public1 adjectivepublic2 noun
publicpub‧lic1 /ˈpʌblɪk/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective 
WORD ORIGINpublic1
Origin:
1400-1500 French publique, from Latin publicus, probably from poplicus, from populus ‘people’; influenced by pubes ‘adult’ ( ➔ PUBES)EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- public sector employees
- a public beach
- a public restroom
- Can we go somewhere quieter? This place is a bit public.
- Could you tell me where the public telephones are?
- garbage collection and other public services
- I've worked in the public sector all my life, mainly in local government.
- In a public statement, Jackson and his wife announced their intention to get divorced.
- Is this a public beach?
- It is one of the few countries where they still hold public executions.
- Jeff was obviously calling from a public place.
- proposals to ban smoking in public places
- Reiner insisted that public pressure did not influence his decision.
- Smoking is no longer allowed in indoor public places.
- Thatcher privatized publicly owned industries like electricity and telecommunications.
- There's been a big increase in public spending over the past three years.
- They're always telling people to use public transport because there are too many cars on the roads.
- We need to raise taxes to pay for better public healthcare.
- You can get the information from your local public library
- You now have to pay to use the public toilets at the station.
- On July 1, 1849, President Herrera called a special session of Congress to consider the questions of public finance.
- Soon to be added are some recent initial public offerings, among them Yahoo! and VocalTec.
- The markets have shrugged off other harsh public comments about Mr Rubin.
- The plan is due to go before a public enquiry next summer.
- The upsurge in our activity and in our public demands in the mid-1980s represented a declaration that our tolerance was running out.
- We have also seen that there is no mechanical way of deciding whether a function is a public one or not.
Longman Language Activatorfor everyone to use
a public place or public service is one that anyone can use, not one that is only for a particular person or group: · Could you tell me where the public telephones are?· Is this a public beach?· proposals to ban smoking in public places· They're always telling people to use public transport because there are too many cars on the roads.· You now have to pay to use the public toilets at the station.
owned or paid for by the government public libraries, hospitals etc are provided and paid for by the government, not by private companies: · You can get the information from your local public library· We need to raise taxes to pay for better public healthcare.public services: · garbage collection and other public servicespublic spending/expenditure (=money spent by the government to provide public services): · There's been a big increase in public spending over the past three years.the public sector (=all the industries and services that are owned or paid for by the government): · I've worked in the public sector all my life, mainly in local government.· public sector employees
owned, controlled, or paid for by the government. In the US state usually refers to the government of a particular state , not the national government: · The government has promised increased spending on the the state education system.· China's state radio station· Britain's state aid for industry generally falls far short of the sums seen in other countries.
provided, paid for, or run by the government: · How much government money is to be poured into this program?· The camps have been attacked several times by government forces.· The industry secretary has just announced a government initiative to address the problem.
owned or paid for by the national government of the US or a country organized in a similar way: · Federal funding for the project was cut last year· federal agencies· the Federal Bureau of Investigation
also nationalise British if a government nationalizes an industry or service, it buys it or takes control of it: · The mines were nationalized by the Labour Party.· Castro speeded up his land reforms and began to nationalize foreign holdings in Cuba.
when a lot of people can see you or know about what is happening if you do something in public , you do it in a place where a lot of people can see or hear you: · Most people feel nervous about speaking in public.· Her husband was always nice to her in public, but treated her badly at home.appear in public (=use this to say that a famous person is seen in public by ordinary people): · The Prince has not appeared in public since the announcement of his divorce.
if you do or say something publicly , you do or say it so that everyone knows about it, and you do not try to keep it secret: · He was put in prison after publicly criticizing the military government.· They plan to announce their engagement publicly in the New Year.
public actions or events happen in a place where everyone can see or hear them: · It is one of the few countries where they still hold public executions.· In a public statement, Jackson and his wife announced their intention to get divorced.a public place (=a place where people can see or hear what you are doing): · Jeff was obviously calling from a public place.· Can we go somewhere quieter? This place is a bit public.
if you do something openly , you do it in a public place and without being embarrassed or trying to hide what you are doing: · He was the first person to talk openly on TV about having AIDS.· Drugs are sold openly on the city streets.
