Example sentences of "[prep] [art] trades [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Then they came for the Trades Unionists — and we said nothing .
2 There are strong , practical arguments for the link today for the trades unions trades union involvement in the Party ensures that trades union interests are represented in parliament .
3 A report tabled by Labour Minister Kuron to the Sejm on July 25 noted that the government was preparing proposals for the trades unions concerning the running of state enterprises .
4 So it 's okay in a modern Labour Party for the trades unions to have what is effectively still a block vote ?
5 He was stressing the importance of better employment rights , a bigger say for the trades unions and the need for more recruits .
6 I must be careful here , for while the provision for community education in Scotland is generally more advanced at the level of local authority involvement than in the areas of the USA which I visited , and while organisations such as the Trades Unions , the WEA and others do much to orchestrate various adult education projects , there is nothing which approaches the ‘ schools for problems ’ which Highlander provides .
7 Although alliances with producer groups such as the trades unions may be sought , the absence of independent industrial muscle renders them , in Bachrach and Baratz 's terms , ‘ influential ’ rather then ‘ powerful ’ .
8 Regarding workplace politics , much has been written about the trades unions in the Dukeries , because of the dramatic events that occurred in Nottinghamshire in the aftermath of the 1926 General Strike .
9 Paul Thompson ( 1967 ) sees the triumph of Labour as a constructive coalescence of the mature proletarian class consciousness which emerged with the displacement of small-scale production and an effective LLP , while Julia Bush ( 1978 ) , concentrating on the experience of East London , argues that during the first world war socialist activity and the growing confidence and strength of the trades unions enabled the LLP to establish a solid base which it exploited to the full when hostilities ceased .
10 It is apparent that the influence of the trades unions was highly significant , both at the level of negotiations with individual employers and through their influence on government policy .
11 Obtain the support of the most senior person in the Company and also of the Trades Unions .
12 13.1 The Regional Council has agreed that is policy on violence to employees at work will be reviewed by the Council , or at the request of the trades unions , in the light of reported incidents and advice from reputable and qualified sources .
13 Some critics of the trades unions have pretended that we oppose the modernization of the Party constitution .
14 The most obvious culprits were the monopolistic practices of the trades unions which impeded the downward adjustment of money ( and hence real ) wages .
15 In the early years of the Thatcher government , it was fashionable to decry what was characterised as the overweening power of the trades unions .
16 Now we 're delighted to see you here because we know that the , the G M B shares this view and we know that you 've also been in the forefront of introducing technology , er and we know also that having you here er , having your conference here , helps us enormously to continue this process of raising the profile of the trades unions , the trades council , the labour movement in the city .
17 It tried to introduce laws against the trades unions .
18 In May there will be a formal public ceremony at which council leaders and representatives from the business and voluntary sectors , together with the trades unions and others , will sign a Declaration of Intent .
19 Additionally , private landlords became marginalized politically ; industrialists had not extended the housing market and private landlords were drawn largely , though not entirely , from the lower middle class — the very people who found it more and more difficult to establish their position on local councils , bearing in mind , at least , the new element of organized labour via the Trades Councils .
20 Inspector : I must warn that you may be liable under the Trades Descriptions Act .
21 Fortuitously , its very title makes the short version acceptable under the Trades Descriptions Act !
22 Prosecuting manufacturers of pseudo-vitamins under the Trades Descriptions Act is difficult , a spokesman for the Department of Trade told New Scientist .
23 BRIAN Thomas Jackson , of Danek Motors in Darlington , last week admitted three charges under the Trades Descriptions Act .
24 Erm , I do n't , I do n't know what er people are er afraid of , or frightened of really , j just by sending a couple of delegates from the trades councils that would er voice the concerns of the rank and file , it 's not going to er set any dangerous precedents , and let's , let's not forget that those people would be from recognized trades unions as well .
25 In March 1915 a significant step was taken with the appointment of Egerton Wake to spearhead a UDC campaign in the Trades Councils and local Labour Parties .
26 Trade Unions had become united in the Trades Unions Congress and at a meeting in 1899 , it was agreed to call a special conference on political representation of Labour , and that led to the foundation of the labour political party at the turn of the century .
27 By 1917 Unionists had more cause to fear than to rejoice , for the Labour movement had been greatly strengthened by the war in both its aspects ; increasing membership and growing militancy in the trades unions , growing confidence in the Labour party , the arrival of organized revolutionary extremism in the shop-stewards " movement all pointed to a grim future .
28 They became active in the trades unions and increasingly militant .
29 Above all , I look forward as the new Labour Party Treasurer to bringing the party membership fee down from the dizzy heights of eighteen pounds to the level which we in the trades unions know ordinary people can afford .
30 There was a bit in the paper today about er Ratners , in the Samuels outlet selling carriage clocks for three hundred pounds and claiming that they are solid mahogany cases , but as they 're chipboard with a mahogany veneer , and er they 've been had by the Trades Descriptions Act , three , who would pay three hundred pounds for a mahogany one anyway ?
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