Example sentences of "community at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Mrs Bujok it was argued that the 1936 Act was designed to secure in the interests of the community at large that statutory nuisances did not exist . |
| 2 | The school also makes an impact on teachers , parents and the community at large . |
| 3 | One of the difficulties in establishing development programmes for DRAs is the way in which the community at large views the land issue . |
| 4 | There are , within the teaching profession , as well as in the community at large , diverse views about aims and goals . |
| 5 | While in Germany ‘ there is much common ground between the Bundesbank and the government on economic objectives ’ , it is precisely because Pöhl knew that this national consensus did not exist in the Community at large that he and the German government insisted on means of enforcing German policies on the economies of the member states . |
| 6 | Again , it comes down to the concept of institutionalisation and the harmful effects on mentally handicapped people living with large numbers of other handicapped people as opposed to integrating freely with the community at large . |
| 7 | The train is public transport , available to the community at large . |
| 8 | Some names have already been mentioned but it is possible to think of so many : of Mr Tommy and Mr Bobbie Reynolds and their work in choir and Sunday School , of the dignified and gracious figures of Mr and Mrs T H Watson ( parents of the Reverend George Watson ) , of Mr W A Mullen DL and his son Mr Cecil Mullen , generous and energetic benefactors of the church in so many ways , of Mr R J Magowan OBE JP for over 40 years secretary of the Trustees , of the brothers Mr Herbie and Mr David McClatchey , their service as Trustees and members of the choir , of Mr David Lyttle , Mr Norman Lyttle and Mr Sammy Lyttle , active in all aspects of the church 's life but especially concerned with choir and Sunday Schools of Mr Willie Holmes and his daughters Winnie and Amy , of Mr David Lamb and his family , of Mr Twinem Jackson , who , with Mr Magowan , still had time to give years of public service to the community at large in Portadown , of Mr C J McKinley , concerned with the Building Fund over the years and Superintendent of the morning Sunday School from 1943 to the 1960s , of Mrs Sleator with her wholehearted love for the church and for people , of Mr Bertie Montgomery , always cheerful and serene , who , among so many other things , began the practice of taping the services for the benefit of the elderly and housebound , of M Alfred Shortt and his long and generous association with the Sunday School , or Mr Dan Humphries , helping over the years with the church 's finances , of members of the Calvert and Hardy families and of those who , belonging to other Societies , nevertheless gave years of service to Edenderry — Mr Sam Robinson , Mr Joseph Cranston , Mr John Curry , Mr James Mullen , Mr W J Green , Mr Isaac Holland , Mr Eric Walker , and Mr William Bustard . |
| 9 | It is a question of fact in every case whether the number of people affected will constitute ‘ a class of Her Majesty 's subjects ’ , but Lord Denning provides some guidance , saying ‘ A public nuisance is a nuisance which is so widespread in range and so indiscriminate in its effect that it would not be reasonable to expect one person to take proceedings on his own responsibility to put a stop to it , but that it would be the responsibility of the community at large ’ . |
| 10 | Far more wearing for the community at large was the incessant drumming which emanated from the jail-house . |
| 11 | One official labelled cattle trespass ‘ the curse of the district ’ , and a mudaliyar complained that ‘ at present there is not a single cow , or a buffalo which has not done more damage to the community at large , than double her worth to the owner . ’ |
| 12 | But even in these cases the success is likely to be shortlived if it is not backed by bilingual contacts and exchanges in the community at large . |
| 13 | The goal of ‘ Education for All ’ can only be reached if we succeed in developing a working partnership between teachers , pupils , parents , and the community at large . |
| 14 | Their chosen language is undervalued by the community at large and does not carry the technological information and knowledge that society 's official language has come to have . |
| 15 | It was a good question , and suggested strongly that the Argyll interest was less powerful than it was believed to be by the community at large . |
| 16 | By this point the wealth of the local clothiers had in fact been reduced by more than half , though taxation , while extracting huge sums from the community at large , had taken little more than £1,100 , far less than had been withdrawn from the industry by the Springs . |
| 17 | And for once this year , Littlewoods ' results will be most keenly awaited not just by its rivals but by the financial community at large . |
| 18 | It has , however , to be of benefit to the volunteers and to the community at large . |
| 19 | In 1950 the Joint Standing Committee became the Conference of University Convocations ( CUC ) ‘ to sustain the position of Convocations as continuing independent but constituent parts of their universities and to foster the development and use of the graduate body as a source of informed opinion , reference and advice for the support and enhancement of universities , their graduates and the community at large ’ . |
| 20 | However , there was mounting concern amongst delegates to the CUC 's annual conference that — against the background of trends in government policy and the declining awareness and appreciation by the general public of the value of higher education — the CUC was not meeting the objective ‘ to engender support for the enhancement of higher education and its institutions in the community at large ’ . |
| 21 | You earned it by what you did and what you forgot to do , by what other people — your family , schoolmates , friends , and the community at large — think about you . |
| 22 | But do n't expect your fellow students to constitute a representative cross-section of the community at large — if only because they contain an above-average proportion of younger people and others who are most able to sustain continuous study and to benefit from college education . |
| 23 | Social benefits are not solely restricted to cash returns but include any favourable effects that may affect members of the community at large ; for example , the time saved in travelling because a hospital is sited at a particular location . |
| 24 | If the food supply , for example , is so meagre that there is barely enough food to go round , or starvation conditions exist , then obesity will obviously disappear from the community at large . |
| 25 | Given the environmental , economic and social constraints experienced by these young people in the community at large it is easy to understand why . |
| 26 | When madness can not be contained , or attempts to control it fail repeatedly in spite of various changes in mental health policies , the answer is sought in greater powers of control and surveillance , now extended into people 's homes and the community at large . |
| 27 | " It is now stated that a vast importation of Irish Beggars have already arrived upon the Island , and that others are likely to follow from the misconduct of our own Boatmen — the Community at large are warned to beware of harbouring foreign beggars … " |
| 28 | This Meeting know they have no title to impose a Tax upon the Community at large towards this purpose , but they feel it an indispensible duty to express how desirable it would be for the use and service of the inhabitabts of Islay . |
| 29 | In order to accomplish this , and to place the deaf before the public in their true light and proper position , as useful members of the community at large , the formation of an Association on American lines is most desirable . |
| 30 | The local authority often requires some kind of planning gain in the form of roads , schools , community centres , to benefit the community at large . |