I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a matter of public record formal (= something that has been written down so that anyone can know it )
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His salary is a matter of public record.
a member of the public
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Members of the public were invited to put forward suggestions.
a public apology
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The authorities published a public apology in the newspaper.
a public appeal
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She made a public appeal for the return of the ring.
a public appearance
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In his first public appearance since his election, the President-elect ruled out talks with the United States.
a public beach (= for everyone to use )
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The public beaches were very dirty.
a public building
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The town has a number of interesting public buildings, including the old town hall.
a public comment
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The jury are forbidden from making public comments.
a public debate (= in which people put forward their ideas publicly, so that everyone can form an opinion. )
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He called for a public debate on race and discrimination.
a public demonstration (= by members of the public )
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A series of public demonstrations have been held in cities across the country.
a public denial
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He refused to make any public denial.
a public duty (= relating to the people of a country )
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The media has a public duty to report the truth.
a public engagement
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She appeared with her husband at many public engagements.
a public execution (= in a public place. with people watching )
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Bethea's hanging on August 14, 1936 was the last public execution in America.
a public inquiry (= one which is open to members of the public )
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MPs are demanding a public inquiry into the explosion at the nuclear power station.
a public lecture (= a lecture which the general public are allowed to go to )
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He’s going to deliver a public lecture on politics in the Middle East.
a public library (= a library that is supported by government money )
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Our public libraries need more support.
a public relations/PR consultant (= one who advises an organization on how to relate well to the public )
a public scandal (= one that people know about and discuss )
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The award was soon the centre of a public scandal.
a public speaker
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He was a good public speaker.
a public statement (= one made in public )
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We will be making no public statements about the matter.
a public toilet especially BrE
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He set off across the square in search of a public toilet.
a public/listed company (= offering its shares for sale on the stock exchange )
a public/open meeting (= that anyone can go to )
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A public meeting was held to discuss the proposal to build a new school.
a public/popular protest
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The announcement led to widespread public protests.
at (the) public expense (= paid for by the public through taxes )
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The bridge was built at public expense.
bow to public pressure
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Congress may bow to public pressure and lift the arms embargo.
certified public accountant
closed to the public/visitors etc
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The castle is closed to visitors in winter.
common/human/public decency (= standards of behaviour that are expected of everyone )
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The film was banned on the grounds of public decency.
general public
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health education aimed at the general public
government/public/state policy
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Government spending is determined by government policy.
government/taxpayers'/public money
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More taxpayer’s money should be spent on the railways.
international/great/popular/public etc acclaim
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Their recordings have won great acclaim .
international/public etc renown
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He has won world renown for his films.
is...in the public domain
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The information is not currently in the public domain .
Office Of Public Sector Information, the
open to the public
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In many schools, governors’ meetings are not open to the public .
popular/public opinion (= what ordinary people think about something )
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How much do newspapers influence popular opinion?
popular/public sentiment (= what most people think )
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He was more in touch with public sentiment than many of his critics.
public access channel
public affairs (= events that affect the people of a country )
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He was active in public affairs in his region.
public affairs
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He took an active part in public affairs.
public anxiety
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the wave of public anxiety about food safety
public approval (= from ordinary people )
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The policies met with a great deal of public approval.
public assemblies
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Police have imposed conditions on public assemblies.
public attitudes/people’s attitudes
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Public attitudes have changed.
public bar
public clamour
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Trouillot disregarded the growing public clamour for her resignation.
public company
public concern (= felt by the public )
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Public concern about the destruction of the rain forests could harm the timber business.
public confidence
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The changes should improve public confidence in the system.
public consultation (= asking for for ordinary people's views )
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The first public consultations considered environmental and health issues.
public controversy (= among the ordinary people of a country )
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His book sparked off a public controversy about the issue.
public convenience
public corporation
public criticism
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As a politician, you have to get used to public criticism.
public defender
public disquiet
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public disquiet over deaths in police custody
public domain
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The information is not currently in the public domain .
public donations (= from the public )
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The project was financed by public donations.
public health
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a danger to public health
public holiday
public house
public housing
public investment (= investment by the government or state )
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There have been drastic cuts in public investment in housing.
public limited company
public morals (= the standards of behaviour, especially sexual behaviour, expected by society )
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the corruption of public morals
public nuisance
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The nightclub has been declared a public nuisance .
public nuisance
public opinion
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Public opinion is shifting in favor of the new law.
public opposition
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Public opposition has blocked the building of nuclear power stations.
public outcry
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The closure of the local hospital has caused a huge public outcry .
public ownership
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The Opposition intends to bring the industry back into public ownership.
public perception
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the public perception of the government’s performance
public persona
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Joel has a cheerful public persona but in private he’s different.
public prosecutor
public recognition
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He won public recognition for his work when he was awarded an MBE.
public records (= records of births, deaths etc, that the public are allowed to look at )
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He found the information while examining public records.
public relations exercise (= done in order to improve the relationship between the public and an organization )
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a public relations exercise
public relations
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They ran their own successful public relations business in London.
public right of way
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The path is not a public right of way .
public safety
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The police must put public safety first.
public school
public scrutiny (= by the public )
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Much of the work that we do is open to public scrutiny.
public sector
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a job in the public sector
public servant
public service
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efforts to improve quality in public services
public service (= work done for the public or the government )
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a career in public service
public services
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There has been a decline in public services in recent years.
public spectacle
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The trial was turned into a public spectacle .
public television
public transit American English (= buses, trains etc )
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promises to improve public transit
public transport (= buses, trains etc that are available for everyone to use )
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We recommend that you travel by public transport.
public transport
public transportation (= buses, trains etc )
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The city needs to improve its public transportation .
public utility
public works
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the public works department
public/government/state expenditure (= money a government spends on the services it provides for people )
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The Conservatives want to maintain a firm control on public expenditure.
public/government/state spending
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The government is determined to keep public spending under control.
