ( a natural continuance of a centuries-old tradition ) was asserting itself as an independent expression . |
| 11 | If you are turned down for a grant or loan or you are unhappy with the amount given , there is no right of appeal to an independent tribunal as there used to be . |
| 12 | In the case of a patient such as you describe , this can be done by providing community nursing care to the patient 's own home , by providing in-patient care or by a contractual arrangement with an independent sector home ( ie paid for in full by the health authority ) . |
| 13 | WHEN is an independent state not an independent state ? |
| 14 | WHEN is an independent state not an independent state ? |
| 15 | Swapo remains the overwhelming favourite to win the United Nations-supervised elections next month , but claims that the organisation has detained and tortured many of its members in Angola and Zambia may deprive it of the two-thirds majority needed to form a government in an independent Namibia without holding another election . |
| 16 | On this day : Saladin entered Jerusalem , 1187 ; the Duke of York captured Alkmaar in the Netherlands , 1799 ; Rome became the capital city of Italy , 1870 ; Brigham Young , Mormon leader , was arrested for bigamy , 1871 ; the first Royal Naval submarine was launched at Barrow , 1901 ; the first rugby football match was played at Twickenham , 1909 ; Italy invaded Ethiopia , 1935 ; the liner Empress of Britain , bound for Canada with refugees , was sunk , 1940 ; the British Council received a Royal Charter , 1940 ; 338 people died when the Queen Mary liner collided with the British cruiser Curacao , which sank off the coast of Donegal , 1942 ; a new island , with a volcano at the centre , appeared off Fayal Island , Azores 1957 ; Guinea became an independent republic , 1958 ; the first London performance of the musical show Promises , Promises was presented , 1968 . |
| 17 | There would be Skills UK — a locally structured training commission — a Fair Wages Commission , a Health Technology Commission , a Health Quality Commission , an Education Standards Council , an Independent Sentencing Council , a Children 's Commissioner , an Environmental Protection Executive , and a Social Insurance Fund administered by … ‘ an independent commission ’ . |
| 18 | There would be Skills UK — a locally structured training commission — a Fair Wages Commission , a Health Technology Commission , a Health Quality Commission , an Education Standards Council , an Independent Sentencing Council , a Children 's Commissioner , an Environmental Protection Executive , and a Social Insurance Fund administered by … ‘ an independent commission ’ . |
| 19 | Laporte also announced yesterday that it has bought Woodtech , an independent supplier of wood treatment plants , and has spent £6.3m buying the speciality building products division of ICI Australia and two other minor operations . |
| 20 | So as yesterday 's half-year figures could be the last Tootal releases as an independent company , it is no surprise it worked hard to make them look good . |
| 21 | ‘ We are better served as an independent company getting on with our own plans without the involvement of any Australian freebooters , ’ said Mr Holland . |
| 22 | AT THE Isleworth headquarters of Sky Television today , Rupert Murdoch will announce that in association with the BBC he has bought exclusive coverage of England 's cricket tour of the West Indies from an independent producer . |
| 23 | Having been replaced as head of ITV 's sports committee by LWT 's controller of programmes , Greg Dyke , he is off to be chairman of TSL , an independent production company . |
| 24 | Mr Fitton yesterday made clear that he had always been acting in an independent capacity in the offer for Eagle , and that it had no connection with Braithwaite . |
| 25 | Mr Chapman yesterday announced the launch of Chapmans Publishers , which he said would be ‘ an independent general publisher across a wide spectrum . |
| 26 | Labour would create an independent environmental protection agency , appoint a ‘ green ’ minister , introduce new planning laws and give local authorities powers and resources to improve the environment in their area . |
| 27 | The conference approved the Physical and Social Environment policy review which proposes : A Ministry of Environmental Protection and an independent Environment Protection Executive . |
| 28 | ‘ He knows he could not find an independent panel anywhere in Britain which would accept it is right to make an offer which is less than the rate of inflation to people who work in a service which is already underpaid and understaffed . ’ |
| 29 | AN INDEPENDENT consultant who advised the Government on privatising The Crown Suppliers , the procurement agency , is now leading a buyout team bidding for the bulk of the business . |
| 30 | The most vociferously opposed union maintains that all the problems could be solved were the government to remove the PTT from the financial tutelage of the finance ministry and give it an independent budget . |