if something is done officially, it is done by someone in authority, and made known to the public: · The changes to borders were officially announced in the European Parliament.· The details of the reforms are to be released officially next month.· thirty square miles of woodland that has been officially designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
when someone makes a speech a formal situation, for example at a meeting or ceremony, in which you talk to a group of people about a particular subject, usually when you have planned and practised what you are going to say : · She left early to write her speech for the next day.· In her speech, Bauer proposed major changes in the welfare system.speech about/on: · The senator's speech on farm subsidies did not attract a large audience.make/give a speech: · To start with, the governor made a short speech welcoming the visiting dignitaries.
a planned, but not very formal speech about a particular subject, for example at a meeting or on the radio: · There's an interesting series of talks by well-known writers on the radio this week.talk on/about: · You should have heard Dr Cooper's talk on his trip to India - it was fascinating.give a talk: · A researcher from our division gave a talk today about recent advances in cancer treatment.give a talk to somebody: · Alice Walker has been invited to give a talk to the literary group this evening.
to make a formal speech: · I've been invited to speak at the party's annual convention.· Who are they getting to speak at this year's graduation ceremony?speak to: · Speaking to Congress, the President appealed for cooperation in dealing with the sagging economy.speak on/about: · At the convention Ford spoke on immigration and social issues.
to speak publicly to a group of people about a particular subject: talk about: · This evening Professor Welch will be talking about Shakespeare's historical plays.talk to: · Powell talked to a group of industry leaders in Atlanta on Tuesday.
formal to make a speech to a large group of people: address a group/meeting/crowd/conference etc: · Rifkind addressed a news conference before leaving for Beijing yesterday.· Three Republican candidates addressed a group of 500 senior citizens concerning tax cuts.
the activity or art of making speeches in public: · The course I took in public speaking has really improved my self-confidence.· Executives in big companies need to have excellent public speaking skills.
to give a talk for your company about something such as a new product or business idea: · The presentation went extremely well, with almost all of the audience requesting further information about our proposals.give a presentation: · I was supposed to be giving a presentation that morning to some colleagues from the Japanese division.
to tell someone something that was a secret to tell someone something that should be kept secret: · What did she say? Tell me!· If someone asked me to keep a secret I would never tell.tell somebody where/what/who etc: · He didn't tell me where he got this information.tell somebody about something: · Don't tell anyone about this just yet.tell somebody a secret: · Come here Eva - let me tell you a secret.tell somebody something in the strictest confidence (=tell someone something on the condition that they do not tell anyone): · I'm telling you this in the strictest confidence, so not a word to anyone.
especially written to let people know about something that was previously kept secret: · The company has just revealed its plans for the coming year, including the opening of new offices in Paris.· What actually happened to the gold has never been revealed.reveal (that): · Markov revealed that he had once worked for the CIA.· Ginsberg withdrew his application to become Attorney General after it was revealed that he had smoked marijuana at college.
to publicly reveal something such as a fact or a name that has been kept secret or hidden: · The agent does not have to disclose the amount his client paid.disclose that: · In the report it was disclosed that neither pilot nor controller had any experience of the radar system in use at the time of the crash.disclose information/details/evidence etc: · The Security Service is unlikely to disclose any information.disclose somebody's identity (=say who someone is): · He refused to disclose the identity of the politician.
to make a piece of important information known to the public, especially after keeping it secret for some time: · The Senator will make his decision public on Friday.· Reporters learned the news on Friday but agreed not to make it public until the following day.make it public that: · Freddie Mercury died only two days after making it public that he was suffering from AIDS.
formal to give someone some very important and often personal information which was previously secret or unknown: · The other three companies refused to divulge their plans.divulge what/where/when etc: · I'm afraid I cannot divulge what Jameson said to me.divulge something to somebody: · The contract forbids employees to divulge details of this work to anyone outside the company.
to tell the public about the secret activities of a person or organization, because you think that people ought to know about something morally wrong that is being done: · Her criminal activities were finally exposed in the Washington Post by political columnist Richard McCallum.expose to: · They threatened to expose him to the media unless he changed his ways.
