Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] trade [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final point to consider in this section is the ability of an employer to seek protection for the trade connections not only of his own company but also of other associated companies . |
| 2 | From late Victorian times the village was a fairly self-contained community , and a glance through the trade directories from this period until the 1930's shows considerable local trade . |
| 3 | Though it was relatively unsuccessful it confirmed and strengthened the trade union connection with the Labour Party in much the same way as the Taff Vale judgement had acted as an annealing force between the trade unions and the Labour Representation Committee in 1901 . |
| 4 | The Central Yacht Club of the Trade Unions has a good harbour and is centrally located , but its clubhouse , which looks impressive from the outside , is unfinished because of lack of funds . |
| 5 | On the other hand , Mrs Thatcher was wont to see in the Delors Charter the kind of creeping state socialism and patronage of the trade unions which she hoped to have dispelled in Britain itself . |
| 6 | ‘ I do not accept that David Trippier is supporting the action of the trade unions , or is asking me to go to arbitration , or expects that the management , having made a final offer , should move from that final offer . ’ |
| 7 | If the block vote of the trade unions were eliminated , it would be impracticable to continue to vest control of policy in Labour Party conferences . ’ |
| 8 | We have to come to some kind of deal with the trade unions in this complex interim period . |
| 9 | Erm there are days , occasions that could have sparked off major confrontation with the trade unions binding , the members binding themselves together to protect the interests of one of their colleagues . |
| 10 | The UDF , he claimed , had pursued " a basically erroneous policy " of confrontation with the trade unions , the press , the entire extra-parliamentary opposition and the Bulgarian Orthodox Church . |
| 11 | We still have our two traditional enemies , but now a third looms an enemy in the Labour Party an enemy supporting the now ancient cry of the Tories and the Tory national press , for one man one vote replacing the vote in the trade unions a distancing of the Labour Party from the unions if we let them get away with this , it would mean none of the established political parties represent the interests of ordinary working people the people who I 've always represented , that 's what I think about , just them ! |
| 12 | If he were to stand down immediately , however , there would need to be a special Labour conference to choose a new leader under the electoral college system , which gives the lion 's share of the vote to the trade unions . |
| 13 | On the other hand to say that " The General Strike was an attempt by the Trade Unions to blackmail the government " is not a fact . |
| 14 | I hope that employers , government and trainers themselves will treat it as a serious attempt by the trade unions to contribute to the debate on training for the industry . |
| 15 | The large increase in unemployment , though regrettable and unexpected , is largely the responsibility of the trade unions for exacting high wage increases and overmanning in the past . |
| 16 | A ‘ radical change ’ within that total system and in the name of industrial democracy , to the advantage of the trade unions , could only be secured by attributing to them rights inhering in ownership . |
| 17 | these parties were committed to the continuance of a free market economy by concentrating on combating inflation and a spiralling deficit , speeding up the privatisation of state enterprises , thereby reducing state bureaucracy , and the steady reduction of the trade barriers and import tariffs . |
| 18 | Did the guild members look after their own coats or was there a central wardrobe at the church , or guild-hall in the case of the trade guilds ? |
| 19 | That knowledge , extended through manufacturing and service industry would ensure generally that the wages suit was cut according to the profitability cloth ; and would remove from the operation of the national economy the inflationary propensity of the trade unions ' monopoly of the supply of labour and , with it , a main cause of the United Kingdom 's industrial debility . |
| 20 | PR , they say , can not be allowed to obscure the other changes which Labour must make : a drastic reduction in the influence of the trade unions , which voters find increasingly repellent , and recruitment of a broader basis of support . |
| 21 | The influence of the trade unions has been weakened as a consequence of legislation , our economic circumstances , and demographic decline . |
| 22 | In the USA the absence of a socialist party , the weakness and declining influence of the trade unions in electoral politics , and the enormous costs of political campaigning have meant that throughout the post-war period access to money has been a critical determinant of how politicians are selected ( Bretton , 1980 ; Drew , 1983 ) . |
| 23 | The constitutionalisation of the trade unions and the police refers to the former 's growing commitment to procedural settlements and closer political alliance to the Labour Party , and to the latter 's growing independence from local political control . |
| 24 | Herbert Tracey reflected that the ‘ defeatist ’ mood of the trade unions over the last few years had been transformed . |
| 25 | Omani sailors gained fame for their navigational skills and indeed an Omani pilot guided the first Portuguese ships on the earliest European discovery of the trade routes to the East . |
| 26 | So it seems that the weakening of the trade winds allowed more surface water normally piled up in the western Pacific to flow back eastwards across the ocean . |
| 27 | The likelihood of the trade unions being able to counter these trends is non-existent , despite the brave attempts by some trade union leaders to convince potential recruits otherwise . |
| 28 | Government attempts to form a social pact with the trade unions and business sector also failed as did its attempt to gain public acceptance for its plan against poverty . |
| 29 | Instead of limited liberal-democracy they saw unrestrained mass democracy pushing the state into ever more intervention ; instead of responsible party government they saw adversary politics ; and instead of the harmony of pluralist group competition they saw only overload and hyperpluralism with the trade unions as the new lads on the top . |
| 30 | One organization had responded to such a situation by issuing fixed-term contracts for a period equivalent to its minimum planned needs and then retaining the workers concerned on one week 's notice , with no obligation to negotiate their dismissal with the trade unions if their services were still required thereafter . |