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They called for increased government spending on education.
public/popular anger
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By now public anger in America was mounting.
public/popular outrage
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The case generated public outrage.
public/popular pressure (= pressure from the public )
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He faces mounting public pressure to resign.
public/popular support
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There seemed to be no popular support for war.
public/popular taste
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The shop created a unique style of goods that appealed to the popular taste.
public/private/personal morality
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the decline in standards of personal morality
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The authorities are protectors of public morality.
public/private/state ownership
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The company was returned to private ownership in mid-1987.
retire from public life
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Her drink problem has forced her to retire from public life .
sb’s/sth’s public image (= the image that many people have of someone or something )
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Her public image does not reflect the way she behaves in private.
the public conscience (= people’s idea of what is right or wrong )
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This scandal shocked the public conscience.
the public dole
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How many people are on the public dole ?
the public imagination
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The story captured the public imagination.
the public purse (= money controlled by the government )
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Election expenses are met from the public purse .
the public reaction (= what the public think about something that happens )
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The public reaction was less than encouraging.
the public sector (= businesses controlled by the government )
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The government has been holding down pay in the public sector.
the public sphere (= public positions and activities )
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Men still controlled the public sphere.
the public/national mood (= the mood of the people in a country )
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The public mood was one of anger and frustration.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
access
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A Cornish Coastal Footpath has been opened to give the public access to walk along the cliffs.
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That would not bode well for public access .
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In problematical cases the following test might help - Has the general public access ?
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The College of Law premises are not a place of unrestricted public access .
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The draft emphasises the use of best available technology and maximising transparency and public access to information on pollution control.
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The main aim must be to find a public use providing public access .
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The introduction of a new support system to encourage public access and conservation-friendly farming methods.
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He also called for existing club members to provide greater public access to their clubs.
address
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His own followers cheered him repeatedly as the rhetoric boomed out through the slight electronic distortion of the public address systems.
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They gathered each night in a 228-car parking lot, speaking over a public address system.
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He didn't see why he shouldn't have a stab at the more serious mode of public address .
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Yes, there is a public address system, but I don't believe that is working either.
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The doors had come open and there was a voice on a public address system shouting something.
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All it lacks is the screaming public address announcer to be a total steal, and a bad one at that.
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Selection of appropriate communication media, including the use of notice boards, paging devices and public address systems.
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In 1993, when they re-emerged to give public addresses , they numbered 24.
affair
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If you wish to receive a leaflet contact the public affairs department at John Wood House.
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The second is a measure of awareness of and exposure to politics and public affairs .
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He was at the Congress very young and he appears to be particularly dedicated to public affairs .
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They cited internal government guidelines against talking to reporters without prior approval of agency public affairs officers.
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Also under review are the actions of a high-ranking Army public affairs officer, Col.
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She too endured harsh criticism and partisan pressure for becoming openly involved in public affairs .
attention
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Television also received a disproportionate amount of public attention in the press and parliamentary debate.
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Scant public attention has greeted the arrival of the children.
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They chose to attract public attention and demonstrate contradictions in justice and the law by criminal acts.
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Government service also brought Mr Packard unaccustomed public attention and made him and his company a magnet for controversy and protest.
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I believe that perhaps the best example is an accident which attracted hardly more than the most casual public attention .
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The firm eventually settled on a strategy of attempting to focus public attention on its superior sales staff and customer service.
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Media coverage in the television age ensures that public attention is captured whilst slogans are shouted and wrongs exposed.
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Jones said the president will not only have more say over bills but more power to focus public attention on specific issues.
authority
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It also figures in the rules governing the legal liability of public authorities .
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To keep major construction projects like bridges and tunnels out of the reach of politicians, they created independent public authorities .
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That right to freedom of expression includes freedom to impart information and ideas without interference by public authority .
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Citizens must have rights of access to information about decisions taken by public authorities in their name.
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Homes left empty without good reason by any public authority will be transferred to a better social landlord.
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Nor were newspapers controlled by a public authority and subject to competitive franchising.
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To meet the challenge the public authority would have to be transformed into a public limited company.
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Why should the extent of this activity be of concern to the public authorities ?
body
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While it may not provide a specific remedy for the complainant, it can force public bodies to alter policy and procedure.
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This does not apply to membership or employment in any public body , e.g., an electricity authority.
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Claimants would end up sharing ownership with the current owners, usually local authorities and other public bodies .
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Some grants are paid directly to the developer; others are paid to the local authority or other public body .
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A public body which has power to construct lavatories can not use that power in order to build a subway under a street.
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The alleged function of the leave requirement is to protect public bodies from harassment by citizens bringing cases of no merit.
building
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The fabric of our schools, public buildings and roads store up bigger and bigger bills for the future.
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The latest shocks caused panic among some 50, 000 people sleeping in tents, campers and public buildings .
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The pub is the only public building serving the Trendlewood estate and its 3,000 residents.
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In many towns I stopped in, the public buildings were a store, a gas station, and a museum.
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Simpson's first public building was the Gothic St Andrew's chapel of 1816.
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The photographer also assembles an assortment of major public buildings whose poor designs have done their own damage to the city.
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All towns were primitive, and contained very few public buildings .
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Many jurisdictions have required nonsmoking areas in restaurants or banned smoking in public buildings .
company
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Table A in the Schedule to the Act specifies articles of association for both private and public companies limited by shares.
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In a public company , the value is the market price of the stock.
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As a means of assuring us that the management of large public companies do not wield arbitrary power it is unsatisfactory.
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By s. 282 of the 1985 Act every public company must have at least two directors.
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SoftKey shares rank dead last in three-month performance among 210 Massachusetts public companies watched by Boston Capital.
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Many public companies have issued non-voting A ordinary shares.
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It must also qualify as one of Britain's oddest public companies .
concern
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Surveys of long-stay hospitals exposed such anomalies in the 1960s and 1970s, creating much public concern .
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Are all activities in schools and government offices matters of public concern ?
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It also, however, had come to be seen as a cause of public concern .
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Short of murder, whatever occurred between husband and wife was not considered by Locke to be of public concern .
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The failure to recognise the difference between public concern about standards and public concern about price is what makes the Bill deficient.
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Not about matters of public concern .
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The Prime Minister was clearly motivated by growing public concern about education and the work of the schools.
confidence
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In addition, openness by companies is the basis of public confidence in the corporate system.
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He stood by his convictions and had little difficulty in keeping public confidence .
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The probe was aimed at restoring public confidence in the service, she said.
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If these events became regarded as a norm for science then public confidence would be threatened.
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Equally important, although in many ways distinct, was a perceptible decline in public confidence .
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But a balanced reply must take account of less tangible issues like legislative simplicity and public confidence .
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As a result, public confidence in the good faith and competence of the DTi has been shaken.
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The statisticians are rightly extremely troubled by the loss of public confidence in official figures.
corporation
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Obviously, a public corporation is different.
