Example sentences of "[verb] in the public [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enough has been said , however , to make it clear that regulation need not necessarily act in the public interest . |
| 2 | Mr Hatton 's solicitor , Peter Quinn , said the DPP should act in the public interest and bring the matter to a conclusion . |
| 3 | They should identify themselves to a responsible official before entering , except in very rare cases where information which ought to be disclosed in the public interest could not otherwise be obtained . |
| 4 | Lord Denning explained that ‘ There are some things which may be required to be disclosed in the public interest , in which event no confidence can be prayed in aid to keep them secret . ’ |
| 5 | Prospects for British exports in the private sector remain good and there are still worthwhile contracts to be won in the public sector financed by the World Bank and other external fund agencies . |
| 6 | Now that the early patents have expired and much of the know-how lies in the public domain , it is essential that the considerable effort that goes into the design and development of new integrated circuits is protected . |
| 7 | The pre-communist Nizan and the postcommunist Sartre have , in other words , become fused in the public imagination as an example of the impossibility of the communist intellectual , the communist writer , the communist novelist . |
| 8 | Together with moves towards greater urbanization ; more complex economic systems ; shifts in societal and familial structure ( in particular the movement away from the earlier extended family unit to the nucleated one ) , there developed the situation whereby the woman 's role was placed firmly and almost exclusively in the private sphere of activity as wife , mother and homemaker ( a removal encouraged by the purity laws ) , whilst that of the man was located in the public sphere as worker and family supporter , and active participant in social , political and religious affairs ( see , for example , Prov. |
| 9 | The Government are committed to a publicly funded health service , firmly located in the public sector . |
| 10 | Many professionals and managers choose to work in the public sector because they wish to give service or believe in the core values of their agency . |
| 11 | Who can not the price also be to guarantee the future pension rights of the workers who happen to work in the public company ? |
| 12 | The mayor was in the process of proposing a motion of sympathy with Lady Churchill , following the death of Sir Winston , when James Gallagher of Creggan Heights rose in the public gallery to read a short statement on behalf of the DUAC calling on the councillors to sink their political differences and to unite in efforts to press the Government to establish new industries in Derry . |
| 13 | Next to suffer in the public perception comes the Government ( 76 per cent ) , followed by the law ( 65 per cent ) the church and journalists ( 59 per cent ) , and the police ( 57 per cent ) . |
| 14 | What we want in the public service are the best people , irrespective of whether they are men or women . |
| 15 | The Great Train Robbery still lives in the public imagination , and the drama still goes on . |
| 16 | His was too literary , and now too deliberate , a talent to flourish in the public realm of the theatre . |
| 17 | Catholic identity is not essential for membership of the catholic — nationalist group , but consent to the understanding that catholic values will predominate in the public sphere is essential , for these religious values are viewed to be eminently suitable , natural , and self-evidently of high moral quality , safeguarding the fabric of state and public morality . |
| 18 | However , quite a different process occurred in the public sector . |
| 19 | take it in the end but erm anyway I got this diploma and er then I was quite annoyed because erm Social Services then erm pu the Welfare for the Blind was dealt with by the Public Health Department and a vacancy occurred in the Public Health Department for erm Blind Welfare Officer , or at least a Welfare Officer for the Blind and I applied for it and erm , they er did n't make an appointment because they did n't er get in other applications but they di they did n't offer me the appointment . |
| 20 | WILL MY NAME AND ADDRESS HAVE TO APPEAR IN THE PUBLIC EXTRACT ? |
| 21 | As far as the first point is concerned , there is I believe a real appeal for many people , not least on Christian grounds , in arguing that the overriding need at present in the U K is for the government , the TUC and the CBI to sit around a table and talk , so that both corporations and unions will change their behaviour and act in the public interest rather than their own self-interest . |
| 22 | And if it had to be done in the public sector then could it be done by a separate hived-off body or by a department ? |
| 23 | Hitherto literature has … suffered in the public mind both misunderstanding and degradation . |
| 24 | In any long-standing power relationship the person or group losing each conflict must have interests which are suppressed , and either do not appear in the public realm or quickly founder for lack of support when they do materialize . |
| 25 | There is also a useful booklet Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office ( PRO 1967 ) . |
| 26 | Underlining the party 's position , the SNP leader , Alex Salmond , said : ‘ All European examples on the most successful rail networks are fully incorporated in the public sector and run as a national service for people and industry . |
| 27 | Both measures were later incorporated in the Public Order Act . |
| 28 | In recent years the autumn statement publication has been considerably expanded to incorporate the most important details of programme expenditure which were formerly incorporated in the public expenditure white paper ( PEWP ) . |
| 29 | Constitutional changes also figure in the public choice programme of reform in order to reduce the power of demand groups , thereby making it more difficult for bureaucrats to oversupply public goods . |
| 30 | Mr. Collins said that any person whose interest are directly affected by a decision of a body acting in the public domain must ordinarily be given the opportunity of knowing what is alleged against him and of making representations to the decision taker . |