Example sentences of "series [prep] public [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile the DUC had continued gathering information on the ill-effects of uranium mining abroad , and in March began an intensive series of public meetings throughout the area . |
| 2 | The series of public meetings came to a climax on the weekend of 30 March with a large protest march , in which anti-nuclear groups participated along with local people , in Lettermacaward . |
| 3 | There was a long series of public meetings in 1980 and one of these was set up as a sort of week-end rally to which the anti-nuclear people were invited from all over Ireland , and at a big indoor public meeting during that weekend where you would normally have expected about 400 people to turn up , only about two locals turned up and the rest were all outsiders . |
| 4 | Through their series of public meetings and the springing up of local action groups , the campaign returned to each individual farmer and landowner the decision as to whether the companies could even prospect . |
| 5 | The chairman of the committee telephoned me in the late spring of 1976 to say that they were organising a series of public meetings at Wapping when the committee 's plans for the area would be disclosed to the local population for the purpose of hearing their comments and enquiries . |
| 6 | Dr Clarke plans to hold a series of public meetings in the town to harness right wing support . |
| 7 | He would be holding a series of public meetings to inform people throughout the region how the proposals would affect them . |
| 8 | At the rally Chief Buthelezi called on the ANC leader , Nelson Mandela , to ‘ stop posturing ’ and join him at a series of public meetings to eradicate violence in areas where ANC and Inkatha supporters have been at war . |
| 9 | During the final year of office of the previous Director , Ralph Youngman , Charles had given a series of public lectures at the school on Canaletto . |
| 10 | Paul was invited to give a series of public lectures at the school , and word got around that I was on the verge of retirement and Paul would be happy to take my place . |
| 11 | My right hon. Friend the Member for Leeds , East ( Mr. Healey ) was one of the main authors of that doctrine in the 1960s and today it enjoys some credibility due to the efforts of the present Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence , who has argued clearly for the theory of flexible response in a series of public lectures and articles . |
| 12 | We have been constantly reminded of our 25th anniversary by the Official Opening Ceremony on Saturday 29th August , the Service of Thanksgiving in the Church of the Holy Rude , the Logie Kirk Commemoration of the University Mace , a prestigious series of public lectures , concerts , exhibitions , parties of all kinds and , yet to come , the Silver Jubilee Graduation Ball in early July . |
| 13 | Henry is best known today for the series of public contests of poetic invective in which he engaged with his student Michael the Cornishman [ q.v. ] |
| 14 | Linking together a series of public initiatives involving the District Audit Service , the government 's Financial Management Initiative , the work of the Select Committee on Social Services , the Audit Commission and the Social Services Inspectorate , they examine the impact of the three Es , ‘ economy , efficiency and effectiveness ’ in the provision of public services . |
| 15 | The Buddhist revival gained momentum in the 1870s after a series of public debates between Buddhist and Protestant preachers increased Buddhist self-confidence . |
| 16 | The houses and parks in Georgian Sussex represented leisured society at its peak ; their owners lived essentially on the basic work of others but paid for their cultivated sensibilities and elegance with a carefully defined series of public responsibilities . |
| 17 | By the 1870s , ideals of nationalism , public education and culture were translated , with the aid of industrial wealth , into a grand series of public buildings in every possible historical style . |
| 18 | He was active not only as an architect , designing a further series of public buildings , stucco-faced terraces in the London manner , and attractive suburban villas , but also as a town planner , responsible for the creation of Union Street , a bold stroke of planning which united the three towns . |
| 19 | Simpson was to emerge as the leading architect of the city , which he stocked with a fine series of public buildings , distinguished not only by his skill in seizing town-planning initiatives but also by the splendour imparted by their finely jointed and polished granite masonry . |