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The courts have long held that partners in private partnerships have greater obligations to each other than do shareholders in public corporations .
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The Radio Française is a public corporation .
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Co. surmounted a similar set of challenges when it moved from a partnership to a public corporation .
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Mr Simmons said firms waited an average of 81 days for payment from larger companies and public corporations .
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This is partly due to the privatization programme which has been implemented in recent years and has reduced the number of public corporations .
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A public corporation managing a monopoly might do so in a sectional interest.
debate
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Quiet changes in design appear only to be relevant to new areas, so that public debate and understanding is limited.
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This was particularly the case on college campuses, where the young radicals of the New Left dominated public debate .
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Doubts over Bush's health, however, provoked renewed public debate over Quayle's competence.
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If the course of public debate is unruly, it has a happy result.
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If it hangs together too long, it will create a dangerous lack of public debate .
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Health care dominated the public debate in the presidential campaign four years ago.
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As with the Doomsday scenario, this further militarisation of the police occurred without public debate or accountability.
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The contentious rules will once again be opened to public debate , Thompson said.
display
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There's no rough stuff from the police - nothing you could file a complaint about - just an unexpected public display .
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Halle wanted privacy for her and got public display .
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Naturally, the public display of great works of art led to a demand for imitations for enjoyment by wealthy individuals.
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The elaborate public displays of those royal families had always camouflaged the most ruthless power struggles.
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Sean Pierce of Fort Smith, Arkansas, was charged with violating a law banning the public display of obscene material.
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This involves vehicle and foot patrols, public displays , and meeting local dignitaries as well as visiting places of work and schools.
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A characteristic of human verbal expression of pain is that it contains a mixture of private suffering and public display .
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Home photography was not for public display , but for fun with friends.
domain
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The upshot, Mace hopes, is that interface copyrights will be broken and will therefore pass into the public domain .
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During the four decades following the Civil War, 183 million acres went out of the public domain into railroad ownership.
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Broadly, the purpose of the City Code is to protect the shareholder in the public domain .
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Municipal marketing and civic entrepreneurship were responsibilities now lodged firmly in the public domain .
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The possibility of penal cancellation charges in the public domain is a rumour.
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Indeed as the public domain has become more impersonal and technical so the family has increased in importance.
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It was inevitable that women would lay claims to enter the public domain .
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Raising the matter in the public domain is not advocated.
education
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Strolling, they pondered public education versus private schooling.
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First, we had public education before we had Social Security.
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What does worry them, says Catherine Wannier, a young Buenos Aires postgraduate, is their own ailing public education system.
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Even in the North, the conditions of public education did not approximate those existing today.
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It also emphasized the importance of public education about constitutional and electoral changes.
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Simply pumping more money into the public education system only would perpetuate the status quo.
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This chapter addresses only those questions concerning religion and public education that are of greatest relevance to teachers and students.
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Ignorance: to be eliminated by universal, free public education . 5.
enterprise
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First, the political demands on public enterprises lead to objectives that are confusing, changeable and often mutually at odds.
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The private sector often complains about public enterprise , arguing that government should not compete with business.
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In addition, as argued above, there are great difficulties in assessing the performance of public enterprises .
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The minister of public enterprises has ordered that 50 percent of all accounting for state-owned companies be placed with black firms.
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It was the difference between a vast public enterprise , and a local farmer making a living as economically as he could.
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This study will take a different approach to identifying the peculiarities of public enterprise industrial relations.
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Workers in other public enterprises were also prevented from striking although this did not stop strikes by postal and railway workers.
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As a result of the government's programme, the weight of the public enterprise sector was significantly curtailed.
expenditure
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The 1979 government was returned with a mandate to cut public expenditure .
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Initially the results were very disappointing as public expenditure continued to grow.
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A scholar wants to know which factors are crucial for explaining high public expenditure .
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This trend, moreover, has not been halted by the recent government cuts in public expenditure .
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This inevitably brings into focus the procedure for the planning, monitoring and control of public expenditure .
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The definition of public expenditure is by no means clear-cut and must depend upon the question at issue.
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The government treats asset receipts not as a means of financing the budget deficit, but instead as negative public expenditure .
eye
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Unlike Blanche, he enjoyed the cases he worked on being in the public eye .
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In this 1996 boom, as in the 1994 crash, the fund managers have operated far out of the public eye .
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The controversy created by the research suddenly put Hector's dolphin firmly in the public eye .
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Instead she began a 57-year voyage almost continuously in the public eye .
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The real tragedy of Tony Bland is that he is in the public eye .
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But her lack of experience at being in the public eye sometimes shows.
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They tell the story of a life lived in the public eye , but now 45 are up for sale.
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Recently, Mr Gore has appeared increasingly presidential in the public eye during the escalating budget talks.
funds
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Securing public funds made available for urban regeneration has been a key target.
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He supported keeping the California Academy of Sciences in the park and spending millions in public funds to rehabilitate it.
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He faced at least three other trials of misusing public funds and business fraud.
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No wonder he is taking nearly $ 30 million in public funds to underwrite his second campaign.
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You must bear in mind the need to safeguard public funds and observe security requirements.
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The use of public funds to clean up the jusen mess will be the main focus of the session.
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A lot of public funds could have been saved that way.
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He deplored previous scandalous seizures of public funds by unscrupulous individuals and politicians.
health
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Local public health authorities and water sports authorities have issued warnings about the risk from Weil's Disease.
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Objectives: A.. Use diverse communication methods for wider and more effective delivery of critical public health messages.
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This is called cost effectiveness analysis and is regularly used in defence, public health and other fields.
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Where policy has to be settled over such matters as public health or education, statistical and factual material is needed.
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Although the tasks of public health doctors are always changing, their goal remains firm: improving the health of the population.
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In 1983, public health and social welfare received one of the biggest expenditure cuts of all the public sectors.
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It provided year-by-year evidence of prevailing trends in public health .
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Is the war waged in the name of morality, public health , behavior or fighting crime?
holiday
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As well as your annual holiday entitlement, the Company observes the usual statutory bank and public holidays.
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Is the education department closed on public holidays ?
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The birthday of the Prophet Mohammad is known as Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi and is a public holiday .
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A working day is any day except Sunday or a public holiday .
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The public holidays should reflect that.
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Don't we have enough public holidays without adding to them?
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Overlapping, consecutive, or duplicate spells of sickness absence were merged after taking account of weekends and public holidays .
house
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The board took four off-sale licences in the locality into account when considering an application for a public house licence.
