Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] national " in BNC.

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1 It is equally possible for the National Curriculum to be used as an instrument for managerial convenience and prejudice .
2 SCOTVEC have embarked upon a programme of converting advanced courses , such as the Higher National Diploma and Higher National Certificate , into a modular form similar to that used for the National Certificate .
3 One attempt to assess the performance of publicly owned industries presents a picture of an average rate of growth of productivity per man very similar to private manufacture but , within that , very wide variations between a high for British Gas and a low for the National Coal Board .
4 However , as your elected officers we do feel responsible for ensuring that as a national organisation ; we continue to survive and grow which means above all that we have a continual influx of new members .
5 How often does it have to be demonstrated that Flower of Scotland is a good pub/folk song but is manifestly unsuitable as a national anthem ?
6 During the election , for the first time , he enunciated this as a national vision : in memorable , simple , evocative terms ; as graspable in its clarity as Mrs Thatcher 's , but sufficiently orientated towards ‘ safety nets ’ , ‘ decency ’ , the ‘ citizen 's charter ’ and ‘ effective delivery ’ themes to distance itself from the harsher extremes of Thatcherite social gospel .
7 The extent of the crisis in the Soviet economy was illustrated in November and December by the introduction of food rationing in many parts of the country , including Leningrad , its second largest city , and by an international airlift of emergency food aid which was looked upon by some as a national humiliation .
8 Mrs Henry Sidgwick conducted one such survey of women students at Oxford and Cambridge , published in 1890 , and Dr Agnes Saville and Dr Major Greenwood another for the National Birth Rate Commission ( a lay body composed chiefly of clergy , peers and doctors ) in 1914 .
9 As production increased farmers had a growing surplus over their household requirements and sold an increasing proportion of their crop , reaching 60 per cent in 1985 and in 1988 , and accounting for half of the national marketed production .
10 Professor Charles Wilson views the effects of the Bubble as " salutary " , but considers that the taking over of so much of the South Sea Company 's excess stock by the Bank of England and East India Company perpetuated into the 1730s the situation in which more than half of the national debt was held by the great corporations .
11 Pateman naturally sought , and was given , assurances that his reduced salary , which was only one-half of the National WEA 's prescribed scale of £400 a year for District Secretaries , would be paid in full and on a regular basis throughout the year .
12 I hope that at least some of the national representatives on the Commission ( two each from Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland , and six from England ) will also be directly elected , but that 's the decision of the national associations . ’
13 To an extent , Mr Adair 's fears were reflected by some of the national press after the Report 's publication .
14 Some of the national Sunday papers include magazine sections , which are edited quite separately from the newspapers themselves .
15 And finally there have been some items in some of the national newspapers recently concerning university science parks .
16 That 's generally the message from some of the national surveys .
17 In the summer of 1911 the proposed unemployment insurance scheme passed easily through Parliament as Part 2 of the National Insurance Act .
18 Part 2 of the National Insurance Act authorized technical retraining schemes for adults , but this was not implemented until 1925 .
19 The rest of the book surveys the different scientific disciplines and highlights specific projects , mostly work done in the united States at one or another of the national computer centres sponsored by the National Science Foundation .
20 They linked this with a national rent rebate scheme , rationalizing the variety of local schemes that had been set up over the previous decade , to offset the costs to the poorer tenants .
21 Remember , family planning is free under the National Health Service and you can choose whether to go to a family planning clinic or a GP .
22 Half the Bundestag is elected in single-member districts ; half via a national pool ( voters cast a separate vote for it ) which — subject to a 5% threshold — determines the overall make-up .
23 There are details are of the way to do this in the National Certificate ‘ Guide to Procedures ’ and advice can be sought from my staff or from Field Officers . ’
24 We believe that , to reduce unemployment , there must be a national minimum income — which is different from a national minimum wage .
25 Adhering to such notions as balance and impartiality may be justifiable in a national context , although even this is increasingly suspect , but in the international context these notions and their attendant practices are meaningless .
26 If the backwash effect is less direct in a national testing programme , local programmes , involving blanket testing of all pupils , have the maximum potential to cause an effect .
27 And last night they were branded spoilsports after claiming not enough viewers are interested in the national game .
28 was a great man but the only problem was he left a vested interested in the National Health Service and that 's coming to the fore .
29 Video has a useful role to play in " interpretations of history " ( Attainment Target 2 in the National Curriculum for history ) .
30 Because regional health authorities will be concerned to prioritise resources , especially in the market-driven planning now prevalent in the national health service , they are more likely to be influenced by financial consideration than the clinical needs of a nursing staff trained in all specialties .
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