Example sentences of "[been] [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | Over the past ten years it has been government policy to encourage this ( DHSS , 1976a ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Funny how it had been malai policy to murder him and , earlier , the young men in the television crew , and now it was policy to stand them , or their kind , a round at the bar . |