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All the remaining public houses do bar meals and meals.
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Until the 1950s the village had a chapel, a school, two shops and a public house .
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At the present time there is only the public house left.
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One useful change has been the restoring of parity of permitted hours for clubs opening with those enjoyed by public houses .
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Many of the smaller gaols formed the rear of public houses with the publican doubling his duties with that of gaoler.
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All these major brewing companies were required to release up to 50 percent of the public houses they owned, in excess of 2,000 outlets.
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The accident outside the George public house at Gravesend followed violence in the town centre.
image
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Her public image is that of a sassy mystic, but she has the showbiz mastery of a Gloria Swanson.
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Gore masterfully played off his public image as a stiff, wooden personality who leaves audiences sitting on their hands.
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It was upon them that the legal profession focussed in the early 1970s in an attempt to improve its tarnished public image .
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Their public image is all important.
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Attempts were made to improve the public image of the police.
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What do they think of her public image ?
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The mining industry, which seldom has had a good public image , found its input was being ignored.
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With his wide-ranging connections and relatively positive public image , Qiao is a strong candidate for top leadership.
inquiry
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Keepsafe appealed, a public inquiry followed and ruled against the company.
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We have had to fight for a public inquiry and we have had to fight for everything.
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They flew barrage balloons, commissioned perspectives and held a public inquiry .
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A public inquiry is due to be held in August.
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Without delving into the legal niceties too deeply, the procedure of a public inquiry generally takes the following form.
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Experience has shown that public inquiry reports are long and difficult to follow.
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As such they can not be ignored, unlike the findings of a public inquiry which are purely advisory.
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Appeals can be decided either through a public inquiry or by written representations.
interest
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He suggested that these proposals were contrary to the public interest and to justice.
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Five men doing handstands are likely to be regarded as a conspiracy against the public interest .
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This was not in the public interest . seconded the motion.
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Trusts for performance seem also to have been enforced, at any rate where there was a public interest .
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Councils charged with caring for the public interest start to panic at the thought of this oversized weed with its excruciating sap.
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The organisation recommends that participating nations establish home offices to arouse public interest and collect contributions.
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Perhaps, then, there is a public interest in curbing the study of economics.
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Most people would agree though that there is evidence clearly inconsistent with some aspects of the public interest view.
knowledge
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How she had learned that he had the painting, which was not a matter of public knowledge , is unknown.
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How all of this came about is not yet public knowledge .
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The full picture will not become public knowledge .
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Blinder said he favors increased public knowledge about the intentions of policymakers at the secretive Fed.
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His argument seemed to be based fearlessly on the refusal to recognise what is already public knowledge about our plans.
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From 1873 until 1889 his whereabouts were public knowledge , first locally, later worldwide.
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The telephone was just as it should be, with no bugging device to turn his private conversations into public knowledge .
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I had been on the committee but had resigned, and that was certainly by then a matter of public knowledge .
library
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This serious quality in the public libraries survived into the interwar years.
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Currently eleven of her works are in print, and a good number of others are available in public libraries .
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Perhaps the most interesting questions relate to subject demand in public libraries , linked to the activity of stock revision.
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At the public library downtown I return obsessively to the photographs of concentration camps.
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Our objective is to create a searchable electronic public library of research in international health.
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Nevertheless there is a clear case for its practice in public libraries , and even in university provision for undergraduates.
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Fiction classifications are used extensively in public libraries .
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There may be other local groups who can be contacted through lists kept at public libraries , or Citizen Advice Bureaux.
life
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Mr Montesinos's influence stretched into every arm of public life .
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Politics no longer served as the centerpiece of citizens' public lives .
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He never wanted to live in the public life .
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In which case it would make more sense to elect proven adulterers instead of discouraging them from public life .
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No wonder we are personally repulsed and cynical about public life and those who inhabit it.
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When his own business affairs fell into a state of disarray in 1773, he was forced to withdraw from public life .
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After all, both men came into public life with private histories.
meeting
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Encourage engineers to speak at public meetings , discussions, seminars and conferences to promote public awareness of risk issues.
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They started with a public meeting in St Peter's Fields - in Manchester, you know.
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Depressingly, the Labour party managed to run an entire campaign without exposing its candidate to genuine scrutiny at public meetings .
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A second public meeting was called.
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C: Steady on, this is a public meeting .
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Charge was 75 per hour, for the duration of the public meeting only.
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She addressed her last public meeting at the age of ninety-one at a garden party arranged by her daughter.
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Hundreds of residents had a public meeting in the village hall to hear Ken Hind explain about the bypass.
money
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But it couldn't be privatised without a large injection of public money .
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The actual implementation of these programs involves collection of revenues and disbursement of public money , budgeting, accounting, and purchasing.
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It's believed tens of thousands of pounds of public money has been misused.
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Critics who say using public money for such programs could violate the wall between church and state.
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A lot of public money went into trying to save what could be saved, or to help companies redeploy.
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Unfortunately, the Crown Court which is the greatest source of the waste of public money is not being attacked.
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It will bring greater clarity into choosing how to spend public money on health.
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The more he describes the plight of public services, the more voters are reminded of the need for more public money .
nuisance
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Married sheep-farmer Wadland, 29, was jailed for five years after admitting making threats to kill and being a public nuisance .
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Those who reside or work where zoning laws prohibit public nuisances need not apply.
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Edith would have an action under s. 4 and an action in public nuisance .
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Tell that woman she is a public nuisance .
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The aim of the law of public nuisance is to prevent interference with the rights of the public at large.
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It also alleges violations of state and federal antitrust laws and public nuisance laws.
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Consequently, odours may amount to a public nuisance if they substantially inconvenience a sufficient number of people.
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She should be declared a public nuisance and paved over for a parking lot.
office
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The early introduction of merit systems deprived them of patronage, and nominations for public office were outside their control.
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It's doubtful she ever has taken a single day of unpaid leave during any of her innumerable campaigns for public office .
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All of the former officers remained stripped of their rank and were barred from holding public office .
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Which is one reason I could never run for public office .
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The tribunal concluded that he should be dismissed and banned for three years from public office , forfeiting his seat in parliament.
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He then sought without success an appointment to public office .
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They might also be banned from holding public office for a period determined by the courts.
