Example sentences of "[prep] the united [noun prp] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The initial allocation of system design responsibility was negotiated between the four aircraft companies , Deutsch Aerospace , British Aerospace , Carsa and Allenia and against the background of an M O U which said we must share the technology on this project between the four nations and in a particular way which ensures that each of the nations has got access to all the high technology aspects of the project er therefore the individual companies identified those areas of the project , were they felt they either could lead best or wish to lead and for the United Kingdom British Aerospace erm identified the avionics system integration as the major complex task that they would take responsibility for .
2 Brian Russell , the principal administrator for the United Kingdom Steering Committee for Local Government Superannuation believes that abatement rules are ‘ illogical and uneconomic .
3 Paddy Walsh is introduced for Paul Jennings who departed for the United States this week but the Cushendall man will certainly not be out of his depth .
4 While participating in the second Rugby World Cup was a great learning experience for the United States national team ( despite a 0–3 record and being outscored 113–24 ) , for US rugby this recent World Championship was a promotional disappointment .
5 In general , this role is usually performed by the police or , failing that , by some third force such as the United States National Guard or the French CRS .
6 At a meeting between the United Kingdom Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher , and the US President , George Bush , on Nov. 24 at Camp David ( USA ) , both leaders agreed that the most effective way to establish stable democracies in Eastern Europe was to maintain the European continent 's present division of two military alliances , together with a strong US military presence .
7 ‘ This must be just about the most far-sighted piece of journalism since Alistair Cook 's notorious ‘ Portrait of a Failure' on Harry Truman appeared in the Manchester Guardian after the United States Presidential election of 1948 .
8 Home rule for Scotland would show the rest of the United Kingdom that government devolved from the centre is an opportunity to be seized with enthusiasm .
9 The Bill will update and modernise the Nurses , Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 by remedying some of the defects that have become apparent since then , following the Peat , Marwick , McLintock review of the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing , Midwifery and Health Visiting and the four national boards .
10 Secondly , the education and training of nurses and associated workers is being radically restructured in line with the Project 2000 proposals of the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing , Midwifery and Health Visiting ( UKCC ) , published in 1986 .
11 Five years later , another nuclear supremo , Sir John Hill , chairman of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority ( UKAEA ) , claimed that the nuclear industry had ‘ come just in time to save the world 's industrial society from a devastating energy shortage ’ .
12 He asked to speak confidentially with Ron Bullough , the Chief Scientist of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority ( UKAEA ) whose office is at Harwell , on the grounds that he ( Fleischmann ) had something ‘ very important that might require a major decision ’ .
13 There are the British people , who are members of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and there are the other non-members of the British team who are employed by Euroaton , the European Community , and there are different conditions of service for each of these and that 's where the problems arise .
14 From about July 1988 to March 1989 inclusive the first defendant entered into transactions with members of the United Kingdom investing public who paid out money thereunder in return for shares in Euramco as appears from the entries for that period in the schedule annexed hereto .
15 The right hon. Gentleman will be aware that the agenda of the United Kingdom civil service is set by Ministers of the Crown , whereas the European Commission has the sole right of initiative .
16 The offences of dangerous driving and causing death by dangerous driving , those convicted of the latter killing more people on the roads of the United Kingdom each year than the IRA , were abolished , being replaced by reckless driving and causing death by reckless driving .
17 Since the 1981 Act , the percentage of the United Kingdom total school population educated in special schools has fallen slightly , from just under 1.4% in 1980–1 to just over 1.3% in 1987–8 ( Government Statistical Service , 1989 , Table 14 ) .
18 Er it is proposed that the Water Company er be formed with the express intention of capturing eight point five percent of the United Kingdom bottled water market .
19 In year two er up to six percent and in year three eight percent of the United Kingdom bottled water market .
20 Samples have been collected from an even wider area covering the whole of the United Kingdom continental shelf , but these have yet to be analysed and the results entered on the database .
21 The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom monetary system .
22 NORTHERN Ireland was one of the most peaceful regions of the United Kingdom last year , according to a government report published yesterday .
23 They did not realise that three years would elapse before Black 's injuries would be sufficiently stabilised to enable them to be measured by his doctors or that there are factors in the functioning of the United Kingdom judicial system which would thwart him from securing justice in the courts .
24 Moreover , it is very difficult to explain moves like the phasing out of the United States Civil Aeronautics Board ( discussed in chapter 7 ) in terms of this theory .
25 This judgment , which demonstrates the ‘ chilling effect ’ which the ability to sue for libel may have on the right to criticise a public authority , was cited with approval by Brennan J. delivering the opinion of the United States Supreme Court in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan ( 1964 ) 376 U.S. 254 , 277 .
26 In People v. Rosario ( 1961 ) 213 N.Y.S. 2d 448 four members of the Court of Appeals of New York , adopting the view of the United States Supreme Court in Jencks v. United States ( 1957 ) 353 U.S. 657 , ruled that the entire previous statements of prosecution witnesses ought to be shown to defence counsel after the direct examination with a view to his cross-examining those witnesses and attacking their credibility , saying that counsel were best able to decide what use could be made of the statements , whereas three members of the court took a narrower view and , following the line of authority which had hitherto prevailed in New York , held that defence counsel could examine and use only those portions of a statement which , according to the view of the trial judge , contained variances from a witness 's evidence .
27 The same can be said of the United States Constitution , but in Britain there is no body that stands in a position analogous to that of the United States Supreme Court .
28 Friends of the Eighth ( FOTE ) is an informal organisation , formed in 1972 , by a nucleus of individuals interested in preserving the history of the United States 8th Air Force .
29 The Independent of Aug. 28 said that members of the ISI and of the United States Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) and the head of Saudi Arabia 's military intelligence , Prince Turki al-Saud , had met in Islamabad on Aug. 26 to discuss a common strategy in preparation for the talks .
30 The headquarters of the United States European Command ( EUCOM ) , near Stuttgart , has a direct link with the USAF 's own satellite communication network ( AFSAT ) .
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