Example sentences of "[noun] of [art] [noun pl] force " in BNC.

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1 The second is the position apparently preferred by the police itself : where it is not subject to the whims of party politics and can develop what it considers to be the best safeguard for the community — the professionalization of the police force , in other words , it wants to be regarded as a profession and , like the medical and legal professions , to be left to do its job according to its own discretion .
2 But in a sense we were missing out by these sorts of policemen being unco-operative ( there were no policewomen like this ) , for those who have things to hide , even if it is only laziness , are a part of every police force .
3 Whereas the line item approach bears no relation at all to the activities of the police force it is possible to identify various functions carried out by the police and thereby determine suitable programmes .
4 Ill-treatment of prisoners and fabrication of confessions can only be prevented by better organisation , selection , training , supervision and remuneration of the police force coupled with stringent rules for access to independent legal advice and a bar on confessions obtained in the absence of that representation .
5 As of today the operations of the police force in the field of internal intelligence have been stopped , ’ Mr Calfa said .
6 An example of what I mean can be found in Strathclyde , where in every division of the police force there is a well-established female and child unit , staffed principally by female officers who are well trained and highly experienced in interviewing skills and techniques in cases involving sexual assault , child abuse and/or sexual abuse .
7 ‘ It raises the spectre of a police force increasingly controlled by the Home Secretary . ’
8 He was attending a conference which had been called to discuss the formation of a police force in Oxfordshire .
9 During those years , the main influence of the police force on policy and security decisions was that , by its existence , it set bounds to what was practicable .
10 A study supported by the ESRC between 1986 and 1989 enabled the archives of the police forces in England and Wales to be catalogued ; it also enabled some pilot studies to be conducted into the recruitment patterns of the different forces , and the careers of policemen .
11 It was widely suspected that the Tucayana had links with the military and had been involved with anti-insurgency operations against the Jungle Commandos and that they feared the establishment of a police force for the interior composed mainly of former Jungle Commando members .
12 The whole of the police force consisting of one sergeant and two constables was inspected at East Tarbert .
13 In Great Britain there is no such force , and the gap has been filled in recent years by a militarization of the police force .
14 Even after the abuses of the Star Chamber had been curbed the magistrates , who in the absence of a police force had some of the functions of a modern juge d'instruction , had power to interrogate the accused before trial .
15 Even after the abuses of the Star Chamber had been curbed the magistrates , who in the absence of a police force had some of the functions of a modern juge d'instruction , had power to interrogate the accused before trial . ’
16 Both the taxi driver and the privatizer of the police force failed to get a place on the candidates ' list , and the small number of women did proportionately better than the men .
17 There have never been any women chief constables , and women are in general at the lower levels of the police force .
18 Solicitors , teachers , members of the Police force , self-employed businesspeople and , in particular , employees in the health service are finding it difficult to come to terms with changes at work and home .
19 But it has always been recognised that , where individuals desire that services of a special kind which , though not within the obligations of a police authority , can most effectively be rendered by them , should be performed by members of the police force , the police authorities may ( to use an expression which is found in the Police Pensions Act 1890 ) ‘ lend ’ the services of constables for that purpose in consideration of payment .
20 Those of my constituents who are members of the police force — both uniformed and civilian — and those in the constituencies of my hon. Friends are absolute saints to continue to work in such circumstances with bravery , courage , commitment and cheerfulness .
21 The principal decision-making body is the Armed Forces Ruling Council ( AFRC ) , composed of senior officers and members of the police force ; as most recently reorganized , in February 1989 , it consisted of 18 members in addition to the current President , Maj.-Gen.
22 The principal decision-making body is the Armed Forces Ruling Council ( AFRC ) , composed of senior officers and members of the police force ; as most recently reorganized , in February 1989 , it consisted of 18 members in addition to Babangida , its chairman .
23 Members of the police force had also demanded a pay increase of at least a 100 per cent .
24 The general drift of Punch 's enthusiasm , in fact , was that gentlemen should take steps to arm themselves because of the uselessness of the police force .
25 One can well understand the anger and frustration of the police force .
26 Irwin eventually secured his capitulation by confessing to him that , as head of the government , with no guarantee that civil disobedience might not start again , he was unable to risk jeopardizing the morale of the police force .
27 In 1949 , the Communists drove him and the remnants of the Nationalists forces from the mainland to a refuge on the island of Formosa ( Taiwan ) .
28 The growing size of the police force and its supporting apparatus is the most obvious and general factor .
29 For over a century the control of certain aspects of British social life has rested in the hands of the police forces of England and Wales .
30 This has led , Hall argues , to an increasing ‘ moral authoritarianism ’ , one involving , for example , the strengthening of the police force , a re-emphasis on family life as a means of controlling juvenile delinquency , increased calls for capital punishment , and a general return to old or ‘ Victorian ’ values .
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