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In many ways it should have been the most satisfying celebration of his years in public office .
official
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Mrs Chan, Hong Kong's most popular public official , consistently proved a staunch defender of its autonomy.
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Anyone who has traveled in Third World countries is aware that the favors of public officials are customarily and blatantly for sale.
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I give you my word as a public official , and a friend.
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Teachers and administrators found to be either public officials or public figures have a higher burden of proof in defamation suits.
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Other courts have held that superintendents are public officials .
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The state is an autonomous actor, composed of public officials making decisions.
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Can the New York Times standard be applied to others besides public officials ?
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He holds more press conferences than any major public official in the country-at least two, and usually three, a week.
opinion
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But the culprit is protected and the public opinion of careless, cruel money-making farmers is reinforced.
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Difficult political decisions should not be left to the snap judgments and popular distemper of public opinion , Hamilton wrote.
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Berg tapped into the unpalatable side of public opinion , becoming addicted to verbal wind-ups and hostility with fatal results.
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The act turned public opinion against such executions and led King Charles to prohibit hangings for her sort of crime.
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The last decade of the nineteenth century saw the development of a considerable antipathy to trade unionism among influential public opinion .
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The new popular press played a crucial role in orchestrating public opinion over the affair.
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Several opposition parties interpreted Mr Gonzalez's attitude as defiance of public opinion .
order
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Devoted to public order and financial stability, he presided over and accelerated the collapse of both.
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Mexicali Mayor Victor Hermosillo staunchly defended his police officers, saying they simply were maintaining public order .
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This was a power suggested by Lord Scarman, but only on the grounds of threats to public order .
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This does not mean that the younger members of the underclass pose no threat to public order .
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Over the years, it became the standard public order offence.
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In some areas public order and drunkenness offences are down by more than a third.
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The arrests were for alleged public order , criminal damage or drugs offences.
outcry
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The lack of evidence and the circumstantial nature of the testimony caused a public outcry .
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The public outcry over the massacre led to the resignation March 12 of state Gov.
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The Thom case was exceptional and gave rise to something of a public outcry .
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Hale was permitted to retire quietly, but after a public outcry he was brought back to face charges.
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It had been stopped in its tracks by the Railway Inspectorate and a public outcry .
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Originally intended to run six months, the study lasted 40 years, until a public outcry in the 1970s ended it.
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That bid sparked a public outcry .
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In contrast, there was a public outcry in Cleveland over the loss of the Browns.
ownership
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Debates over important issues, from nuclear weapons to public ownership , have been settled by manipulation rather than persuasion.
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Beck was not proposing public ownership of the generating plants, but he did want the province to build the transmission lines.
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Without a significant amount of public ownership therefore, a liberal market system gives companies independence.
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Besides, the people of Waterloo had first-hand knowledge of the advantages of public ownership .
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Mr Prescott's demand for the tunnel to be taken into public ownership goes beyond existing Labour Party policy.
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The Government plans to sell 51 % initially, with 46 % staying in public ownership .
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Before 1979 the Conservative party had effectively acquiesced in most of the public ownership measures of earlier Labour governments.
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Reduced public ownership has led to increased public regulation.
perception
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Privatisation will not inevitably lead to changes in public perception .
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Even stock prices rise and fall according to the public perception of how good the leader is.
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There were dramatic trends in public perceptions of, for example, the Conservative Party's emphasis on defence.
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That could go a long way toward offsetting public perception that regional carriers are less safe.
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Despite public perceptions , across the world 7 out of 10 infections are heterosexual.
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Should Presley and Jackson divorce, there may be more at stake than pride and public perception .
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It also contributed to a negative change in the public perception and image of lawyers.
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Few attempts to change public perceptions are achieved easily, nor can they be performed by all members of society.
place
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Moscow is considering a ban on alcohol and tobacco advertising in most public places and on transport.
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An entire industry has flourished around securing coveted access to public places and people.
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Other initiatives Commissions for companies, public places and so on are usually advertised in the press and art magazines.
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We see each other in public places and we give each other the nod.
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It became an offence for anyone in charge of children to allow them to bet in public places or to enter brothels.
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You're on your own, a single man in a smart, public place .
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Nineteen whipped and chained in a public place , where they were left to die.
policy
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Despite this, primary preventive measures of the sort recommended by Wilson have not emerged in public policy .
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What I do offer is realism and a functional understanding of business and public policy .
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The law on the issue of consent continues to change because it is based on public policy .
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Is there evidence of actual collaboration among the elite in the formulation of preferred public policy ?
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Taking account of the view of drunk driving, the plaintiff should be precluded on grounds of public policy from recovering compensation.
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The danger apprehended that quack nostrums in public policy can be forced upon the voters by demagogues is demonstrably nonexistent.
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Elections may help produce the personnel at the apex of government but they tell us little about likely public policy .
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The president was speaking in the lofty but dull rhetoric of public policy .
pressure
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Thus the pendulum of public pressure swings back and forth, reflecting the unresolved tensions within public policy.
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The group announced an advertising campaign to bring public pressure on lawmakers to sign the pledge.
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Mar Lodge has proved that even the most intransigent of ministers will begin to bend to public pressure .
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Forest Service officials are aware that public pressure may push them to artificially restore the forest, she said.
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Both sides are under mounting public pressure to settle the three-week dispute.
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Bowing to private and public pressure , Baer then reversed his ruling in the drug case.
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He said they were reacting to public pressure , and that the majority of people did not support Sunday opening.
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He faces mounting public pressure to resign.
prosecutor
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He was later charged with trespass, and the public prosecutor in Mannheim will this week decide whether other charges will follow.
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All prosecutions are undertaken by the public prosecutor , the Lord Advocate, or his subordinates, the procurators fiscal.
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On June 14, 1961, at the request of Milan's public prosecutor , it was seized by 25 plain-clothes policemen.
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It demonstrated the excesses that are possible in the present climate of confusion and for which the chief public prosecutor has apologised.
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Four were arrested on the orders of the chief public prosecutor , but Mr Honecker was let off because of ill health.
school
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Composer in residence with Pittsburgh public school system. 1961-64.
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Fourteen languages are taught in the public schools .
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The parson would swear by Jupiter to show he's a public school man but these old women would have him.
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Minnesota had long prided itself on its excellent public schools .
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Winning ways NORTH-EAST pupils have won half the scholarships awarded by the public school , Giggleswick, for pupils starting in September.
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And the rapidly expanding public school system itself created a huge demand for teachers.
