Example sentences of "the uk [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bacon and Eltis ( 1976 ) pointed to the growth of the public sector during the 1960s and early 1970s as a major factor behind low levels of investment in the UK during this period . |
| 2 | The Social Charter , which had been adopted by 11 member countries in December 1989 [ see p. 37132 ] , continued to draw much criticism from the UK during this period , particularly with regard to the rights of employees to consultation in the workplace . |
| 3 | Unlike the UK , the Netherlands has for most of the time since 1950 pursued a consistent policy of reducing and limiting the prison population ; overall it is difficult to argue that this reduction in punishment has adversely affected the Netherlands ' crime rate , which has risen in a roughly similar manner to that in the UK over this period ( Downes , 1999 : 33–41 , 194–5 ; NACRO , 1991a : 93 ) . |
| 4 | Containers , palettes or packings temporarily imported into the UK under this simplified procedure must be re-exported within 12 months . |
| 5 | In the UK at this time , William was becoming the Conqueror . |
| 6 | The monopolist would have to adjust output to Q1 and the gap in satisfying market demand in the UK at this price would be met by imports from Germany of Q1 — Q3 . |
| 7 | Japan scores twice as high as the UK for this variable with a significance of p < 0·001 , but with a negative correlation . |
| 8 | For example , a major recipient of capital from the UK in this period , Australia , had notoriously ‘ leaky ’ controls — in 1947–8 it was supposed to spend $80 million and spent $200 million . |