Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] act " in BNC.
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| 1 | Building Societies also provide a broader range of services and have moved into areas traditionally viewed as the province of the banks , more so after the recent ‘ liberalisation ’ of their activities through the Financial Services Act ( 1987 ) . |
| 2 | In summary then , the method of control over businesses offering investment advice is one whereby Parliament through the Financial Services Act has delegated power to the Secretary of State who has in turn delegated most of his rule-making responsibilities to the SIB . |
| 3 | First , it kept the school-leaver within the realms of dependence , emphasizing the need for guidance and employment advice ; and , secondly , it led to the eruption of a lively dispute between the Board of Education and the Board of Trade over which department should have final authority for adolescent workers in the administration of the Labour Exchanges Act 1909 . |
| 4 | During recent reporting of The Dangerous Dogs Act , I often spoke up on behalf of dogs that many people might otherwise have had put down — I think the owners are at fault for not acting responsibly . |
| 5 | This may be a consequence of the precedents of the Disabled Persons Act 1986 which is acknowledged within the NHS and Community Care Act . |
| 6 | Futures firms such as Stox and DPR Futures , who used hard sales techniques in the mould of LHW , which did survive the onset of the Financial Services Act ( 1986 ) , also bit the dust for various reasons . |
| 7 | The Secretary of State said that he would note my hon. Friend the Member for Clackmannan 's suggestion that the employment protection aspects of the Reserve Forces Act 1980 be extended to cover those TA members have less than two years ' continuous employment . |
| 8 | Mr Major was told by Tory Ann Winterton that the 300 MPs and peers who viewed the material had been ‘ deeply shocked by what they saw ’ and were demanding an urgent review of the Obscene Publications Act . |
| 9 | There is no professional restriction in force which prohibits the formation of a solicitors ' limited partnership under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 and , indeed , s717(1) ( a ) of the Companies Act 1985 expressly contemplates their existence . |
| 10 | The setting up of the Serious Fraud Office was an important development , as were the increased powers of the Department of Trade and Industry under the Financial Services Act 1986 and the Companies Act 1985 . |
| 11 | Lawyers said she did not have a good relationship with the father and the prospect that he may return to the family home prompted her action under the 1989 Children Act . |
| 12 | The prospect of him returning to the family home prompted her action under the 1989 Children Act . |
| 13 | The girl is said not have a good relationship with her father and the prospect that he might return to the family home , after a period of estrangement from his wife , prompted her action under the 1989 Children Act . |
| 14 | The girl is said to have a poor relationship with her father and the prospect that he might return to the family home , after a period of estrangement from his wife , prompted her action under the 1989 Children Act . |
| 15 | Civil Law Remedies under the Financial Services Act 1986 |
| 16 | This is the first time a unit trust company has had to suspend funds under the Financial Services Act 's pricing regulations , which oblige it to cease trading once an error is suspected . |
| 17 | It has been alleged by the director of a management investigation company that telephones in Transport House , then the headquarters of the Labour Party and still the headquarters of the TGWU , were tapped for long periods during 1972 , a time of union opposition to the Industrial Relations Act 1971 . |
| 18 | The risks have been somewhat reduced thanks to the 1992 Cheques Act which shifts responsibility to the banks provided all safeguards have been taken . |
| 19 | That is , indeed , the line which has been taken in cases concerning the Scottish Union legislation ( e.g. McCormick v Lord Advocate , [ 1953 ] SC 396 ; Gibson v Lord Advocate , ( 1975 ) SLT 134 ) which , however , have failed thus far because none of the acts complained of as allegedly infringing the terms of union ( e.g. the conferment upon Her Majesty by the Royal Titles Act 1953 of the title of ‘ Queen Elizabeth the Second ’ , when there had never been an Elizabeth the First of Scotland ) has in fact infringed those terms . |
| 20 | The Palace was told that the only way to guarantee protection of her broadcast in future was to make it part of the Official Secrets Act and bring it under Government control . |
| 21 | It is interesting to note that Asheim 's exhortation to judge the book as a whole in book selection pre-dates the text of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 which demanded that : |
| 22 | It is the main function of the Statutory Instruments Act to ensure that where an instrument is made by a Minister of the Crown in pursuance of powers delegated to him by Parliament , Parliament shall have a reasonable opportunity to scrutinise his efforts with a view to deciding whether or not to endorse them . |
| 23 | Under the Financial Services Act , a number of provisions have been passed to protect investors , erm , and N C V O , as an investor also comes under the protection of the Financial Services Act . |
| 24 | Accession to the Treaty of Rome was thus , in 1971 , effected by the conclusion by the government , in the exercise of prerogative powers and without reference to Parliament , of a Treaty of Accession to the Treaty of Rome followed later ( as was necessary in order to give this accession effect within the United Kingdom ) by the enactment by Parliament of the European Communities Act 1972 . |
| 25 | This would apply , for example , in the case of nominees and controlled companies and also ( as in the case of the 1985 Companies Act ) where there is a written agreement relating to the exercise of voting rights in concert ; the test of control is , in general terms , a subsidiary test rather than the UK 's present one-third voting-power test , which can therefore be continued . |
| 26 | The fervour has become so great that some now argue for a tightening of the Obscene Publications Act . |
| 27 | The detailed process of applying the rules of the Financial Services Act 1986 to engagement letters is set out in Section 0401.3 . |
| 28 | The three main problems that affect investors ' confidence in the stock market are market manipulation ( as in the Guinness affair ) , insider dealing ( Geoffrey Collier , Ivan Boesky ) , and investment fraud ( Barlow Clowes , Dunsdale ) , all of which are supposed to be eliminated ( or at least limited ) under the investor protection rules of the Financial Services Act 1986 . |
| 29 | She added : ‘ I am no prude , but I was deeply shocked that such material is now widely available largely because of the lack of political will to tackle the weakness of the Obscene Publications Act . ’ |
| 30 | The Museums and Galleries Commission is hoping that these considerations will lead the Charity Commissioners to reconsider their decision under the cy-pres ( i.e. next best thing ) provision of the 1960 Charities Act , which allows a charitable bequest or trust to be altered where the original stipulation is no longer relevant . |