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Hold on to the remnants of a once great public school system.
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They do provide an opportunity for much that is lacking in public schools .
sector
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The Labour Party is largely a trade union party in which unions from the public sector play an increasing role.
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In public sector schools in the late 1980s, shortages of government funding were bringing pressures to charge fees.
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The sports hall of a public sector facility is used more for aerobics classes than was the case ten years ago.
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Beyond the public sector , the cave becomes increasingly difficult, and is accessible only to experts.
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Although the operational framework may differ, the opportunity cost of capital is equally relevant to investment decisions in the public sector .
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This is in effect saying that the policy makers for the public sector were indeterminate, at that time.
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The public sector is primarily composed of nonprofit-making organizations.
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This is particularly so where it is taxpayers' money being used to fix public sector systems.
servant
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Party officials may perform functions that in non-communist regimes would be reserved for public servants .
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Mayor Susan Golding introduced the 52-year-old career public servant in a light-hearted afternoon news conference at City Hall.
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But they don't get any credence here and several of our most respected lawyers, doctors and public servants are black.
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Appointed for life, they remain the most insulated of public servants .
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The Council included a number of former public servants as well as bankers and academics, rather than career politicians.
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Something of the concerned public servant had crept into his manner.
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Retiring public servants now routinely move into jobs where their previous contacts and responsibilities can enrich themselves and their employers.
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One of these public servants is Smokey Bear, whose commercials run all day and night.
service
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They waste our public services , and essential repairs are not carried out.
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Bottom line thinking simply precludes public service investment.
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In the new liberal framework, however, both system redundancy and public service culture are inexorably fading.
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It would be a great shame if young people such as Hu were discouraged from seeking careers in public service .
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The longer-term implications of liberalization for the public service dimension of electricity have not been adequately considered.
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It also might challenge and invite smart graduate students and other young professionals to choose public service over a corporate career.
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We will bring private sector enterprise into the public services by encouraging contracting out and competitive tendering throughout government.
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Only 13 percent of top federal employees said they would recommend a career in public service .
spending
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They also criticised the government for its planned increases in taxes and for failing to curb public spending .
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It can be perverted - as Mrs Thatcher will seek to pervert it - into an alternative to public spending .
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Yet in spite of all this, a Treasury paper was circulated which sought further public spending cuts that would affect every government department.
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The profits from capitalism are redistributed to millions of people, not through taxing and public spending but through collective investment trusts.
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Other economic interests wish to restrain public spending .
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In the course of its last five years in office, Labour was forced to cut public spending in real terms.
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Tough decisions await the Government, not least over public spending .
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By contrast, the Conservatives have been able to raise public spending by nearly a quarter in real terms.
sphere
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In many respects it seemed that feminist aims regarding women's rights in the public sphere had been achieved.
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The public sphere can not be left entirely to the private marketplace.
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In common with Butler and Florence Nightingale, illness related to the strain experienced by middle-class women who moved into the public sphere .
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Men still controlled the public sphere and often the private.
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The cultural move from an autonomous and independent sculpture back to the public sphere inevitably raises the spectre of popular culture.
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In the public sphere , women must assume sufficient power to change the cultural imagery and the political landscape.
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What nuclear families want from the public sphere and what those living outside nuclear families want are difficult to reconcile.
support
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As a major national organisation, commanding massive public support , the Trust's influence in Whitehall is strengthened.
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The march is the first test of public support for affirmative action since Gov.
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The chairman of Oxfordshire County Council says the bridge wouldn't have been repaired without public support .
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That meant more sympathy and thus more public support .
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You can not expect public support if you do not have the support of your own ministers.
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Workfare systems, in which people contribute some kind of productive labor in return for public support , are certainly an alternative.
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Open and shut case, except for such small matters as Slobodan Milosevic's electoral mandates and public support .
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Nevertheless, statewide polls still show overwhelming public support for the Games.
transport
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This form of public transport was first introduced into London by George Shillibeer in 1829.
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We should add that animals and farm produce are no longer allowed on public transport .
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She takes little exercise, does not even walk much, and prefers to use the car or public transport .
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Most transport investment has gone on road construction and not on public transport.
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In addition, public transport is much more subject to direct government policy and to the influence of political decisions.
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Research shows that both men and women have some safety concerns when using public transport , especially at night.
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Do you have a car or do you rely on public transport ? 2.
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If dependent on public transport , the Chamonix bus stops at Grenoble mid-morning.
utility
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Then again, various public utility undertakings offer important positions to solicitors.
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After its experience with the disease, the public utility company issued an AIDS-specific policy statement and set of guidelines.
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The cost of diverting mains services and public utilities can be very expensive and in certain situations virtually impossible.
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They were manufacturing, the finance, insurance and real estate group, transportation and public utilities and government.
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Does it apply to a public utility which may or may not appear to be similar to a local government?
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Of course, Tucson Water is a public utility , and therefore is required to keep its records open to the public.
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These include banks, building societies, chemical companies, transportation and public utilities .
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They thought of them as public utilities .
works
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A similar directive covering public works contracts over £3.5 million is scheduled to come in at the beginning of 1990.
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Perhaps it is a movie about the promises and failures of public works in and since the New Deal.
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In 1971 it did so in respect of public works contracts.
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They had hoped that he would launch great public works projects, ge! a building boom going.
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The New Deal showed great ingenuity in designing public works schemes.
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At one point, city public works employees were called away from their duties to help in the search.
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Borough Councils with their power to offer public works could, as we have seen, deal only very imperfectly with unemployment.
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Page was instrumental in the creation of the new Mainan ambitious public works project funded through a public-private partnership.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Joe Public/Bloggs
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But Joe Public will feel aggrieved our No.1 sport is not available to everyone.
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She also aims to help Joe Public get rid of those niggling aches and pains.
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We're giving away 15 great cotton sweatshirts from Joe Bloggs in various autumnal colours - one size fits all.
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You can't go into the recording studio and be Joe Bloggs.
be in the national/public interest
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An improper and dominant motive would have to be shown for revealing matters which would normally be in the public interest .
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As such, redevelopment may be in the public interest even if it conflicts with local policy.
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Matters are somewhat different when we come to dispositions where the modus is in the public interest .
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The 1916 Senate hearings produced no debate on the question of whether concern about leprosy was in the national interest .
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The insistence that emancipation was in the national interest expressed this.
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The judge rejected the argument that publication of the information in an article would be in the public interest .
