Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [art] national [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Royal College of Nursing is to lobby Parliament on 24 October in protest at the Government 's plans to shake up the National Health Service , the union has announced .
2 They would ally themselves with the united Labour forces and afford the possibilities of developing a mighty Peoples Front which will bring down the National Government . "
3 France is planning to set up a national system for recovering and recycling packaging waste similar to that being implemented in Germany [ see ED 49/50 ; 56 ] .
4 As there was no other business the Conference concluded quickly after its momentous decision to set up a national organisation of the deaf and dumb .
5 ( B ) The conference had decided to set up a national assembly composed of 123 members based on the number of constituencies existing before 1969 with a speaker and two deputy speakers .
6 As the DES decided in 1980 to discontinue its approval arrangements for OND by 1982 and for other courses by 1981 , the Association of County Councils and the Standing Conference of Regional Advisory Councils agreed to set up a national committee , namely the NCCAE , to replace the role of the DES .
7 MOVES to set up a national watchdog to monitor the integrity and accuracy of government statistics gained momentum yesterday when plans were announced for a meeting to draw up firm proposals , writes Rosie Waterhouse .
8 The three contending armed factions inside Liberia signed a ceasefire agreement in Bamako ( Mali ) on Nov. 28 , and a further agreement in Banjul ( The Gambia ) on Dec. 21 declaring their intention to set up a national conference within 60 days as a prelude to establishing their own interim government .
9 On April 30 Lekhanya announced proposals to set up a national constituent assembly to draw up a new constitution .
10 We need to invest in housing , to set up a national housing bank , to use all sectors .
11 It is the sense of an England bloodily engaged in bashing out a national destiny from the tribal chaos which is best conveyed in this rich , poetic panorama .
12 Demonstrators ripped up the national flag amid shouts of ‘ Yesterday Timisoara , today Bucharest . ’
13 By 1953 , however , with Conservative rural constituencies pressing their MPs for a rural electrification subsidy , and the Minister looking more favourably on capital expenditure for this purpose , the Area Board chairmen hammered out a national plan for rural electrification , which was finally agreed at an extended and controversial meeting at a country hotel in Moretonhampstead in 1953 .
14 Although Labour has made a commitment to buy back the national grid , Williams argues that its policy on British Coal 's future has been left largely unsaid .
15 Under the 1961 Constitution an executive President is directly elected for a five-year term , as are the 49-member Senate and 196-member Chamber of Deputies which together make up the National Congress .
16 Mounting debts , unconnected with Crisis Line , may leave the service without a home , wiping out a year 's work building up a national referral network.So Mr Morris wants a grant to continue the work .
17 If anything should have shaken up a national psyche for the Germans it was World War two and what it did to them .
18 I was knocked out by how brilliant it was when I first read it eight years ago , and now I want to put on a national tour and direct it . ’
19 Britain 's first attempt to draw up a national balance sheet was in England in 1362 , under Edward III .
20 King Hussein issued a decree on April 9 appointing a 60-member royal commission to draw up a national charter to regulate political life in Jordan .
21 He expressed his hope that they would set up a national assembly and leadership council in exile to focus efforts around a single opposition leadership .
22 To a procrastinating president and Congress the solution was clear : set up a national commission to study the problem .
23 set up a national network of registered depots for fridge and CFC disposal
24 We set up a national network of consumer advice centres : the Government closed them down .
25 Captain of Detectives Barton MacLane has called out the National Guard to assist in the search for private detective Richard Quick , who is still at liberty .
26 On Feb. 23 Menem ruled out a national state of emergency , describing the looting as " isolated incidents " encouraged by " extremists " .
27 So I think bringing out the national agreement , although it was a great development for the union , and these docked a lot of the work they had to beforehand had to do , it certainly did n't help the relations and the entries in the trade union movement .
28 The struggle for survival is all that he knows : ‘ When we were in charge during the riots , ’ he says ‘ we pulled down the national flag outside the supermarket .
29 The administrator phoned the estate owner and brought in the National Guard who captured the leaders of the union from their homes one night .
30 In addition , the researchers are using The Mercury 's coverage of national events and events outside Leicestershire in order to build up a national picture .
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