Example sentences of "a public [noun sg] [coord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A company qualifies as a small company for the purposes of filing abbreviated accounts if , ( a ) following s 246(4) neither the company , nor any company in the group of which it is a member , is : a public company or a body corporate ( not being a company ) that has power under its constitution to offer its shares or debentures to the public and may lawfully exercise that power ; a bank ; an insurance company ; or an authorised person under the Financial Services Act 1986 . |
| 2 | There is the irony : that , just when British Empirical Socialism had come to terms with the idea of a mixed economy , when it had accepted that for the indefinite future a public sector and a private sector would co-exist , when the tangle of objections which the Webbs had seen to the development of a privately-owned industrial co-operative sector had been so far cleared away as to open the path to a natural growth of industrial democracy by a means which , because it reconciled the rights and interests of labour with those of ownership , would have been sustainable , the Labour Government ignored or overlooked the opportunity . |
| 3 | Two main procedures have been adopted , within European data protection legislation , to achieve the objective of discovering the existence of a file : a public register or a notification procedure . |
| 4 | The chances are that if you are told a nasty tale about the sexual misdemeanours of a headmaster , a vicar , a scout leader , a member of Parliament , a public performer or a novelist then you will assume it to be the truth . |
| 5 | Also included in the agreement was $9,300,000 to fund an anti-drug programme , a new hospital and a prison , and to pay for a public auditor and a special prosecutor . |
| 6 | On April 1st , citizens were given a public holiday and a chance to vote . |
| 7 | There must be a public right , the breach of which will constitute a public nuisance and a member of the public must suffer special damage . |
| 8 | Franchises were re-allocated by competition in 1964 , 1967 and 1981 , and although there was each time a public invitation and a grand interview , the procedure involved a good deal of preliminary contact and discussion , not least about such important but apparently secondary factors as studio locations and offices . |
| 9 | It looked more like a public building or a sanatorium . |
| 10 | They say it 's irresponsible to store radioactive waste where it can be a public danger and a safety risk . |
| 11 | Today , all of this is reduced to a church , a public house and a small shop-cum-post office . |
| 12 | In the cases of premises operated under hotel , restricted hotel , restaurant , or entertainment licence or a registered club , the basic permitted hours are the same as for premises operated under a public house or a refreshment licence , but no application is required for Sunday opening ( subs . |
| 13 | ( 1 ) This section shall apply to any premises for which a licence ( other than an off-sale licence ) is held or to the premises of a registered club : ( a ) if the holder of the licence or , as the case may be , the club gives notice of the application of the section to the premises In accordance with subsection ( 6 ) below , and ( b ) as from such date as may be specified in the said notice : Provided that , in the case of premises for which a public house or a hotel licence is held or the premises of a club , the licence-holder or the club , as the case may be , shall not give notice of application as aforesaid , and this section shall not apply to such premises , unless the licensing board for the area within which the premises are situated is satisfied that the premises are structurally adapted and bona fide used , or intended to be used , for the purpose of habitually providing the customary main meal at midday for the accommodation of persons frequenting the premises . |
| 14 | ( 5 ) This section shall cease to apply to any premises on such day as may be specified in the notice , if the holder of the licence or the club , as the case may be , gives notice of the disapplication of the section from the premises in accordance with subsection ) below : Provided that this section shall cease to apply to premises for which a public house or a hotel licence is held , or to the premises of a club , at any time on the licensing board ceasing to be satisfied as mentioned in the proviso to subsection ( 1 ) above . |
| 15 | ( 1 ) This section shall apply to any premises for which a licence ( other than an off-sale licence ) is held or to the premises of a registered club : ( a ) if the holder of the licence or , as the case may be , the club gives notice of the application of the section to the premises in accordance with subsection ( 6 ) below , and ( b ) as from such date as may be specified in the said notice : Provided that , in the case of premises for which a public house or a hotel licence is held or the premises of a club , the licence-holder or the club , as the case may be , shall not give notice of application as aforesaid and this section shall not apply to such premises , unless the licensing board for the area within which the premises are situated is satisfied that the premises are structurally adapted and bona ride used , or intended to be used , for the purpose of habitually providing , for the accommodation of persons frequenting the premises , substantial refreshment to which the sale and supply of alcoholic liquor is ancillary . |
| 16 | ( 5 ) This section shall cease to apply to any premises on such day as may be specified in the notice if the holder of the licence or the club , as the case may be , gives notice of the disapplication of the section from the premises in accordance with subsection ( 6 ) below : Provided that this section shall cease to apply to premises for which a public house or a hotel licence is held , or to the premises of a club , at any time on the licensing board ceasing to be satisfied as mentioned in the proviso to subsection ( 1 ) above . |
| 17 | the best way forward for our customers , for AEA and for our Government owners is either a public flotation or a private placement combined with a measure of employee ownership ( open to all employees at the time of flotation ) . |
| 18 | Can there , for instance , be any meaningful communion in the approval situation between a public librarian and a novel , a biography , a book on plumbing , an introduction to thermodynamics , or even a work on library classification ? |
| 19 | The distinction between a statute creating a public right and a statute prohibiting what had previously been lawful is not a satisfactory one as it does not appear to be based on any particular principle . |