Example sentences of "opt [adv prt] of [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Tycho Brahé opted out of the Copernican research programme and initiated another when he proposed that all planets other than the earth orbit the sun , while the sun itself orbits a stationary earth . |
2 | In return BBC Scotland received £27 million to make the programmes screened during the periods it opted out of the national network , and £14.5m towards the cost of making programmes in Scotland for the network . |
3 | As a fifth more radical possibility , might consumers be empowered by the professional care givers of an athenian local state and seek to opt out of the traditional services — persuading providers or purchasers to contract for alternatives ? |
4 | There is , however , a further problem here : even if the required ‘ nationalisation ’ of possession were accomplished , it would not be possible to opt out of the international division of labour with other capitalist economies . |
5 | In the early 1970s , three-quarters of married women chose to opt out of the national insurance scheme . |
6 | Local management of schools , the opportunities to opt out of the local education authority system , and funding formulae dominated by per capita allocations come together to provide a force for the fragmentation of the education service rather than the more desirable decentralisation . |
7 | Therefore , when it came to the social charter , when we really would have liked to influence events , Britain was left with no negotiating power , few friends and only one course of action — to opt out of the social dimension altogether . |
8 | Given the decision to opt out of the social charter in Europe can the Prime Minister confirm that he is planning to fight the next general election on the slogan ’ Vote Tory for the lowest wages , least consultation and worst employment protection in Europe ’ ? |
9 | Will the Prime Minister confirm that because of his decision to opt out of the social charter — |
10 | Will the Prime Minister confirm that because of his decision to opt out of the social charter |
11 | But is not the Prime Minister 's decision to opt out of the social charter — — ’ opt out ’ were the words that he used — an admission that , after 12 years of Tory rule , the economy is not as sound , robust and healthy as the Government try to claim but is so fragile that it can not support the most basic workers ' rights that will be enjoyed in the rest of Europe ? |
12 | The Foreign Office lawyers were caught on the hop , leaving junior minister Garel-Jones to tell the Commons that if the Labour amendment went through , excising the protocol which allows Britain to opt out of the social chapter , the whole treaty would have to be torn up and all 12 countries begin the painful process again . |
13 | Kenneth Baker , the Secretary of State for Education , met with opposition to his proposals to weaken the structure of state education , notably by allowing comprehensive schools to opt out of the secondary system , and by giving more powers to parents in running schools , a latent veto for the middle-class . |
14 | Does he agree with the chairman of that industry , Sir Patrick Sheehy , that to opt out of the single currency would be a foolish measure ? |
15 | The Council of EC Social Affairs Ministers has agreed concessions under which the UK has been allowed to opt out of the proposed EC Directive which imposes a maximum working week of 48 hours . |
16 | If some of those who resist and resent the imposition , opt out of the electoral system ( and the calculation is that these will be those who are thought , either now or in the future , likely to benefit from the present array of public services ) , while others are more inclined to vote at local elections for a party which offers to cut and reorganize services , the electoral outcome would be dramatic . |
17 | If patients are forced to go private because the local dentists opt out of the National Health Service , fees will triple . |
18 | If patients are forced to go private because the local dentists opt out of the National Health Service , fees will triple . |
19 | Most girls opt out of the physical sciences . |
20 | Well , I give a vote that erm , because certainly not everybody 's aware that er , this er Service director is merely a way to get round to payments that different people have opt out of the social chapter . |
21 | ‘ I tell you flatly , the sort of scientists you should be frightened of are n't the ones like Dr. Briant , who … well , opt out of the ethical questions . |
22 | The hon. Gentleman is in no position to talk about opt-outs , considering that his party has opted out of every necessary decision to assist this country in the past 10 years and has backed every inflationary wage claim , every piece of trade union militancy and every policy that would do damage to Britain and its future . |
23 | County boroughs totally opted out of the surrounding county council 's affairs , but for the other types of subordinate authorities the situation was complicated because they performed some functions for themselves while other functions in their areas , such as education , were run by the county council . |
24 | The way to secure future prosperity is by embracing change not resisting it and as my honourable friend er indicates , by using our skills to best effect and competitively in a global market place were we to embrace the policies of members opposite in the European community we would shut the job , the door to the jobs which will come from that inward investment because we have opted out of the social chapter we do indeed have the opportunity that comes from being , if I may qui may quote er President Delors a pa a paradise for inward investment . |
25 | The reason the trade union movement should support the Maastricht Treaty is it 's the only Treaty that is on offer , there 's nothing else on offer but it 's a reasonable Treaty , it has differences in the U K and the reasons it has differences in the U K is the one Mr Major came back last December tell us what a wonderful opportunity it was for Britain , what a wonderful success it was for Britain that he 'd opted out of the Social Chapter . |
26 | Steven mentioned the constraints that the E M U may impose on the economy , but the biggest single issue is the scandalous position in which this government has placed British workers by opting out of a Social Chapter and thus denying the right and protection at work which are granted , taken for granted as minimum basic conditions in all other member states . |
27 | A scientist who tried to cope with the orbit of Uranus by proposing that the force between Uranus and the sun obeyed something other than the inverse square law would be opting out of the Newtonian research programme . |
28 | Will the Secretary of State accept that there are those of us who have never made the point that trust status is about opting out of the national health service , but have said that it is about local accountability and the views of local people ? |
29 | Talking about privatising the National Health Service and opting out of the National Health Service is not actually very helpful because people do n't believe that , they do n't believe it 's er N H S P L C. They do not , it is not a British Gas , it is not a British Telecom , they know it 's not and it devalues your argument if you talk of it in those terms , and it allows Waldergrave to stand up and to renounce and reject your statements and weaken your case . |
30 | You 're not walking , not about widespread privatisation , but creeping privatisation and you 're now talking about not opting out of the National Health Service but you 're now talking about opting out of local national Health Service control . |