to deliberately give secret government information to a newspaper or television company: · A man was charged today with leaking official secrets.· The Congressman was furious that the report had been leaked.leak something to somebody: · The contents of the fax were leaked to the press
informal to tell someone about something that has been planned and was supposed to be a secret: · "Does Phillip know about our plan?" "Yes, someone must have spilled the beans."· The class managed to keep the party a secret until Lorraine, unable to control herself any longer, spilled the beans.
informal to tell someone about a secret plan or idea so that they are involved in it, especially because you trust them: · We'll let you in on our plan if you promise to keep it a secret.· I know you're up to something so you might as well let me in on it.
informal to tell someone a secret - use this when you disapprove of this: · OK I'll tell you, but you'd better not blab!blab about: · She went and blabbed about Ernie's surprise party.blab to: · Better not say anything about it to Mickey -- he'll just end up blabbing to someone.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
We have to show that publishing this story is in the public interest (=helpful or useful to ordinary people). full public access to information Public opinion is gradually shifting in favor of the imprisoned men. There was a public outcry (=expression of anger by a lot of people) about the shooting. Their activities have been hidden from the public gaze (=people's eyes or attention). proposals to ban smoking in public places the Government’s public spending plans We do not believe he is fit for public office (=a job in the government). Details of the highly sensitive information have not been made public. Although not a public figure (=famous person), he was a man of great influence. There will be a public inquiry into the sinking of the oil tanker. a fear of public speakingCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Their recordings have won great acclaim. Police have imposed conditions on public assemblies. Congress may bow to public pressure and lift the arms embargo. Trouillot disregarded the growing public clamour for her resignation. The castle is closed to visitors in winter. public disquiet over deaths in police custody How many people are on the public dole? the corruption of public morals (=the standards of behaviour, especially sexual behaviour, expected by society) the decline in standards of personal morality The authorities are protectors of public morality. The nightclub has been declared a public nuisance. In many schools, governors’ meetings are not open to the public. The closure of the local hospital has caused a huge public outcry. The case generated public outrage. The company was returned to private ownership in mid-1987. the public perception of the government’s performance Joel has a cheerful public persona but in private he’s different. The information is not currently in the public domain. a public relations exercise (=done in order to improve the relationship between the public and an organization) Election expenses are met from the public purse (=money controlled by the government). He has won world renown for his films. Her drink problem has forced her to retire from public life. The path is not a public right of way. There has been a decline in public services in recent years. a career in public service (=work done for the public or the government) The trial was turned into a public spectacle. The city needs to improve its public transportation (=buses, trains etc).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
We have to show that publishing this story is in the public interest (=helpful or useful to ordinary people). full public access to information Public opinion is gradually shifting in favor of the imprisoned men. There was a public outcry (=expression of anger by a lot of people) about the shooting. Their activities have been hidden from the public gaze (=people's eyes or attention). proposals to ban smoking in public places British English, public transportation American English (=buses, trains etc)
the Government’s public spending plans We do not believe he is fit for public office (=a job in the government). Details of the highly sensitive information have not been made public. Although not a public figure (=famous person), he was a man of great influence. (=showing your emotions so that everyone can see) She was acutely embarrassed by his public display of temper.
She was acutely embarrassed by his public display of temper. There will be a public inquiry into the sinking of the oil tanker. a fear of public speaking Their recordings have won great acclaim. (=events that affect the people of a country)· He was active in public affairs in his region.
· By now public anger in America was mounting.
· the wave of public anxiety about food safety
· The authorities published a public apology in the newspaper.
· She made a public appeal for the return of the ring.
· In his first public appearance since his election, the president-elect ruled out talks with the United States.
(=from ordinary people)· The policies met with a great deal of public approval.
Police have imposed conditions on public assemblies.· Public attitudes have changed.
(=for everyone to use)· The public beaches were very dirty.
Congress may bow to public pressure and lift the arms embargo.· The town has a number of interesting public buildings, including the old town hall.
Trouillot disregarded the growing public clamour for her resignation. The castle is closed to visitors in winter.· The jury are forbidden from making public comments.
(=offering its shares for sale on the stock exchange)
(=felt by the public)· Public concern about the destruction of the rain forests could harm the timber business.
· The changes should improve public confidence in the system.
(=people’s idea of what is right or wrong)· This scandal shocked the public conscience.
