Example sentences of "private [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ought there , in other words , to be a public morality , or are morals always a matter for private judgement ? |
| 2 | The bequest was for ‘ the spread of Christianity in its most simple and intelligible form , and to the unfettered exercise of private judgement in matters of religion . ’ |
| 3 | There are two important distinctions to make : that between contentious and non-contentious business , and that between private payment of fees and legal aid . |
| 4 | I knew he had a private hope that some day he might make a book with them . |
| 5 | Since all private truck owners are now allowed to bring food from Hiratan and sell it in Kabul , some militia commanders , most of them former mujahedin , are buying trucks and becoming traders . |
| 6 | Members of western clubs from all over the country converged on a private cinema in Kings Cross . |
| 7 | We took over the entire eighth floor of the Grosvenor House Hotel , had a suite each , turned one bedroom into a VIP lounge , another into a Space Invaders arcade for Davis and yet another into a private cinema for Tony Meo to watch Rocky films . |
| 8 | After watching a screening of the Walt Disney film , Chitty , Chitty , Bang , Bang in the private cinema , Charles had nightmares about a character called the Children Catcher . |
| 9 | The address he gave her was of a private cinema in the old quarter . |
| 10 | The sonnet stands not only as an account of some private instance but as a representative account of the pressures and inevitable containment of individuals by powerful forces outside their control . |
| 11 | To say this is not to condone or encourage private immorality . |
| 12 | Royalty arrived by private yacht or steamer . |
| 13 | Something called the Delos , a private yacht , I should imagine , and , as you say , sinking . |
| 14 | As a critical or psychological judgement it is meaningless , since it is difficult to see how a conductor can reveal private soul-searching whilst recording the overture to Die Fledermaus or Beethoven 's Seventh Symphony , short , that is , of transposing each piece into the minor and playing it at half speed . |
| 15 | Yet the home is regarded as a private sanctuary and conditions in the home are largely outside the law . |
| 16 | Taxpayers have paid heavily for peace since then , through labour contracts that are meticulously rubbished in booklets from private lobbying groups such as the Citizens Budget Commission ( CBC ) . |
| 17 | An intense campaign of public and private lobbying abroad , by both official and unofficial Soviet representatives , resulted in the June 13 invitation for President Gorbachev to meet leaders of the G-7 group of industrialized countries in London the following month to discuss plans for Soviet economic reform . |
| 18 | Until the goalposts moved , roughly half of publicly listed firms in financial trouble opted for the private route . |
| 19 | It was Matilda 's private route to the chapel , after all . |
| 20 | Contrary to the tradition in the U.S. , Canadian culture has never enjoyed significant private support . |
| 21 | This outpouring of private support for culture is a truly American tradition . |
| 22 | HarleyScreen , a private pathology laboratory and clinic based in Wimpole Street , London , is seeking to raise £750,000 under the Business Expansion Scheme ( BES ) . |
| 23 | Turning to the private letters , diaries and pornography of aristocrats and professional men we can see how their sexual desire was structured around notions of private debauchery , lust and licentiousness . |
| 24 | AS commonly happens in concerts given by the opera world 's greatest stars , it was almost as if the two official parts of the eagerly awaited Albert Hall appearance of tenor Jose Carreras ( sponsored by Lloyds Private Banking ) had been a huge , preparatory up-beat to the encores . |
| 25 | RATHBONE Brothers , the asset management and private banking group , is celebrating its 250th anniversary by lifting the payout to shareholders by a quarter to 10p , with a 7½p final dividend on July 1 , on the back of record 1991 profits . |
| 26 | Many of the internationals such as HongKong Bank and Standard Chartered run ‘ financial supermarkets ’ with the full range of services from business loans and leasing to merchant and private banking , treasury and trade finance , trust , stockbroking and custodial services , and bullion and futures trading . |
| 27 | You may opt for extra services such as private banking , insurance planning and tax reviews . |
| 28 | As well as investment management services , Rea Brothers ( 071–623 1155 ) offers private banking . |
| 29 | There is a growing tendency for brokers to offer a range of services encompassing personal financial planning , tax planning , insurance planning , and private banking in addition to discretionary and advisory portfolio management . |
| 30 | With a choice of simple current/deposit account facilities , fixed deposit accounts , or managed currency funds and a highly personalised level of private banking , you may need to shop around for the most suitable . |