Example sentences of "trade [coord] [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The argument tying increased prosperity to increased freedom was intended to demonstrate to individuals , groups and communities whose interests were involved with the slave trade and slavery that they were impolitic in their understanding of their own interests .
2 While James devoted considerable space to William Wilberforce and less to the elder Stephen , Macaulay and others , George especially underlined the work of his father and Macaulay who were , he claimed , the only long-standing abolitionists who had had direct experience of the effects of the slave trade and slavery and who were portrayed as replacing Clarkson as the ‘ crutches ’ of the parliamentary antislavery leadership by the 1820s .
3 Bradley is touring Europe trying to convince trade and tourists that there is nothing much wrong with LA .
4 It is crucial to our trade and investment that we continue to play a leading role in the Community .
5 On Sept. 18 Isidore Mvouba was dismissed as Minister of Trade and Commerce after he failed to attend the first meeting of the Cabinet , attending instead a meeting of his own party , the ( formerly ruling ) Congolese Labour Party ( PCT ) .
6 The Institute has again warned the Department of Trade and Industry that its proposals for summary financial statements are too prescriptive .
7 British Aerospace , the lead British contender , may have the backing of the Department of Trade and Industry but it is almost certain to face fierce opposition from the Ministry of Defence .
8 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will make a statement on the effectiveness of the system for regulating telephone charges since 1984 .
9 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will make a statement on the impact of the Maastricht agreement on the attractiveness of the United Kingdom to inward investors from the United States .
10 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement about export credit guarantees to eastern Europe and the USSR .
11 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the level of the United Kingdom 's exports in 1990-91 to ( a ) the United States of America and ( b ) Japan .
12 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will meet representatives of British airlines to discuss the consequences for the British aircraft engineering industry of their recent decisions on purchasing aircraft and engines .
13 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on progress in lowering trade and tariff barriers ; and what progress is being made in the GATT negotiations .
14 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the impact of the Maastricht agreement on the relative attractiveness of the United Kingdom and other European countries to inward investors .
15 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on RECHAR .
16 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the working of the Industrial Development Act 1982 ; and if he will make a statement .
17 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the negotiations over the Uruguay round of the general agreement on tariffs and trade .
18 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the figures for steel production in the United Kingdom for the last two years for which figures are available .
19 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement about the Post Office 's negative external financing limit for the year 1992-93 .
20 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has any plans to visit Mucking Flats in south-east Essex , to discuss industrial growth in the area .
21 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the work of his Department 's deregulation unit .
22 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the long-term effects of the recession in industry .
23 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will indicate the nature and range of discussions he has had with OFTEL on the length of time customers have had to wait to have their telephones repaired ; what changes in waiting time there have been in the last seven years ; and if he will make a statement .
24 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will increase the level of expenditure on the environmental technology innovation scheme .
25 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement about trade with Libya .
26 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a further statement on initiatives to help the footwear industry .
27 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the current performance of British exports .
28 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the total of manufacturing investment in 1990 and 1991 and the percentage fall ( a ) in cash terms and ( b ) in real terms .
29 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he next expects to meet representatives of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders to discuss the effects of the recession on the motor industry .
30 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he next intends to meet representatives of the European Commission to discuss regional policy .
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