(=one who advises an organization on how to relate well to the public)
(=asking for for ordinary people's views)· The first public consultations considered environmental and health issues.
(=among the ordinary people of a country)· His book sparked off a public controversy about the issue.
· As a politician, you have to get used to public criticism.
(=in which people put forward their ideas publicly, so that everyone can form an opinion.)· He called for a public debate on race and discrimination.
(=standards of behaviour that are expected of everyone) The film was banned on the grounds of public decency.
The film was banned on the grounds of public decency. (=by members of the public)· A series of public demonstrations have been held in cities across the country.
· He refused to make any public denial.
public disquiet over deaths in police custody How many people are on the public dole? (=from the public)· The project was financed by public donations.
(=relating to the people of a country)· The media has a public duty to report the truth.
· She appeared with her husband at many public engagements.
(=in a public place. with people watching)· Bethea's hanging on August 14, 1936 was the last public execution in America.
(=money a government spends on the services it provides for people)· The Conservatives want to maintain a firm control on public expenditure.
(=paid for by the public through taxes)· The bridge was built at public expense.
· The general public is not at any risk from the gas leak.
· The general public are not at any risk from the gas leak.
(=the image that many people have of someone or something)· Her public image does not reflect the way she behaves in private.
· The story captured the public imagination.
(=one which is open to members of the public)· MPs are demanding a public inquiry into the explosion at the nuclear power station.
(=investment by the government or state)· There have been drastic cuts in public investment in housing.
(=a lecture which the general public are allowed to go to)· He’s going to deliver a public lecture on politics in the Middle East.
(=a library that is supported by government money)· Our public libraries need more support.
(=that anyone can go to)· A public meeting was held to discuss the proposal to build a new school.
· Members of the public were invited to put forward suggestions.
· More taxpayer’s money should be spent on the railways.
(=the mood of the people in a country)· The public mood was one of anger and frustration.
the corruption of public morals (=the standards of behaviour, especially sexual behaviour, expected by society) the decline in standards of personal morality The authorities are protectors of public morality. The nightclub has been declared a public nuisance. In many schools, governors’ meetings are not open to the public. (=what ordinary people think about something)· How much do newspapers influence popular opinion?
· Public opposition has blocked the building of nuclear power stations.
The closure of the local hospital has caused a huge public outcry. The case generated public outrage. The company was returned to private ownership in mid-1987. the public perception of the government’s performance Joel has a cheerful public persona but in private he’s different.· Government spending is determined by government policy.
(=pressure from the public)· He faces mounting public pressure to resign.
· The announcement led to widespread public protests.
The information is not currently in the public domain. a public relations exercise (=done in order to improve the relationship between the public and an organization)· Our public relations are handled by Lisa Holden.
Election expenses are met from the public purse (=money controlled by the government). (=what the public think about something that happens)· The public reaction was less than encouraging.
· He won public recognition for his work when he was awarded an MBE.
(=records of births, deaths etc, that the public are allowed to look at)· He found the information while examining public records.
formal (=something that has been written down so that anyone can know it)· His salary is a matter of public record.
He has won world renown for his films. Her drink problem has forced her to retire from public life. The path is not a public right of way.· The police must put public safety first.
(=one that people know about and discuss)· The award was soon the centre of a public scandal.
(=by the public)· Much of the work that we do is open to public scrutiny.
(=businesses controlled by the government)· The government has been holding down pay in the public sector.
(=what most people think) He was more in touch with public sentiment than many of his critics.
He was more in touch with public sentiment than many of his critics. There has been a decline in public services in recent years. a career in public service (=work done for the public or the government)· He was a good public speaker.
The trial was turned into a public spectacle.· The government is determined to keep public spending under control.· They called for increased government spending on education.
(=public positions and activities)· Men still controlled the public sphere.
(=one made in public)· We will be making no public statements about the matter.
· There seemed to be no popular support for war.
· The shop created a unique style of goods that appealed to the popular taste.
especially British English· He set off across the square in search of a public toilet.
American English (=buses, trains etc) promises to improve public transit
promises to improve public transit (=buses, trains etc that are available for everyone to use)· We recommend that you travel by public transport.
