Example sentences of "[vb infin] public " in BNC.

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1 Spending cuts would especially affect public administration and , within the social welfare budget , the level of payments on sickness benefit .
2 A national audit office , headed by the C & AG , was proposed to centralize and coordinate public sector audits .
3 We must make public transport once again the ‘ smart ’ way to travel .
4 Goldman 's defence was that , as a market-maker in MCC shares , it was exempted from having to disclose its holdings , even though they rose above the 3 p.c. threshhold above which investors other than market-makers must make public disclosure .
5 The publication of volume terms figures for past spending would make public discussion better informed .
6 Bu but surely this is something a at this stage you ca n't make public because you are still committed to the United Front
7 It is clear the National government 's right-wing attitudes and its hostility to the threat of communism could override public concern within the context of its parliamentary supremacy .
8 The authorities there are so obsessed they 've already got toilet detectives ready to pounce on and arrest anyone who does n't treat public conveniences with respect .
9 Sensitivity to public relations is not a quality which accompanies the Rambo self-image , and sergeants sometimes avoid placing the policemen who live out this imagery in situations where their insensitivity can damage public perceptions of the police .
10 We believe this will enhance public confidence in charities and further boost charitable giving .
11 Yet it is clear that there are enormous possibilities for offering a rich mixture of sounds and players which can only enhance public worship .
12 The need to maintain or enhance public enjoyment of lochs , rivers and reservoirs .
13 But surely , with so many modern marriages now ending in divorce , the Prince would probably earn public sympathy .
14 One called shock horror and the tabloids in action and one called power without responsibility because I think you could perhaps make in fact the , the taste that in terms of circulation the tabloids actually have the power to influence significantly to in int influence public attitudes so but how they exercise that power is without responsibility .
15 If we had stuck with the fair rates policy the vast majority of people in Britain might have been able to bear that price and public services would remain public services , not sacrificial lambs on the altar of the ideology of the Conservative party .
16 The outcome , instead , was an illustration of how a report of a committee of inquiry can be used to disarm and neutralise public and parliamentary agitation , regardless of the nature of its findings .
17 Consultancies were preoccupied with learning the commercial disciplines of planning and marketing to help qualify public relations as an acceptable modem commercial tool which could help earn profits .
18 Again , the Commons do not authorize public expenditure that is not included in the annual estimates , so the nationalized industries , the water authorities , the new towns and many other public bodies escape parliamentary review .
19 Lord St John of Fawsley , chairman of the Royal Fine Art Commission , who , as Norman St John Stevas , was an early ministerial victim of Mrs Thatcher 's purge of the wets , has admonished the Prime Minister by reminding her she is not head of state ; treating her as such , his lordship suggested , would simply arouse public hostility .
20 This should include public holidays which may be a very valuable time for many families .
21 Besides the formal courses organized by local education authorities ( LEAs ) , initial training institutions and HMI , one must include public reports upon educational developments ( Warnock , Bullock , Plowden ) , and , published privately , the Gulbenkian Report ( Gulbenkian Foundation , 1982 ) in the arts education domain ; the reports of curriculum development programmes , for example , the Schools Curriculum Development Committee ( SCDC ) Arts in Schools Project bulletins ; digests of research , descriptions of practice and opinion which appear in professional journals ; formal and informal contact with LEA advisory services , including the growing number of teachers seconded for professional development purposes ; inspections ; long and short award bearing courses ; changes in examination syllabuses ( of which the recent introduction of GCSE is an example ) ; even teacher contact with the representatives of educational suppliers .
22 That may include public liability , product liability and bad debt insurance .
23 Erm membership of the Incorporated Society of Musicians which comes at about seventy eight pounds a year does actually include public liability
24 Of course people did discuss public matters in public .
25 You will need public liability insurance to cover you in case you or one of your employees accidentally injures someone or damages property .
26 do n't know if you 've got it in here or not , it does n't look as if you have , but you will need public liability insurance .
27 One does not readily associate public libraries with user education , possibly because the educational role of the public library service is generally seen as secondary to its role as the provider of leisure-time reading and other services .
28 I 'm glad all your transport users are , are now coming out of the woodwork , but you are the minority in this hundred , now of the majority the car drivers do you feel any resent of responsibility towards users of public transport , I mean there are all manner of er plans afoot to , to slightly further tax or er charge drivers so that roads can be subsidised , I do n't know that it would subsidise public transport , but there are penalties coming up for private car users and drivers , do you approve ? , do you disapprove , do you think that 's fair enough ? , no one 's said any thing about pollution yet , yes
29 We will improve public transport , reduce traffic congestion , and encourage pedestrianisation and cycling schemes .
30 It will improve public services to the point of excellence , restore the morale of the people who deliver them and make them more efficient and capable of delivering good service to our constituents .
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