Example sentences of "in [v-ing] the public " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there could be more attempts like this to show mentally handicapped lives in their normality , rather than in a sensational way , the media could play a major role in helping the public to understand more about the lives that handicapped people lead ; that they are not all anguish and broken dreams , but often constructive , fulfilling and as life enhancing as anyone else 's . |
| 2 | And in recent years they 've played a growing role in encouraging the public to recycle their rubbish . |
| 3 | French striptease seems to stem from … a mystifying device which consists in inoculating the public with a touch of evil , the better to plunge it afterwards into a permanently immune Moral Good . |
| 4 | Northumbria Chief Constable John Stevens said : ‘ This incident is a tragic example of the extreme dangers faced by police officers going about their daily duties in protecting the public . |
| 5 | We suspect the problem is worse than Mr Gummer has admitted and we question why there was a delay in warning the public . ’ |
| 6 | The research committee agrees that there will be benefits from many of the recommendations made in these reports but believes that changes of a more fundamental nature are required to improve the effectiveness of auditing in meeting the public 's expectations . |
| 7 | The tenants gain great skill and experience over the years in serving the public and in running their public houses . |
| 8 | If forms part of a continuing programme of research on the part played by the mass media in informing the public about social policy . |
| 9 | Every Government have an uphill task in persuading the public that their stewardship of the NHS is adequate . |
| 10 | Even in the case of smoking where some success has been achieved in persuading the public that smoking is undesirable , the reasons for success remain largely obscure . |
| 11 | In giving the public access to information , we must prioritise the interests of the individual ( whether resident , client or customer ) against the often broader and more long-term interest of the local historian . |
| 12 | They also , however , contribute to fire prevention and play a considerable part in educating the public , especially school children , to become more fire prevention conscious . |
| 13 | There is an immense , built-in denial mechanism about myocardial infarction and cancer , and this is a major drawback in educating the public to do something about it . |
| 14 | As general secretary of nursing 's largest trade union and professional organisation , the Royal College of Nursing , he has succeeded more than any single politician or political agitator in raising the public 's awareness of the critical role of nurses in maintaining the nation 's health . |