The city needs to improve its public transportation (=buses, trains etc).· A Cornish Coastal Footpath has been opened to give the public access to walk along the cliffs.· That would not bode well for public access.· In problematical cases the following test might help - Has the general public access?· The College of Law premises are not a place of unrestricted public access.· The draft emphasises the use of best available technology and maximising transparency and public access to information on pollution control.· The main aim must be to find a public use providing public access.· The introduction of a new support system to encourage public access and conservation-friendly farming methods.· He also called for existing club members to provide greater public access to their clubs.
· His own followers cheered him repeatedly as the rhetoric boomed out through the slight electronic distortion of the public address systems.· They gathered each night in a 228-car parking lot, speaking over a public address system.· He didn't see why he shouldn't have a stab at the more serious mode of public address.· Yes, there is a public address system, but I don't believe that is working either.· The doors had come open and there was a voice on a public address system shouting something.· All it lacks is the screaming public address announcer to be a total steal, and a bad one at that.· Selection of appropriate communication media, including the use of notice boards, paging devices and public address systems.· In 1993, when they re-emerged to give public addresses, they numbered 24.
· If you wish to receive a leaflet contact the public affairs department at John Wood House.· The second is a measure of awareness of and exposure to politics and public affairs.· He was at the Congress very young and he appears to be particularly dedicated to public affairs.· They cited internal government guidelines against talking to reporters without prior approval of agency public affairs officers.· Also under review are the actions of a high-ranking Army public affairs officer, Col.· She too endured harsh criticism and partisan pressure for becoming openly involved in public affairs.
· Television also received a disproportionate amount of public attention in the press and parliamentary debate.· Scant public attention has greeted the arrival of the children.· They chose to attract public attention and demonstrate contradictions in justice and the law by criminal acts.· Government service also brought Mr Packard unaccustomed public attention and made him and his company a magnet for controversy and protest.· I believe that perhaps the best example is an accident which attracted hardly more than the most casual public attention.· The firm eventually settled on a strategy of attempting to focus public attention on its superior sales staff and customer service.· Media coverage in the television age ensures that public attention is captured whilst slogans are shouted and wrongs exposed.· Jones said the president will not only have more say over bills but more power to focus public attention on specific issues.
· It also figures in the rules governing the legal liability of public authorities.· To keep major construction projects like bridges and tunnels out of the reach of politicians, they created independent public authorities.· That right to freedom of expression includes freedom to impart information and ideas without interference by public authority.· Citizens must have rights of access to information about decisions taken by public authorities in their name.· Homes left empty without good reason by any public authority will be transferred to a better social landlord.· Nor were newspapers controlled by a public authority and subject to competitive franchising.· To meet the challenge the public authority would have to be transformed into a public limited company.· Why should the extent of this activity be of concern to the public authorities?
· While it may not provide a specific remedy for the complainant, it can force public bodies to alter policy and procedure.· This does not apply to membership or employment in any public body, e.g., an electricity authority.· Claimants would end up sharing ownership with the current owners, usually local authorities and other public bodies.· Some grants are paid directly to the developer; others are paid to the local authority or other public body.· A public body which has power to construct lavatories can not use that power in order to build a subway under a street.· The alleged function of the leave requirement is to protect public bodies from harassment by citizens bringing cases of no merit.
· The fabric of our schools, public buildings and roads store up bigger and bigger bills for the future.· The latest shocks caused panic among some 50, 000 people sleeping in tents, campers and public buildings.· The pub is the only public building serving the Trendlewood estate and its 3,000 residents.· In many towns I stopped in, the public buildings were a store, a gas station, and a museum.· Simpson's first public building was the Gothic St Andrew's chapel of 1816.· The photographer also assembles an assortment of major public buildings whose poor designs have done their own damage to the city.· All towns were primitive, and contained very few public buildings.· Many jurisdictions have required nonsmoking areas in restaurants or banned smoking in public buildings.
· Table A in the Schedule to the Act specifies articles of association for both private and public companies limited by shares.· In a public company, the value is the market price of the stock.· As a means of assuring us that the management of large public companies do not wield arbitrary power it is unsatisfactory.· By s. 282 of the 1985 Act every public company must have at least two directors.· SoftKey shares rank dead last in three-month performance among 210 Massachusetts public companies watched by Boston Capital.· Many public companies have issued non-voting A ordinary shares.· It must also qualify as one of Britain's oddest public companies.
