Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [prep] public " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1672 Haines obtained a patent for a new method of cleaning trefoil so as to improve the seed , and this led to public controversy with Caffyn , who was himself a local farmer , jealous of Haines 's influence with local notables , and convinced that patents were unchristian and patentees covetous . |
| 2 | I thought that progressives , political progressives in this country were prepared to stand by public services and believe in them sufficiently to say this will cost you and we are prepared to put the bill to you because we believe you will pay the bill . |
| 3 | Now come clean : PJ Harvey is actually Nick Cave in drag and too embarrassed to appear in public . |
| 4 | Those who champion smokers ' rights should surely recognize that non-smokers , including babies and children , may be harmfully affected by other people being free to smoke in public places . |
| 5 | They have been established in recognition of the fact that it is pointless to wait for public sympathy and a change of political will to improve the level of basic old age pensions , and the quality of life for older people generally . |
| 6 | Decisions about how much to spend on public goods and services are at the heart of modern government . |
| 7 | The result of both explicit and covert discrimination was that boys were far more likely to succeed at public examinations and to enter higher and further education ( Wilkin , 1982 ) . |
| 8 | While some people believe discrimination can be outlawed and the Boards for Race Relations and Equal Opportunities have had some limited success , many would argue that the malaise is more likely to respond to public education because much of it is implicit in what people say and do . |
| 9 | He goes do n't you know it 's rude to eat in public . |
| 10 | That is why on this side we resist the proposals which come from members opposite to add to public expenditure every day of the week . |
| 11 | Any internal disciplinary measure to contain such an account is much less likely to become of public concern in the way that the Clive Ponting or the Cathy Massiter prosecutions became notorious causes célèbres . |
| 12 | Captain Cook material remains in demand as so little survives outside public collections . |
| 13 | The first was a reconciliation between President Roh Tae Woo and the leaders of the three main opposition parties in December 1989 , which addressed the legacy of the discredited Fifth Republic and forced former President Chun Doo Hwan to testify in public about the Kwangju incident of 1980 [ see p. 37123 ] . |
| 14 | Today two brothers and the engine 's owner are hoping to convince the man from the Ministry of Transport that they 're confident to drive on public roads . |
| 15 | If parking is difficult in a built-up area it may be better to go by public transport . |
| 16 | As right-wing supporters , many appearing in public for the first time in almost three years , welcomed their liberators with monarchist flags and fascist salutes , many other Spaniards faced a terrifying future : so terrifying , indeed , that to some suicide was preferable . |
| 17 | Its stress on values such as self-help and self-reliance , the value of work , the need for social discipline , the cohering centrality of the family , were all challenged by public immorality . |
| 18 | A member of the Institute having been found to have been in breach of Bye-law 76(c) in force at the material time and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( iv ) in that he between 1 January 1985 and 30 March 1992 engaged in public practice contrary to Bye-law 59 when he did not hold a current practising certificate was reprimanded , fined £500 and ordered to pay £500 by way of costs . |
| 19 | Would the Prime Minister really find it advisable to appear in public in opposition to the famous Mr Robinson ? |
| 20 | One useful change has been the restoring of parity of permitted hours for clubs opening with those enjoyed by public houses . |
| 21 | The project includes investigatory interviews with those connected with public expenditure decisions and data in the Treasury , the National Institute for Economic and Social Research , the Central Statistical Office , the Federal Reserve , the EEC and the OECD . |
| 22 | There probably will be significant changes in some sectors particularly those connected to public procurement , and for small to medium-sized firms where economies of scale can be reaped . |
| 23 | Analysis of these projects suggested that if such control were to be achieved , local people would have to acquire the motivation and skills to be able to organize themselves into effective action groups able to negotiate with public authorities . |
| 24 | of those appointed to public bodies as a result of public appointments unit nomination this year are women . |
| 25 | I am not attempting to lay down the law , but simply wish to voice my opinion that ethics should be the first guideline of those dealing with public resources . |
| 26 | Of all the hundreds of trade pattern books issued by manufacturers during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it appears that not more than ten survive in public collections , and only one pre-Victorian priced catalogue relating to coffins and lining materials . |
| 27 | Had he done that — and this is advice every sensible lawyer would have given to him — he might have been able to return to public life without the long and painful period of atonement to which he was exposed . |
| 28 | They would have the advantage of being able to operate outside public expenditure controls . |
| 29 | He first came to public notice in 1825 . |
| 30 | , John ( d. 1883 ) , gardener , first came to public notice in 1850 . |