Example sentences of "be [noun] policy " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relaxation of the small company audit requirement has been Institute policy since the debate resumed in 1985 . |
| 2 | It had been Exchange policy to allow only partnerships to come into membership , but in 1982 a a new rule was introduced which permitted members to become limited companies and to have an outside share ownership of up to 29.9% . |
| 3 | The creation of a republic had been ALP policy since 1981 , but no date had previously been set . |
| 4 | It seemed to be RAF policy to shift people around from time to time , usually just as they were beginning to take root somewhere . |
| 5 | Buxton initiated his Civilization Society in part because he feared that to wait for antislavery principles to permeate foreign societies of slaveholders , which he believed to be BFASS policy , ‘ would cost us half a century , and that implies the sacrifice of twenty five millions of the human race ’ . |
| 6 | Perhaps I should just say a word about that that operation since you 've raised it , because it is one type of job that we do , that is taking part in a rather large group , in this case sponsored by the Commonwealth Secretariat at the request of the government of Uganda after the fall of erm of Amin , to assess the rehabilitation needs of the country and to suggest what policies should be priority policies for their point of view and what contribution could be made by other countries through aid and erm other ways of technical assistance and fellowships for training and so forth , to help in this rehabilitation . |
| 7 | The consequence has been to diminish the credibility of both ; for nobody can have any confidence that what either of them says one week will still be government policy the next . |
| 8 | It must be Government policy to give the lifer some dignity . |
| 9 | Many structure plans are being ‘ rolled forward ’ to end in 1996 and there could well be draft policies and proposals in the roll-forward documents . |
| 10 | It follows , therefore , that alongside the encouraging innovations briefly mentioned , there must be school policies for achieving satisfactory standards of handwriting , spelling , grammar and punctuation , etc . |
| 11 | And it will be company policy from now on that it 'll be every two years . |
| 12 | The fate of seven ‘ Amcits ’ , a Frenchman and two ‘ Brits ’ was not compelling enough to be seen to be driving policy ; something much more portentous was needed . |
| 13 | The weapons are competition policy and regulation of trade and services . |
| 14 | For instance , one important factor put forward to explain the growth of trade union membership among white collar workers in Britain has been government policy which created a favourable climate for such union expansion . |
| 15 | Over the past ten years it has been government policy to encourage this ( DHSS , 1976a ) . |
| 16 | Of the domestic borrowers , local authorities issued , in the years between the mid-1950s and the early 1980s , a large volume of stocks ( over five years to maturity ) and negotiable bonds ( from one to four years to maturity ) ; but in recent years it has been government policy to centralise most public-sector borrowing and as a result public issues by local authorities have all but ceased . |
| 17 | Coded road signs are Disney policy to help Japanese , German and Swedish tourists |
| 18 | However , given that it had been DUP policy , he was opposed to changing it , even to the extent of the local option position , because he thought the change would be seen as a weakening , as a change of principle . |
| 19 | The Labour Party policies that they did contest , and partly reverse , were nationalization policies not social welfare ones . |
| 20 | Key issues during the by-elections and in the local election campaign were health policy , the economic recession , and the government 's proposed council tax to replace the community charge ( " poll tax " ) in financing local government [ see below ] . |
| 21 | Are school policy documents on curriculum matters available for you to read and take home ? |
| 22 | Equality of Employment Opportunity is University Policy |
| 23 | Equal Opportunity is University Policy |
| 24 | Equal opportunity in employment is University policy |
| 25 | That 's nothing , I probably would say that it 's not contentious , while it 's Institution policy , and |
| 26 | I asked the College if they could help , but was told by the then-bursar : It is College policy not to help fellows with housing . |
| 27 | First , there is foreign economic policy-making involving the external relations of the national economy to the world economy ; second , there is stabilisation policy and the whole field of macroeconomic policy and the management " of the economy ; and finally , there is industrial policy covering all those aspects of governmental responsibility over the economy aimed at improving long-run efficiency , output and productivity . |
| 28 | ‘ It is management policy . ’ |
| 29 | It is Council policy to introduce measures to enhance the safety of pedestrians . |
| 30 | The guidelines make it clear it is council policy not to permit golf development if it involves new buildings or associated development in the open countryside , and is unrelated to existing settlements . |