· Surveys of long-stay hospitals exposed such anomalies in the 1960s and 1970s, creating much public concern.· Are all activities in schools and government offices matters of public concern?· It also, however, had come to be seen as a cause of public concern.· Short of murder, whatever occurred between husband and wife was not considered by Locke to be of public concern.· The failure to recognise the difference between public concern about standards and public concern about price is what makes the Bill deficient.· Not about matters of public concern.· The Prime Minister was clearly motivated by growing public concern about education and the work of the schools.
· In addition, openness by companies is the basis of public confidence in the corporate system.· He stood by his convictions and had little difficulty in keeping public confidence.· The probe was aimed at restoring public confidence in the service, she said.· If these events became regarded as a norm for science then public confidence would be threatened.· Equally important, although in many ways distinct, was a perceptible decline in public confidence.· But a balanced reply must take account of less tangible issues like legislative simplicity and public confidence.· As a result, public confidence in the good faith and competence of the DTi has been shaken.· The statisticians are rightly extremely troubled by the loss of public confidence in official figures.
· Obviously, a public corporation is different.· The courts have long held that partners in private partnerships have greater obligations to each other than do shareholders in public corporations.· The Radio Française is a public corporation.· Co. surmounted a similar set of challenges when it moved from a partnership to a public corporation.· Mr Simmons said firms waited an average of 81 days for payment from larger companies and public corporations.· This is partly due to the privatization programme which has been implemented in recent years and has reduced the number of public corporations.· A public corporation managing a monopoly might do so in a sectional interest.
· Quiet changes in design appear only to be relevant to new areas, so that public debate and understanding is limited.· This was particularly the case on college campuses, where the young radicals of the New Left dominated public debate.· Doubts over Bush's health, however, provoked renewed public debate over Quayle's competence.· If the course of public debate is unruly, it has a happy result.· If it hangs together too long, it will create a dangerous lack of public debate.· Health care dominated the public debate in the presidential campaign four years ago.· As with the Doomsday scenario, this further militarisation of the police occurred without public debate or accountability.· The contentious rules will once again be opened to public debate, Thompson said.
· There's no rough stuff from the police - nothing you could file a complaint about - just an unexpected public display.· Halle wanted privacy for her and got public display.· Naturally, the public display of great works of art led to a demand for imitations for enjoyment by wealthy individuals.· The elaborate public displays of those royal families had always camouflaged the most ruthless power struggles.· Sean Pierce of Fort Smith, Arkansas, was charged with violating a law banning the public display of obscene material.· This involves vehicle and foot patrols, public displays, and meeting local dignitaries as well as visiting places of work and schools.· A characteristic of human verbal expression of pain is that it contains a mixture of private suffering and public display.· Home photography was not for public display, but for fun with friends.
· The upshot, Mace hopes, is that interface copyrights will be broken and will therefore pass into the public domain.· During the four decades following the Civil War, 183 million acres went out of the public domain into railroad ownership.· Broadly, the purpose of the City Code is to protect the shareholder in the public domain.· Municipal marketing and civic entrepreneurship were responsibilities now lodged firmly in the public domain.· The possibility of penal cancellation charges in the public domain is a rumour.· Indeed as the public domain has become more impersonal and technical so the family has increased in importance.· It was inevitable that women would lay claims to enter the public domain.· Raising the matter in the public domain is not advocated.
· Strolling, they pondered public education versus private schooling.· First, we had public education before we had Social Security.· What does worry them, says Catherine Wannier, a young Buenos Aires postgraduate, is their own ailing public education system.· Even in the North, the conditions of public education did not approximate those existing today.· It also emphasized the importance of public education about constitutional and electoral changes.· Simply pumping more money into the public education system only would perpetuate the status quo.· This chapter addresses only those questions concerning religion and public education that are of greatest relevance to teachers and students.· Ignorance: to be eliminated by universal, free public education. 5.
