Example sentences of "[art] consumer ' [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The more the styles changed , as the Consumers ' Union director , Dexter Masters , pointed out , the greater the disguised price increase to the consumer in shorter-lived products and heavier repair bills .
2 Its appraisal must be made by reference to the market position and the economic and financial power of the parties ; to alternatives available to suppliers and users ; to access to suppliers or markets ; to the structure of the markets affected , to take account of international competition ; to consider legal and factual barriers to entry ; and the interests of consumers and the development of technical and economic progress ( provided that the latter is to the consumers ' advantage and does not form an obstacle to competition ) .
3 I am glad that the hon. Gentleman is proud to join in the consumers ' society that has been created by our policies .
4 He used data from a survey which had asked ‘ informed business economists ’ their predictions for six and twelve months ahead for a number of economic series which included the consumers ' price index for the period 1954–69 in the US .
5 During the war she was a member of the consumers ' council of the Ministry of Food and of the Central Committee on Women 's Training and Employment .
6 Meanwhile , the consumers ' council says citizens ' charters for patients and parents cost around £200,000 and £150,000 each to produce in Wales alone .
7 At a sales level , the reports of the IoD speech had but a marginal effect — Ratner 's outlets trade under a variety of names and the consumers ' memory is short .
8 The Consumers ' Assocation said : ‘ People are fed up with the banks ' incompetence , compounded by arrogance . ’
9 The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents , the Consumers ' Association , and the Department of Trade and Industry have got together to produce a leaflet to warn you of garden hazards which you may not be aware of , and may not be aware of , and how to safeguard against them .
10 The CRL 's main task is testing products for the Consumers ' Association , publisher of Which ? magazine .
11 DATA OF the sort released in Sweden , which warns that motorists are three times more likely to die in crashes in some makes of car , is kept from British drivers , the Consumers ' Association says today .
12 THE Consumers ' Association has complained to the Office of Fair Trading about building societies which charge an additional fee to borrowers who choose their own buildings insurance policy .
13 The Consumers ' Association , which first forced disclosure of the hazards last August , described the list as ‘ a welcome first step , but inadequate ’ .
14 Presents that will help with financial planning include two books from the Consumers ' Association : Which ?
15 CONSUMERS should get a better deal as the Courts and Legal Services Bill opens up greater competition , Mr David Tench , legal officer of the Consumers ' Association , said yesterday .
16 Presents that will help with financial planning include two books from the Consumers ' Association : Which ?
17 Presents that will help with financial planning include two books from the Consumers ' Association : Which ?
18 Alastair Ayres is the new editor of Gardening From Which ? published by the Consumers ' Association , 2 Marylebone Road , London NW1 .
19 John Beishon , director of the Consumers ' Association You could argue that food difficulties proceed and contribute to the development of sexual problems …
20 TransAction has been enthusiastically received by the Consumers ' Association , the Lord Chancellors and the Land Registry .
21 The Consumers ' Association gives three cheers for the new house buying and selling system — TransAction .
22 This will bring in reforms of the kind which the Consumers ' Association have been campaigning for over many a long year .
23 The Consumers ' Association magazine , Which ? , produced a sharply critical report on the services provided in airports .
24 But it was from America that British consumers took the idea of the founding of the Consumers ' Association and its magazine Which ? in 1957 , which was soon selling 300,000 copies — almost as many as The Times .
25 The Consumers ' Association magazine Which ? recently concluded a diesel 's lower fuel costs and lower depreciation can mean ‘ substantial ’ economies .
26 Millions of pounds are spent on food promotion yet the importance of a balanced diet is often ignored by British health experts and food firms , the Consumers ' Association said in a report yesterday .
27 The Consumers ' Association , which produced a report on the lamps two years ago , found that seven out of eight desk lamps exceeded international safety limits for ultraviolet radiation .
28 British motorists would be forced to pay the far higher prices that car makers invariably charge for their body parts , in some cases up to 60 per cent more , the Consumers ' Association has said .
29 The Consumers ' Association said the ‘ yawning price gulf ’ between car manufacturers and independent suppliers should ‘ not be allowed to become more serious ’ .
30 ‘ Making false claims about a second-hand item verbally or in a small ad is a serious offence , even when the proceeds go to charity , ’ according to Mr Keith Richards , a senior lawyer with the Consumers ' Association and the author of the report .
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