Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] the national [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bonington said he also hoped to see closer co-operation and understanding between the national park authorities and the farmers , tourist operators and everyone else who lives and works in the parks . |
| 2 | It can be argued that controls by Central Government are desirable to ensure that a uniform minimum standard of efficiency is obtained where the taxpayer at large is contributing through the national Exchequer to local services . |
| 3 | Every case appearing in the national press is likely to appear in some local newspaper . |
| 4 | However , it is necessary to analyse the rhetoric of both factions carefully in order to understand the argument occurring within the National Front . |
| 5 | The old man was walking beside the National Highway one evening four years ago on his way to a religious drama in another village . |
| 6 | contributing to the national process by which industry/professional needs are identified ; |
| 7 | Mrs Janet Postance , Landscore 's head , carries about with her a cardboard box which might once have held apples , now replaced with documents relating to the national curriculum , the Devon Education Authority curriculum and her own school curriculum . |
| 8 | A National Curriculum Council has been set up to advise the Secretary of State on matters relating to the national curriculum and to supervise the introduction of new curricula into schools and review their progress . |
| 9 | Solicitors acting for the National Union of Journalists are considering whether to bring a ‘ representative ’ or class action case against the newspaper , whose staff has been among the worst hit by the industrial injury . |
| 10 | But City law firm Berwin Leighton , acting for the National Union of Journalists and the Graphical Paper and Media Union , said yesterday that all fund members could now expect full payment . |
| 11 | That 's what we er we want , that 's what we require , because do n't forget old people er , in fact our present national treasurer , a Mrs Mary , is now serving as the national treasurer and has done for the last thirty five years . |
| 12 | Among the Unit 's useful publications are The Conservation Source Book which lists bodies and societies involved in conservation ( ranging from the National Trust to the British Sundial Society ) , price £11.95 , and Training in Conservation — a Guide to full-time courses in the UK price £2 . |
| 13 | In it he gets a change to indulge himself , hogging the limelight in sketches , songs , dances and serious interviews with fellow controversial figures ranging from the National Front 's Patrick Harrington to mediayob James Whale . |
| 14 | One variation on that would be to increase the constituency share according to the national increase in membership — so constituencies would have 30 per cent of the vote on a membership of 300,000 ( as now ) but would get an extra 1 per cent of the vote for every 30,000 increase in national membership . |
| 15 | Earlier this year the National Gallery received a restitution claim from the children and grand-children of Vincenc Kramar , a Czech art collector and historian who , according to the National Gallery , as a committed Communist donated a thirty-piece collection to the State shortly before his death in 1960 . |
| 16 | According to the National Institute of Agricultural Botany , blind sites are only marginally worse than in the past two years , and so far there have been no reports of problems in seed crops . |
| 17 | According to The National Society for the Protection of Animals , a million of the world 's starving children could be fed on the excess food given to these geese . |
| 18 | Daily statistics on air pollution issued by the Department of the Environment are largely unpublicized , according to the National Society for Clean Air . |
| 19 | One thing is certain : we can not just amble on and it is going to cost us dearly — £40 000 million according to the National Water Council and others . |
| 20 | According to the National Audit Office only one ADAS region has a working strategy to define and deliver free ‘ public good ’ advice . |
| 21 | According to the National Federation , this was clearly evident from Labour 's record over the past twenty years : |
| 22 | And according to the National Federation of Consumer Groups ( NFCG ) , there 's no consistency among the water companies on this issue . |
| 23 | To get an approximate feel for the size of the loss , in 1985 according to the National Income and Expenditure " Blue Book " , £4046 million was spent on gas , out of total consumers ' expenditure of £213,208 million . |
| 24 | Because many new mums ca n't produce enough expressed milk — or choose not to breastfeed — there 's a real need for donated milk from milk banks , but according to the National Childbirth Trust these are becoming few and far between . |
| 25 | Tens of thousands of women are being given caesarian operations to deliver their babies even when it 's unnecessary according to the National Childbirth Trust . |
| 26 | According to the National Safety Council boating accidents are the second leading cause of transport injuries , and the US Coastguard estimates that at least half of those accidents are alcohol-related . |
| 27 | More than 17 per cent of all disabling occupational injuries , plus many thousands of less serious accidents , were caused by falls in 1990 , according to the National Safety Council , and they cost US business billions of dollars |
| 28 | According to the National Readership Survey in 1987 nearly 40 per cent of adults claimed to ‘ skip ’ ads in normal TV viewing ‘ almost always ’ or ‘ quite often ’ , and 20 per cent said they ‘ almost always ’ did so when watching a recorded video programme . |
| 29 | Cavers should n't be put off by the recent radiation scare , according to the National Caving Association . |
| 30 | According to the National Enquirer : ‘ The 20-minute tape has been offered for sale to newspapers around the world by a secret source . ’ |