Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] [prep] public " in BNC.
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| 1 | France recognises its poor performance in population assistance and is said to be developing a new programme , which , however , is expected to focus on public education and demographic research and training rather than family planning assistance . |
| 2 | It was Ellie Milligan 's intention never to be caught crying in public again . |
| 3 | The Soviet poet , as a voice of the people , is expected to respond to public events — and noisily if necessary . |
| 4 | A very visible recent example is the campaign by the European Publishers Council in conjunction with the European Advertising Agencies Association , which is designed to bring to public attention proposals about advertising by the European commission which the EPC regards , with some justification , as potentially damaging to free speech and , even , free trade . |
| 5 | Public opinion on proposals for change is made known at public enquiries . |
| 6 | While this has been the intention in the NHS , the reality has been different , partly because ministers have to be seen to respond to public concerns . |
| 7 | But sometimes politicians have to be seen to respond to public concerns , if they are not to hand ammunition to their opponents . |
| 8 | I apologise if this description of Boy sounds to you like some fantasy and not a real person , a real young man ; and worse still , if this looks like a photograph from that kind of magazine which you would n't even buy , let alone be seen reading in public , on public transport for instance . |
| 9 | The grounds upon which a ban is imposed relate to public disorder only , and if the banning authorities can be shown to have taken irrelevant considerations into account in deciding whether to exercise the power to ban , they have acted ultra vires . |
| 10 | While women were increasingly associated with weakness and emotion , by 1860 men no longer dared embrace in public or shed tears . |
| 11 | When there were droughts , crop failure or disease , disgrace or defeat in war , the people were summoned to participate in public weeping and rituals of mourning . |
| 12 | Second , if money has to be raised to pay for public goods , society may wish to avoid taxing those whose incomes are already low . |
| 13 | Apparently because of the public nature of policing activities , the House of Lords has held that in a tort action for false imprisonment the question of whether the police acted reasonably in arresting a person suspected of having committed an arrestable offence is to be judged according to public law principles of reasonableness . |
| 14 | Mr Taylor has constantly refused to bow to public pressure and select certain players , sticking instead to his guns a policy that may now lead directly to his downfall . |
| 15 | Ro Jai Bong , 54 , hitherto chief presidential aide and a former university professor , was appointed to succeed Prime Minister Kang Young Hoon , whom Roh had reportedly asked to retire from public life . |
| 16 | Why are more than one-third of those charged accused of public order offences ? |
| 17 | There should be increased spending on public building , services and industry to get people working again . |
| 18 | A third revolt by Duzme Mustafa in 829/1425–6 led to the replacement of Ibrahim Pasa as Grand Vezir by Molla Fenari 's enemy , Haci Ivaz Pasa , as a result of which Molla Fenari and his elder son , Mehmed Sah , were forced to retire from public life . |
| 19 | The arts generally continued to thrive through public subsidy , to orchestral music above all , and new forms of partnership were being developed between the Arts Council and local authorities and industry and finance . |
| 20 | Because it is pathological it must not be allowed to appear in public in its own form . |
| 21 | George had a discreet nature and he knew what was better left unsaid in public . |
| 22 | Sometimes this is n't possible , as care has to be taken to keep to public footpaths or ask landowners ' permission . |
| 23 | When his own business affairs fell into a state of disarray in 1773 , he was forced to withdraw from public life . |
| 24 | You 're not allowed to poo in public places ! |
| 25 | In relative terms , people forced to rely on public transport pay more than car users for their mobility . |