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The period can be extended if continued secrecy is deemed to be in the public interest .
for general/public/private etc consumption
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But these things aren't for public consumption .
▪
Far from it, what they say for public consumption appears to be at odds with what they are saying privately.
▪
Most of its contents was judged too personal-and possibly too politically sensitive-for public consumption .
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This Government talks tough for public consumption but has no stomach for action.
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Those on the right endorse the first half of the argument but not the second, at least for public consumption .
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When the media found out, his private exercise of his personal beliefs became a subject for public consumption .
public enemy number one
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Rats have been branded public enemy No. 1 in Bangladesh.
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She had done nothing wrong, yet between them Rourke and Rebecca were making her feel like public enemy number one.
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Taylor has turned into public enemy number one.
team/community/public etc spirit
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Good team spirit was built up during lunch before heading out to the second round.
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No doubt the team spirit was enhanced.
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The specials certainly show the kind of public spirit and professionalism of the Territorials.
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These accomplishments, and their new-found team spirit , were celebrated with social play in the evening.
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This community spirit even extends beyond Silver Lake proper.
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This creates a good working team spirit and everyone helps everyone else out.
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This obviated the problem of building team spirit or involvement among the area staff.
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Workers' distress can be reduced by adequate and effective reward systems and attention to maintaining a cooperative team spirit .
the general public
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Organizers of the president's funeral plan a large ceremony for the general public, and a small, private affair for his family.
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She is a poet who is admired by other poets but not well-known to the general public.
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Very little official information is given to the general public.
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We want the committee to include at least five members of the general public.
▪
Does he accept that the general public will not mind in the least paying to see these magnificent treasures?
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Each is covered almost immediately and, so far as the general public is concerned, left virtually without trace.
▪
Federman said this gender difference is consistent with that in the general public.
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No Press appeals were made for assistance from the general public.
▪
The symbol gets the same message across to your existing employees, to the business community and to the general public.
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They are not responsible to the general public.
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This task it has admirably fulfilled, becoming very popular with the general public.
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We have made great strides in de-emphasising the beer parties, but not many people in the general public have noticed.
the glare of publicity/the media/public scrutiny etc
the political/international/public etc arena
▪
Another possible problem could emerge from the political arena .
▪
He would therefore argue that conventions are established by their acceptance by those who participate in the political arena .
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Moreover, the law is only one method of control over what is placed in the public arena .
▪
Similarly in the international arena , an emasculated politics is incapable of sustaining an effective national defense.
▪
Television's response to the struggle around Clause 28 reflected the status the campaign achieved in the political arena .
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The assessment of basic expenditure needs should urgently be removed from the political arena .
▪
They do have a place in the political arena .
the public highway
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All citizens have the right to use the public highway .
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In suburbia, however, the scourge of the skips tends to descend on the public highway in spring and summer.
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So just what are the rules, regulations and guidelines governing the depositing of skips on the public highway ?
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The same applied to traditional football except that in this case legislation merely banned the game from the public highway .
the public sector
winds of change/freedom/public opinion etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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public sector employees
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a public beach
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a public restroom
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Can we go somewhere quieter? This place is a bit public .
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Could you tell me where the public telephones are?
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garbage collection and other public services
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I've worked in the public sector all my life, mainly in local government.
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In a public statement, Jackson and his wife announced their intention to get divorced.
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Is this a public beach?
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It is one of the few countries where they still hold public executions.
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Jeff was obviously calling from a public place.
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proposals to ban smoking in public places
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Reiner insisted that public pressure did not influence his decision.
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Smoking is no longer allowed in indoor public places.
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Thatcher privatized publicly owned industries like electricity and telecommunications.
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There's been a big increase in public spending over the past three years.
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They're always telling people to use public transport because there are too many cars on the roads.
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We need to raise taxes to pay for better public healthcare.
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You can get the information from your local public library
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You now have to pay to use the public toilets at the station.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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On July 1, 1849, President Herrera called a special session of Congress to consider the questions of public finance.
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Soon to be added are some recent initial public offerings, among them Yahoo! and VocalTec.
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The markets have shrugged off other harsh public comments about Mr Rubin.
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The plan is due to go before a public enquiry next summer.
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The upsurge in our activity and in our public demands in the mid-1980s represented a declaration that our tolerance was running out.
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We have also seen that there is no mechanical way of deciding whether a function is a public one or not.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
available
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These shears are not generally available to the public , so take this opportunity to acquire a pair now.
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The more directly comprehensible parts of the Challenger's programme were thus made available to the public at a provisional stage.
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A black and white leaflet is available for the public .
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I hope that in future more of this highly professional group's work will be made available to the public .
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The aim is to have 1:50 000 geological map sheets for the whole of Great Britain available to the public by 2005.
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The information on the register is available to the public .
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This information may be made available to the public . 4.2.2.
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Mr Pearson said the complete list for Darlington will be made available to the public on May 1.
open
▪
The cellars are open to the public on Fridays only.
▪
Is it open to the public ?
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At midnight on July 15, 1885, the gates were thrown open to the public .
▪
It is certainly no sadness for me that I live in a house that is open to the public .
▪
It's open to the public on summer Wednesdays, but numbers are strictly limited to preserve the building.
▪
Almost all the trust's properties are open to the public .
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The evening feeds are open to the public on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays until the end of February.
travelling
▪
While the two sides fight it out, the only winners so far are the travelling public of Stroud.
▪
There have been a number of tragedies involving the travelling public .
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And entirely in the interest of the travelling public , you understand.
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As I observed in Southampton, that leaves a problem for the travelling public .
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Currently, there is no source of redress to which the travelling public can go.
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Our primary duty is to the travelling public .
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Mr Leech also added that several other services were proving very popular with the travelling public .
wide
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Some writing is of undoubtedly high quality and may well find a place in the permanent repertoire of a wider public .
▪
But the depth of the speech's radicalism has not reached a wider public .
▪
This could be a good way to introduce Medau to a wider public .
▪
Beamish decided to communicate such views to a wider public .
▪
The fact that this collection is much stronger on diagnosis than cure should not prevent it reaching a wide public .
▪
Do you think there are lessons for the wider public in the Franks Report?
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It was left to Rachel Carson to bring to the attention of a wider public just what the unintended consequences might be.
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In terms of their relations with the wider public , the police tend to be a particularly segregated group in society.
