Example sentences of "see ed [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The debate over the salmon is likely to prove an even bigger political issue than that of the future of the northern spotted owl ( see ED No. 40 ) because it involves several industries , whereas the owl involved only logging . |
| 2 | The European Community has agreed to ban the use of chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) by June 1997 — three years ahead of the deadline laid down in the Montreal Protocol on protection of the ozone layer [ see ED no. 35/36 ] . |
| 3 | In state elections in Hesse , Germany , on Jan. 20 , the Greens were able to improve their position after a poor showing in the German general election in December ( when the party had lost representation at federal level — see ED no. 41/42 ) . |
| 4 | The Botswana government has decided not to go ahead with plans to dredge the Boro River and build on the Okavango delta [ see ED No. 43 ] . |
| 5 | The Multilateral Fund will channel money from richer nations to help third-world economies implement the provisions of the Montreal Protocol on protection of the ozone layer [ see ED no. 39 ] . |
| 6 | The chemical group continues to make about 50,000 tons a year , but aims to phase out production by 1997 in accordance with the Montreal Protocol — an international ozone layer treaty [ see ED no. 39 ] . |
| 7 | The massive oil slick in the northern Gulf , caused in large part by Iraq 's action in deliberately releasing oil into the sea [ see ED no. 43 ] , continued to cause concern during February , although earlier reports that it would have a devastating effect on marine ecology appeared to be exaggerated . |
| 8 | The Institution of Environmental Health Officers fears that the disposal of carcasses on farmland could result in large scale pollution of water courses [ see ED no. 44 ] . |
| 9 | Attempts by the World Wide Fund for Nature and the British Herpetological Society to have the development halted in the courts were defeated in December 1990 [ see ED no. 41/42 ] . |
| 10 | The recent Antarctic Treaty meeting [ see ED no. 41/42 ] pointed up the lack of research so far carried out . |
| 11 | France 's last remaining colony of bears , in the Pyrenees National Park , are under renewed threat from road building schemes [ see ED no. 44 for farmers ' fears that the bears posed threats to their livestock ] . |
| 12 | Japanese government officials have said that the main cause of the accident at the Mihama nuclear plant in February [ see ED no. 44 ] lay in faulty installation of anti-vibration fittings 19 years ago . |
| 13 | The Madrid meeting was technically the second part of the 11th special session of the Treaty conference , the first part of which had been held in Vina del Mar , Chile , at the end of 1990 [ see ED no. 41-42 ] . |
| 14 | The Thai government has responded to conservationist pressure by announcing its intention to crack down on its illegal wildlife trade [ see ED no. 45 ] . |
| 15 | Under particular threat are the 1,700 remaining greater one-XXXX horned rhinos , native to Nepal and India , the 3,400 black rhinos of east and southern Africa , the last rhinos in Sumatra ( 700 ) and Java , where only 65 remain [ see ED no. 45 ] . |
| 16 | The report was drawn up as part of the evidence in the recently completed court case against Exxon [ see ED no. 45 ] . |
| 17 | It was upheld at last year 's meeting in Noordwijk [ see ED no. 37/38 ] . |
| 18 | A year after a referendum failed to endorse proposed sweeping restrictions on hunting [ see ED no. 35/36 ] , the Italian Chamber of Deputies has approved a bill cutting the hunting season by three months , restricting hunters to designated reserves and limiting the number of species which can be killed . |
| 19 | Timber operations on 66,000 acres of US national forests in Oregon , Washington and California states have been blocked by a federal judge , acting in support of the law which protects the Spotted Owl as an endangered species [ see ED no. 40 ] . |
| 20 | There is also concern about heavy metals , the waste products of industrial plants on the mainland [ see ED no. 44 ] . |
| 21 | The resulting market in pollution rights is seen as a cost-effective way for American industry to meet the provisions of the 1990 Clean Air Act [ see ED no. 41/42 ] . |
| 22 | The subsidies had been reintroduced in April [ see ED no. 47 ] . |
| 23 | The German government 's proposals for new regulations designed to ensure that most packaging material is recycled by the year 1995 [ see ED no. 47 ] , are meeting criticism from industrial sources . |
| 24 | , Villagers are continuing their protests against the Sardar Sarovar dam in the Narmada river in central India [ see ED No. 48 ] despite the danger posed to their village by water building up behind the half-completed dam . |
| 25 | The decline comes against a background of global concern over reduced populations of amphibians worldwide [ see ED No. 49/50 ] . |
| 26 | The dramatic improvement in breeding among Shetland 's seabird colonies [ see ED no. 49/50 ] has been confirmed . |
| 27 | " Permits to pollute " can be traded between plants , under a system initiated by the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA — see ED No. 47 ) . |
| 28 | The treaty banning mining of the Antarctic for at least 50 years has finally been signed , at a ceremony in Madrid , several months after it was originally agreed in April [ see ED no. 46 ] . |
| 29 | This issue surfaced recently when the US tried to ban imports of Mexican tuna [ see ED no. 51 ] . |
| 30 | A Russian Green Party was set up in May [ see ED no. 47 ] . |