Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] for a national " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is regarded by the present government , along with its proposals for a national curriculum , as a means of enhancing the quality of education , and making schools more accountable to parents in a system of schooling that it is intended will be more consumer oriented . |
| 2 | The National Rifle Association , the powerful lobby which had successfully blocked most gun controls , announced its support for a national computerised system to check prospective gun-buyers for possible criminal records . |
| 3 | The NCOPA said , however , that it would maintain its campaign of civil disobedience — the so-called " dead cities " campaign — until its demands for a national conference were satisfied . |
| 4 | As the government of President Paul Biya continued to resist demands for democratic reform , opposition groups decided on Aug. 12 to maintain their call for civil disobedience as part of their campaign for a national conference . |
| 5 | In 1930 her appeal for a national maternity service , Save the Mothers , was published . |
| 6 | Reports in mid-July suggested that the government faced continued opposition to its preparations for a national convention to draft a new Constitution [ see p. 38913 ] . |
| 7 | Of course , I regret those job losses , but the hon. Gentleman has surely seen the article in The Independent on Sunday a week last Sunday which spelt out clearly the devastating consequences on jobs in the retail trade of his proposal for a national statutory minimum wage . |
| 8 | ‘ We have to submit our plans for a national scheme to the EC Commission by July 1994 and it must be operational by January 1995 . |