Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun pl] act " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liberals generally sought to defend the family by promoting education and temperance and by opposing the Contagious Diseases Acts ; Conservatives pursued similar aims by encouraging a host of voluntary and philanthropic organisations , which worked to instil habits of sobriety and respectability in the working class . |
| 2 | As the government circular explaining the 1948 Children Act ( Circular 48/160 ) put it : |
| 3 | I 'm invoking the Official Secrets Act form you signed on that one . |
| 4 | The notion underlying the Statutory Instruments Act , as with all Acts prescribing some form of consideration by Parliament , is obvious . |
| 5 | Following the Financial Services Act the range of information available on long term assurance products continues to develop . |
| 6 | Then he put through a bill to suspend for five years the Seven Hours Act , which had restricted maximum daily hours for the coal industry since 1919 , following the Eight Hours Act of 1908 . |
| 7 | Following the 1921 Railways Act , on 1 January 1923 the L & NWR became part of the LMSR . |