Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] the european [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Liberal Democrat manifesto promised : ( i ) support for the European Community 's planned energy tax , the revenue from which would be used to fund environmental and other measures ; ( ii ) a 30 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2005 ; ( iii ) the creation of a Department of Natural Resources and an independent Environmental Protection Agency ; ( iv ) grants for recycling schemes , home insulation and similar measures ; ( v ) the introduction of pollution licences for factories , with upper limits on the amount of pollutants they could produce ; and ( vi ) the phasing out of nuclear power stations . |
| 2 | We will end the present Government 's policy of clawing back from local authorities amounts equivalent to those they receive from the European Community 's regional development fund . |
| 3 | We sneer at the European Parliament , but it is time that we looked at Europe in other than a partisan way — ’ Ha ha , ha . |
| 4 | Guide to the European bond markets |
| 5 | Secondly , investors from outside the Community , from places such as Japan , the United States and many others , look at the European Community and decide that the United Kingdom is by far the best place in which to invest due to the stability , skills and reliability of our work force . |
| 6 | When I look at the European Community I see foreign policy and internal security pillars and ask myself how well the Government have been able to keep them purely intergovernmental and how many commitments we are making that will damage British interests in the future . |
| 7 | Brief on the European Directive to ban all tobacco advertising |
| 8 | The disclosures reveal that Professor Roland Smith , chairman of BAe , wrote to Lord Young , then Trade Secretary , on the day the sale was announced , saying he intended to claim he was unaware of the secret correspondence between them on how to hide the £38.8 million ‘ sweeteners ’ deal from the European Commission and Parliament . |
| 9 | The deepening recession in Germany makes it more and more certain that German companies will have to transfer manufacturing overseas , and so long as the former Comecon countries remain outside the European Community , Ireland will be one of the most cost-effective places to site new plants . |
| 10 | We are determined to see that equally fair laws apply throughout the European Community and will oppose any attempt to remove voting rights from Commonwealth citizens in European election . |
| 11 | There is a fortune on offer for the side that go into the European Cup 's mini-league , the build-up has been intense and not many of the players will have taken part in a bigger or more crucial event . |
| 12 | Meanwhile Rangers , the club Souness left behind , are poised to land the biggest cash jackpot British soccer has witnessed today when they go into the European Cup draw with some of the giants of the game . |
| 13 | The right hon. Gentleman is alluding to the arrangements for the support of students in higher education that apply within the European Community . |
| 14 | But apply to the European Tour for a spot in its qualifying scheme and your chances of gaining a Player 's card at the end of it are a measly one in 20 . |
| 15 | ‘ The books I most admire in the European tradition are , ’ he says , ‘ 19th century novels by the great Russian writers and by English writers like Jane Austen and George Eliot . |
| 16 | In addition to broad European-American comparisons which have been considered , it is also necessary to explain some of the major variations and country-by-country differences in the characteristics of unionism which exist within the European context itself . |
| 17 | AFTER narrowly failing to win the European Cup Winners ' Cup last season , Havant take on an even harder task when they compete in the European Cup in Amsterdam this weekend . |