· First, the political demands on public enterprises lead to objectives that are confusing, changeable and often mutually at odds.· The private sector often complains about public enterprise, arguing that government should not compete with business.· In addition, as argued above, there are great difficulties in assessing the performance of public enterprises.· The minister of public enterprises has ordered that 50 percent of all accounting for state-owned companies be placed with black firms.· It was the difference between a vast public enterprise, and a local farmer making a living as economically as he could.· This study will take a different approach to identifying the peculiarities of public enterprise industrial relations.· Workers in other public enterprises were also prevented from striking although this did not stop strikes by postal and railway workers.· As a result of the government's programme, the weight of the public enterprise sector was significantly curtailed.
· The 1979 government was returned with a mandate to cut public expenditure.· Initially the results were very disappointing as public expenditure continued to grow.· A scholar wants to know which factors are crucial for explaining high public expenditure.· This trend, moreover, has not been halted by the recent government cuts in public expenditure.· This inevitably brings into focus the procedure for the planning, monitoring and control of public expenditure.· The definition of public expenditure is by no means clear-cut and must depend upon the question at issue.· The government treats asset receipts not as a means of financing the budget deficit, but instead as negative public expenditure.
· Unlike Blanche, he enjoyed the cases he worked on being in the public eye.· In this 1996 boom, as in the 1994 crash, the fund managers have operated far out of the public eye.· The controversy created by the research suddenly put Hector's dolphin firmly in the public eye.· Instead she began a 57-year voyage almost continuously in the public eye.· The real tragedy of Tony Bland is that he is in the public eye.· But her lack of experience at being in the public eye sometimes shows.· They tell the story of a life lived in the public eye, but now 45 are up for sale.· Recently, Mr Gore has appeared increasingly presidential in the public eye during the escalating budget talks.
· Securing public funds made available for urban regeneration has been a key target.· He supported keeping the California Academy of Sciences in the park and spending millions in public funds to rehabilitate it.· He faced at least three other trials of misusing public funds and business fraud.· No wonder he is taking nearly $ 30 million in public funds to underwrite his second campaign.· You must bear in mind the need to safeguard public funds and observe security requirements.· The use of public funds to clean up the jusen mess will be the main focus of the session.· A lot of public funds could have been saved that way.· He deplored previous scandalous seizures of public funds by unscrupulous individuals and politicians.
· Local public health authorities and water sports authorities have issued warnings about the risk from Weil's Disease.· Objectives: A.. Use diverse communication methods for wider and more effective delivery of critical public health messages.· This is called cost effectiveness analysis and is regularly used in defence, public health and other fields.· Where policy has to be settled over such matters as public health or education, statistical and factual material is needed.· Although the tasks of public health doctors are always changing, their goal remains firm: improving the health of the population.· In 1983, public health and social welfare received one of the biggest expenditure cuts of all the public sectors.· It provided year-by-year evidence of prevailing trends in public health.· Is the war waged in the name of morality, public health, behavior or fighting crime?
· As well as your annual holiday entitlement, the Company observes the usual statutory bank and public holidays.· Is the education department closed on public holidays?· The birthday of the Prophet Mohammad is known as Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi and is a public holiday.· A working day is any day except Sunday or a public holiday.· The public holidays should reflect that.· Don't we have enough public holidays without adding to them?· Overlapping, consecutive, or duplicate spells of sickness absence were merged after taking account of weekends and public holidays.
· The board took four off-sale licences in the locality into account when considering an application for a public house licence.· All the remaining public houses do bar meals and meals.· Until the 1950s the village had a chapel, a school, two shops and a public house.· At the present time there is only the public house left.· One useful change has been the restoring of parity of permitted hours for clubs opening with those enjoyed by public houses.· Many of the smaller gaols formed the rear of public houses with the publican doubling his duties with that of gaoler.· 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.· The accident outside the George public house at Gravesend followed violence in the town centre.
· Her public image is that of a sassy mystic, but she has the showbiz mastery of a Gloria Swanson.· Gore masterfully played off his public image as a stiff, wooden personality who leaves audiences sitting on their hands.· It was upon them that the legal profession focussed in the early 1970s in an attempt to improve its tarnished public image.· Their public image is all important.· Attempts were made to improve the public image of the police.· What do they think of her public image?· The mining industry, which seldom has had a good public image, found its input was being ignored.· With his wide-ranging connections and relatively positive public image, Qiao is a strong candidate for top leadership.
