Example sentences of "[adv] [art] national [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The foral provinces were exempt from Spanish conscription , taxation , and customs duties : thus the national customs frontier ran along the Ebro . |
| 2 | Meanwhile the National Rivers Authority has another problem on its hands . |
| 3 | I remind the hon. Lady who set up the National Rivers Authority . |
| 4 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , we set up the National Rivers Authority specifically to respond in the first instance to the sort of pollution incidents to which he refers — this one is a very serious incident . |
| 5 | In the next few months , with British taxpayers ' money , we shall be setting up a national drugs intelligence unit in Czechoslovakia to try to intercept drugs coming overland . |
| 6 | It would set up a National Monuments Commission to care for ancient sites , institute small penalties for vandals who damaged them , and — most important — give the commission a right of purchase if the owner of a scheduled monument wanted to destroy it . |
| 7 | The proposal for National Parks , however , received further support in the Dower report , published in 1945 , and that of the Hobhouse committee , which proposed setting up a National Parks Commission paid for out of public funds . |
| 8 | We will set up a National Qualifications Council to coordinate a single system of academic and vocational courses for 14–19 year olds , and a new Higher Education Standards Council to monitor quality in higher education . |
| 9 | As well as organising conferences and courses the group also helped set up a national awards scheme and backed a number of arts publications . |
| 10 | Now the National Rivers Authority wants to put them back where they belong . |
| 11 | A few years ago , the problem seemed insuperable , but now the National Parks Authority , the Countryside Commission and English Heritage have launched a pilot programme . |
| 12 | The division of responsibilities between HMIP and other polution agencies , particularly the National Rivers Authority is still in dispute . |
| 13 | This method gives you the choice of having your pension paid direct into a bank or National Giro account ; or , alternatively , into an investment account with either the National Savings Bank or with most building societies . |
| 14 | The mercury content in fish from this area has been extensively monitored since 1970 by the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food [ MAFF ] , ICI and North West Water — and more recently the National Rivers Authority . |