Example sentences of "[verb] the ec " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was most encouraging to see the manner in which the Department of Trade and Industry worked to ensure that the basis for final settlement met the EC requirement fairly , ’ said the company 's finance director , Richard Lapthorne . |
| 2 | However , President Gorbachev had requested $10,200 million when he met the EC Commissioner for Economic Affairs , Henning Christophersen , on Oct. 1 . |
| 3 | It can however be argued with cogency that the Treaty remains a bold attempt to enable the EC to match the challenges facing it . |
| 4 | The move to establish an SEM is simply a programme to enable the EC to create a Common Market . |
| 5 | During a month-long survey , Lyme Regis passed the EC 's guideline for faecal coliforms which is 20 times tougher than the basic standard . |
| 6 | Within the EC continuing conflict over the CAP and associated budgetary problems ( see Chapter 4 ) , had diverted the EC from making progress on establishing the Common Market . |
| 7 | ( The chairman of the special committee of the German Bundestag , Günter Verheugen , also described the UK 's presidency of the EC as " a downright disaster " in comments on Nov. 20 , while the German Farmers ' Association ( DBV ) had criticized the EC for bowing to " massive pressure " from the USA . ) |
| 8 | London 's total output may increase by 7 per cent , placing it in danger of breaching the EC legal standard . |
| 9 | ‘ No ’ voters , who plunged the EC into crisis by rejecting the union treaty in a previous referendum last June , appeared to be losing hope . |
| 10 | Although no firm decision has yet been taken , the Commissioners for Transport and Environment have indicated that they intend to enforce the EC directive which makes assessments compulsory . |
| 11 | BRITISH officials said yesterday that the German Chancellor , Helmut Kohl , wanted to put pressure on Britain and Denmark to ratify the Maastricht treaty , but added that Britain expected the EC to press ahead with 12 , members not 10 . |
| 12 | So much so , that the Commission continues its backing of the HDMAC analogue transmission standard for HDTV , regardless of its being overtaken by more advanced digital technology and despite broadcasters and telecommunications trade associations lobbying against it , and a plethora of industry pundits accusing the EC of wasting millions of pounds of taxpayers ' money . |
| 13 | A coalition of 66 European environmental groups , including the World Wide Fund for Nature and Amigos de la Terra , have issued a statement accusing the EC 's system of structural fund grants of causing widespread environmental damage . |
| 14 | On Dec. 7 Sweden 's Agriculture Minister , Mats Hellström , who chaired the GATT steering committee on farm trade , submitted a compromise proposal accepting the EC offer of 30 per cent reductions but accommodating US and Cairns Group demands by extending them to cover , in addition to domestic farm aid , export subsidies and border protection . |
| 15 | I foresee grievous and perhaps irretrievable errors , and not merely in handling the EC sharks . |
| 16 | Already in July , the Group of Seven ( G7 ) top industrial nations asked the EC to co-ordinate the efforts of the 24 member nations of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) — a hitherto unheard-of construction . |
| 17 | I have pressed the EC , however , and we have now secured agreement that it will expand the number of outlets in Moscow and St. Petersburg from the 60 shops that were operational in January and February to 150 . |
| 18 | The Department of Trade and Industry has issued a consultative document covering the amendments to UK law necessary in bringing the EC Partnerships Directive into force . |
| 19 | According to the European Commission , the standards surpass US emission standards , bringing the EC into line with Austria and Switzerland . |
| 20 | Now EFTA has joined the EC to form the European Economic Area , Switzerland is a member of the EC Framework programme , and will be responsible for funding 4 per cent ( about SFr100m pa ) of the four-year Third Framework plan . |
| 21 | Scandinavia was , after all , not a very important trading partner now Britain had joined the EC . |
| 22 | Nine financial organisations from European countries have joined the EC Eurotech Capital Initiative and made Ecu 150m available for investment in small and medium-sized enterprises involved in high technology . |
| 23 | Greece had joined the EC in 1981 and hoped to enter the European monetary system ( EMS ) by 1995 . |
| 24 | In the Conservative manifesto 's section on Women and Opportunity there are cringing pledges to implement the EC Directive on ‘ pregnant workers ’ , expand childcare facilities , maintain child benefit and generally encourage more women to work . |
| 25 | KPMG Peat Marwick has published Example Building Society , a model set of reports and accounts which reflect the new accounts Regulations issued by the Building Societies Commission to implement the EC Bank Accounts Directive for building societies . |
| 26 | The Committee has commented to the Health and Safety Commission , directly and through CIC , on draft regulations and an approved code of practice intended to implement the EC Temporary and Mobile Construction Sites Directive , stressing the need for clarity in defining the roles of all the parties with a responsibility for site safety . |
| 27 | The Friendship , Co-operation and Mutual Assistance Treaty , first signed in 1948 [ see p. 9228 ] , bound Finland to a military defence pact and prevented it from joining any international organization whose members posed a military threat to the Soviet Union — a definition which had been taken to include the EC . |
| 28 | The Bulgarian government has , however , approached the EC for a financial aid package to enable the construction of a repository for spent fuel . |
| 29 | They will know the EC and the procedures of the Commission . |
| 30 | In judgment of a case brought by the European Commission against Greece the European Court of Justice on Sept. 24 , 1989 , had ordered the Greek government to pay court costs and a fine of 620,000,000 drachmas ( representing the EC 's lost revenue plus interest ) . |