Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [art] national [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Dennis and his friend Tommy want to stop this by setting up a National Centre where doctors and medical scientists can undertake research to prevent premature birth . |
| 5 | Successive government reports since the late 1930s had recommended setting up a national film bank , but it was only in the wake of the 1948 production crisis that the government seriously contemplated making funds available to the industry . |
| 6 | Other key measures in the Queen 's Speech will be Bills setting up a national lottery ; ratification of the Maastricht treaty on European economic and political union ; and legislation paving the way for the privatisation of British Rail and the coal industry . |
| 7 | WHAT are the reasons for setting up a national lottery in favour of the arts ? |
| 8 | Some are now attempting to combat the isolation they feel by setting up a national body to represent their interests . |
| 9 | The committee reported in October 19806 and came down in favour of setting up a national body , to be known as the Committee for Colleges and Polytechnics ( CCP ) which would devise a more rational system of national funding . |
| 10 | In 1864 Leslie realized a long-held ambition in setting up a National College of Music to rival the continental conservatoires . |
| 11 | He was the author of several political histories , President of the Society of Antiquaries , the founder of a prize for a historical essay at Oxford , and shortly before the competition he had persuaded the Government to take the first steps towards setting up the National Portrait Gallery . |
| 12 | They were closely followed by setting up the national machinery to promote and manage it . |
| 13 | His arrest came just hours after he taunted police , ringing up a national newspaper to say he was the ‘ new Lord Lucan ’ and would never be caught . |