Example sentences of "on [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In February 1991 , they were released , but are still subject to restrictions on freedom of movement and association . |
| 2 | But in a dissenting judgement , Lord Bridge described the injunctions as a massive encroachment on freedom of speech . |
| 3 | The measures are expected to include new financial and tax laws , a revision of the military and penal codes and restrictions on freedom of movement and transport . |
| 4 | We will reverse the present Government 's encroachments on freedom of speech and association , such as the banning of trade unions at GCHQ . |
| 5 | The Court has had occasion to condemn our laws on contempt of court , on prisoners ' rights , on terrorism , on telephone-tapping , on birching ( in the Isle of Man ) , on homosexuality ( in Northern Ireland ) , on detention , and on freedom of association . |
| 6 | This month marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Joseph Priestley , chemist , cleric and reformer , whose scientific discoveries and powerful imagination , together with outspoken views on freedom of thought , education and religion , inspired contemporaries and future generations |
| 7 | We now return to the processes by which they are formed and consider their impact on freedom of choice . |
| 8 | For individuals there is increasing emphasis on freedom of choice . |
| 9 | Labour leader John Smith , in Question Time exchanges on freedom of information , demanded to know the cost to Britain of the ‘ fiasco ’ of Black Wednesday , when the pound was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism . |
| 10 | His previous piece of language law ( Bill 178 in 1988 ) prompted a barrage of protest from English Canada — and an answering volley from Quebec — because he had resorted to an obscure constitutional loophole in order to override a Supreme Court decision on freedom of expression . |
| 11 | Held , allowing the appeal , that , notwithstanding the general principle that a trading or non-trading corporation was entitled to sue in libel to protect so much of its corporate reputation , as distinct from that of its members , as was capable of being damaged by a defamatory statement , a local authority , as a corporate public authority , was not entitled at common law to sue for libel to protect its governing reputation ; that to allow it to do so would impose a substantial and unjustifiable restriction on freedom of expression , since an action for malicious falsehood , or a prosecution for criminal libel , provided the local authority with the sufficient and necessary protection it required in a democratic society ; and that , therefore , the local authority could not maintain its libel action for any words which reflected on it as the county council for Derbyshire in relation to its governmental and administrative functions in that county ( post , pp. 41H , 48F–G , H — 49B , 56B–C , 58A–B , 59F–G , 65B–C , F ) . |
| 12 | He also considered an argument based on freedom of speech , but rejected it for reasons which I consider in the next section of this judgment . |
| 13 | In City of Prince George v. British Columbia Television System Ltd. , 95 D.L.R. ( 3d ) 577 the argument against allowing a municipal corporation to sue for libel , based on freedom of speech , was rejected by Aikins J.A . |
| 14 | The short answer to counsel 's submission , founded on freedom of speech , is simply that that right , under our law , must be exercised subject to the law of defamation which affords everyone protection against injury to reputation by untrue imputation . |
| 15 | The judge was unimpressed by the argument based on freedom of speech and the application of article 10 , and dismissed it summarily in these terms [ 1991 ] 4 All E.R. |
| 16 | The fact that it was not expressly mentioned in the Council of the European Communities ' general programme for the abolition of restrictions on freedom of establishment ( Official Journal , English Special Edition , Second Series , p. 7 ) makes no difference , since , useful as it is , the programme only contains guidelines and is not exhaustive . |
| 17 | However , it appears from Annex III thereto , to which paragraph D of Title IV ( timetable ) of the programme refers , that it also covers the elimination of restrictions on freedom of establishment in the sea-fishing sector . |
| 18 | The first paragraph of article 52 extends the scope of the abolition of the restrictions on freedom of establishment to restrictions on the setting up of agencies , branches or subsidiaries by nationals of any member state established in the territory of any member state . |
| 19 | According to the Council 's general programme for the abolition of restrictions on freedom of establishment ( Official Journal , English Special Edition , Second Series IX , p. 7 ) , ‘ establishment ’ is defined in terms of ‘ installation en vue d'exercer une activité non salariée sur le territoire d'un Etat membre ’ ( rendered in English as ‘ [ persons wishing ] to establish themselves in order to pursue activities as self-employed persons in a member state ’ ) . |
| 20 | Treaty and that therefore the rules on freedom of establishment were applicable . |
| 21 | Law on freedom of worship |
| 22 | The improvement in church-state relations since 1988 culminated on Oct. 1 in the overwhelming approval by the USSR Supreme Soviet of a law on freedom of conscience and religious organizations , marking a formal end to over seven decades of state persecution of believers . |
| 23 | In December 1989 , coinciding with an improvement in Soviet-Vatican relations , Uniate congregations had been allowed legally to register [ see p. 37129 ] , and while the Uniate Church still did not formally enjoy full legal status most obstacles to its operating legally had been removed by the October 1990 Soviet law on freedom of worship [ see pp. 37787-88 ] . |
| 24 | Other restrictions on freedom of movement and speech and on the right to strike were also lifted on Feb. 17 . |
| 25 | Further limitation on freedom of manoeuvre , this time well up the Gulf , was introduced by Iraq . |
| 26 | Labour highlights areas in which the government has failed to meet its promises on freedom of environmental information , including drinking water quality , the release of genetically modified organisms , contaminated land , the thermal oxide reprocessing plant ( THORP ) at Sellafield , air pollution , forestry and ozone depletion . |
| 27 | Among the most common directives inadequately implemented were those on freedom of access to environmental information , wild bird protection and environmental impact assessment ( with the UK registering numerous complaints on this issue ) . |
| 28 | The rule against prior restraint is secure in libel cases " because of the value the court has placed on freedom of speech and freedom of the press when balancing it against the reputation of a single individual who , if wronged , can be compensated in damages " . |
| 29 | Failing such developments , it is possible that the European Court will find the unprincipled and unpredictable system of libel awards to be a breach of Article 10 of the European Convention , under which all restrictions on freedom of expression must be " prescribed by law " . |
| 30 | The prospect of heavy damages has a chilling effect on freedom of speech , and the blank cheque which juries are allowed at present to write does not constitute the sort of precise and predictable rule which the Convention requires . |