Example sentences of "forward the " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the period 1947–51 , an inordinate delay on the part of the government was experienced in bringing forward the requisite bill legalizing adoption , despite considerable pressure from prospective adoptive parents and adoption agencies . |
| 2 | Harry MacAdoo , then the Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin , on several occasions put forward the argument that Southern protestants were a minority group with their own culture and traditions , and thus deserved to have schools for themselves in order to hand on their own traditions . |
| 3 | This could mean that they will become major forces driving forward the concept of sport , leisure , cultural and artistic movements during the 1990's . |
| 4 | Would you be kind enough to forward the address of this seemingly delightful establishment . |
| 5 | ‘ Our existing policies not only remain unchanged after the Peking incident , we will move forward in pushing forward the economic reform and open door policy . ’ |
| 6 | Ms Foster put forward the idea of a similar investigation for plant and animal biotechnology because she was troubled by the unnecessary secrecy and seeming insensitivity of government departments to issues other than the narrow technical one of safety . |
| 7 | It is for this reason the UK accountancy bodies have put forward the idea of a European accounting standards body in the hope of persuading Brussels to toe the IASC line . |
| 8 | Sir : In his article ‘ Creating money to buy trouble with ’ ( 9 October ) , William Rees-Mogg puts forward the surprising view that the early 1980s constitututed a ‘ Thatcherite miracle ’ . |
| 9 | He also appeared to distance himself from the BR route for the Channel tunnel link , saying that when BR brought forward the Bill for its preferred route through Kent , it would be ‘ for Parliament to settle the way forward ’ . |
| 10 | Since the fifth century BC , when Democritus of Abdera first put forward the idea , scientists and philosophers have speculated on the nature of the fundamental constituents of matter . |
| 11 | He puts forward the radical solution that the range be given almost total protection as a wilderness area or area of land where the hand of man is less evident . |
| 12 | In the Pelican History , Martin Soria tentatively puts forward the theory that angels were popular because ‘ they replaced similar messengers in pre-conquest beliefs ’ . |
| 13 | The argument so far has been intended to put forward the possibility that an art work or image could be official and coercive , and unofficial and subversive , all at the same time . |
| 14 | I read with interest the article ‘ F1 changes change nothing ’ ( 13 February ) in which Harvey Postlethwaite puts forward the idea of knocking 50bhp off the output of Formula 1 engines to keep races competitive . |
| 15 | At some point in the second half of next year , and perhaps even earlier if President Mitterrand decides to bring forward the abolition of French controls , the Government is going to be faced with an inescapable decision . |
| 16 | Mr Mulroney has balanced Canada 's regions in his cabinet , providing significant seats ( defence , health and welfare , environment ) for his colleagues from Quebec , while pushing forward the Albertans , Messrs Clark , Mazankowski and the leader of the House of Commons , Harvie Andre . |
| 17 | He pushed forward the safety catch of his pistol . |
| 18 | By 1925 , however , it was strongly pushing forward the idea of forming an Industrial Alliance by which threatened unions could call upon the sympathetic strike support of other TUC unions . |
| 19 | From then onwards , and throughout the 1930s , the Conservatives operated within the National government and pushed forward the type of protectionist policies which both Baldwin and Chamberlain favoured . |
| 20 | His last novel , Forward the Foundation , was completed two months ago . |
| 21 | Just before his own death Asimov completed Forward the Foundation , a new novel about Seldon 's last years . |
| 22 | The TW68 will start edging forward the moment its wheels clear the ground . |
| 23 | The pound strengthened on the foreign exchanges and in the money markets interest rates fell , bringing forward the prospect of cuts in bank base rates and mortgage costs . |
| 24 | In Soviet times the best of these bravely pushed forward the frontiers and angered the authorities . |
| 25 | David Trippier , the UK 's representative at the ministerial meeting on 12 December , suggested bringing forward the EC ban on CFCs , carbon tetrachloride and methyl chloroform from 1 January 1997 to 1 January 1996 , with halons being banned from 1 January 1995 . |
| 26 | In a further rebuff to the British position , the underlying theme of a ‘ federal vocation ’ , carrying forward the ‘ federal goal ’ of the Luxembourg draft Treaty , underpinned the Dutch proposals . |
| 27 | Knowing that the barracuda would dart forward the moment he fired , Trent aimed halfway down the jaw . |
| 28 | This argument puts forward the notion that the peasantry working in these conditions would provide revolutionary potential . |
| 29 | One point is probable : Freemantle , not to mention Susanna Jennens , would have been reluctant to offend the Chauncys and other subscribers among the local gentry by putting forward the poems about Edgcote House . |
| 30 | In Berlin Bismarck followed events in France with increasing interest and , judging the moment precisely , began once again to push forward the candidacy of Leopold of Hohenzollern to the still vacant Spanish throne . |