■ VERB
close
▪
The carpets were laid on a Sunday when the Palace is closed to the public .
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Still being restored, over half the Catherine Palace is closed to the public .
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Greenwich Park is closed to the public , but there is limited car parking around Blackheath.
▪
Still family-owned, most are closed to the public - so these photographs and vivid word profiles are all the more valuable.
▪
Notices tell you if Barden Fell is closed to public .
inform
▪
It is intended that the results of the programme will inform the public about policy options.
▪
Considerable efforts were then made to clean out the system but not to inform the public .
▪
The farming industry needs to inform the public about all aspects of their industry and open these up to public discussion.
▪
The report suggests that individual products could be labelled to inform the public about how much electricity the appliances consume.
protect
▪
The firms say it protects farmworkers and the public from dangerous pesticides.
▪
He said he had a duty to protect the public .
▪
They will also do everything practically possible to protect the public .
▪
Those incidents are a salutary reminder of the dedication of police officers to protecting the public .
▪
Conversely, Conservative Members wish to protect the public further from trade union activities.
▪
When firearms are involved you must protect the public .
▪
I deal first with the proposals to protect the public against strikes and other forms of industrial action.
show
▪
It was due to be shown to the paying public in a preview on the Monday evening.
▪
The movement whose new star he became in 1934 soon showed the public how greatly it had gained strength.
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Reports of the disaster, albeit strictly censored ones, were shown to the Soviet public for months afterwards.
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They merely became more discerning in the façade they showed to the public .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Joe Public/Bloggs
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But Joe Public will feel aggrieved our No.1 sport is not available to everyone.
▪
She also aims to help Joe Public get rid of those niggling aches and pains.
▪
We're giving away 15 great cotton sweatshirts from Joe Bloggs in various autumnal colours - one size fits all.
▪
You can't go into the recording studio and be Joe Bloggs.
be in the national/public interest
▪
An improper and dominant motive would have to be shown for revealing matters which would normally be in the public interest .
▪
As such, redevelopment may be in the public interest even if it conflicts with local policy.
▪
Matters are somewhat different when we come to dispositions where the modus is in the public interest .
▪
The 1916 Senate hearings produced no debate on the question of whether concern about leprosy was in the national interest .
▪
The insistence that emancipation was in the national interest expressed this.
▪
The judge rejected the argument that publication of the information in an article would be in the public interest .
▪
The period can be extended if continued secrecy is deemed to be in the public interest .
for general/public/private etc consumption
▪
But these things aren't for public consumption .
▪
Far from it, what they say for public consumption appears to be at odds with what they are saying privately.
▪
Most of its contents was judged too personal-and possibly too politically sensitive-for public consumption .
▪
This Government talks tough for public consumption but has no stomach for action.
▪
Those on the right endorse the first half of the argument but not the second, at least for public consumption .
▪
When the media found out, his private exercise of his personal beliefs became a subject for public consumption .
public enemy number one
▪
Rats have been branded public enemy No. 1 in Bangladesh.
▪
She had done nothing wrong, yet between them Rourke and Rebecca were making her feel like public enemy number one.
▪
Taylor has turned into public enemy number one.
team/community/public etc spirit
▪
Good team spirit was built up during lunch before heading out to the second round.
▪
No doubt the team spirit was enhanced.
▪
The specials certainly show the kind of public spirit and professionalism of the Territorials.
▪
These accomplishments, and their new-found team spirit , were celebrated with social play in the evening.
▪
This community spirit even extends beyond Silver Lake proper.
▪
This creates a good working team spirit and everyone helps everyone else out.
▪
This obviated the problem of building team spirit or involvement among the area staff.
▪
Workers' distress can be reduced by adequate and effective reward systems and attention to maintaining a cooperative team spirit .
the general public
▪
Organizers of the president's funeral plan a large ceremony for the general public, and a small, private affair for his family.
▪
She is a poet who is admired by other poets but not well-known to the general public.
▪
Very little official information is given to the general public.
▪
We want the committee to include at least five members of the general public.
▪
Does he accept that the general public will not mind in the least paying to see these magnificent treasures?
▪
Each is covered almost immediately and, so far as the general public is concerned, left virtually without trace.
▪
Federman said this gender difference is consistent with that in the general public.
▪
No Press appeals were made for assistance from the general public.
▪
The symbol gets the same message across to your existing employees, to the business community and to the general public.
▪
They are not responsible to the general public.
▪
This task it has admirably fulfilled, becoming very popular with the general public.
▪
We have made great strides in de-emphasising the beer parties, but not many people in the general public have noticed.
the glare of publicity/the media/public scrutiny etc
the political/international/public etc arena
▪
Another possible problem could emerge from the political arena .
▪
He would therefore argue that conventions are established by their acceptance by those who participate in the political arena .
▪
Moreover, the law is only one method of control over what is placed in the public arena .
▪
Similarly in the international arena , an emasculated politics is incapable of sustaining an effective national defense.
▪
Television's response to the struggle around Clause 28 reflected the status the campaign achieved in the political arena .
▪
The assessment of basic expenditure needs should urgently be removed from the political arena .
▪
They do have a place in the political arena .
the population/public/society/world etc at large
▪
Equally important is how a baby communicates back to caregivers and the world at large .
▪
How then did this concept originate, and why has it received such currency among specialists and the public at large ?
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However, in spite of that, the availability both here and in Britain should be known to the public at large .
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I came and looked around and felt this campus is no different than the society at large .
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In some societies the boy-preferring habit seems to have spread from elites to the society at large .
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The rise of the Internet has taken that idea from offices to the world at large .
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They chattered on among themselves, oblivious to the world at large , lovingly cared for in this cozy place.
the public highway
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All citizens have the right to use the public highway .
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In suburbia, however, the scourge of the skips tends to descend on the public highway in spring and summer.
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So just what are the rules, regulations and guidelines governing the depositing of skips on the public highway ?
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The same applied to traditional football except that in this case legislation merely banned the game from the public highway .
the public sector
winds of change/freedom/public opinion etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He goes out of his way to make sure his public is satisfied.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As for why the public embraced it?
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But he says just as worrying, is the string of unjustified complaints made against him by members of the public .
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It recognised the power and the autonomy of the public as a force to be reckoned with; predicted but never ignored.
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No Press appeals were made for assistance from the general public .
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The general public are, on the whole, pretty conservative about education.
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This task it has admirably fulfilled, becoming very popular with the general public .