· Keepsafe appealed, a public inquiry followed and ruled against the company.· We have had to fight for a public inquiry and we have had to fight for everything.· They flew barrage balloons, commissioned perspectives and held a public inquiry.· A public inquiry is due to be held in August.· Without delving into the legal niceties too deeply, the procedure of a public inquiry generally takes the following form.· Experience has shown that public inquiry reports are long and difficult to follow.· As such they can not be ignored, unlike the findings of a public inquiry which are purely advisory.· Appeals can be decided either through a public inquiry or by written representations.
· He suggested that these proposals were contrary to the public interest and to justice.· Five men doing handstands are likely to be regarded as a conspiracy against the public interest.· This was not in the public interest. seconded the motion.· Trusts for performance seem also to have been enforced, at any rate where there was a public interest.· Councils charged with caring for the public interest start to panic at the thought of this oversized weed with its excruciating sap.· The organisation recommends that participating nations establish home offices to arouse public interest and collect contributions.· Perhaps, then, there is a public interest in curbing the study of economics.· Most people would agree though that there is evidence clearly inconsistent with some aspects of the public interest view.
· How she had learned that he had the painting, which was not a matter of public knowledge, is unknown.· How all of this came about is not yet public knowledge.· The full picture will not become public knowledge.· Blinder said he favors increased public knowledge about the intentions of policymakers at the secretive Fed.· His argument seemed to be based fearlessly on the refusal to recognise what is already public knowledge about our plans.· From 1873 until 1889 his whereabouts were public knowledge, first locally, later worldwide.· The telephone was just as it should be, with no bugging device to turn his private conversations into public knowledge.· I had been on the committee but had resigned, and that was certainly by then a matter of public knowledge.
· This serious quality in the public libraries survived into the interwar years.· Currently eleven of her works are in print, and a good number of others are available in public libraries.· Perhaps the most interesting questions relate to subject demand in public libraries, linked to the activity of stock revision.· At the public library downtown I return obsessively to the photographs of concentration camps.· Our objective is to create a searchable electronic public library of research in international health.· Nevertheless there is a clear case for its practice in public libraries, and even in university provision for undergraduates.· Fiction classifications are used extensively in public libraries.· There may be other local groups who can be contacted through lists kept at public libraries, or Citizen Advice Bureaux.
· Mr Montesinos's influence stretched into every arm of public life.· Politics no longer served as the centerpiece of citizens' public lives.· He never wanted to live in the public life.· In which case it would make more sense to elect proven adulterers instead of discouraging them from public life.· No wonder we are personally repulsed and cynical about public life and those who inhabit it.· When his own business affairs fell into a state of disarray in 1773, he was forced to withdraw from public life.· After all, both men came into public life with private histories.
· Encourage engineers to speak at public meetings, discussions, seminars and conferences to promote public awareness of risk issues.· They started with a public meeting in St Peter's Fields - in Manchester, you know.· Depressingly, the Labour party managed to run an entire campaign without exposing its candidate to genuine scrutiny at public meetings.· A second public meeting was called.· C: Steady on, this is a public meeting.· Charge was 75 per hour, for the duration of the public meeting only.· She addressed her last public meeting at the age of ninety-one at a garden party arranged by her daughter.· Hundreds of residents had a public meeting in the village hall to hear Ken Hind explain about the bypass.
· But it couldn't be privatised without a large injection of public money.· The actual implementation of these programs involves collection of revenues and disbursement of public money, budgeting, accounting, and purchasing.· It's believed tens of thousands of pounds of public money has been misused.· Critics who say using public money for such programs could violate the wall between church and state.· A lot of public money went into trying to save what could be saved, or to help companies redeploy.· Unfortunately, the Crown Court which is the greatest source of the waste of public money is not being attacked.· It will bring greater clarity into choosing how to spend public money on health.· The more he describes the plight of public services, the more voters are reminded of the need for more public money.
· Married sheep-farmer Wadland, 29, was jailed for five years after admitting making threats to kill and being a public nuisance.· Those who reside or work where zoning laws prohibit public nuisances need not apply.· Edith would have an action under s. 4 and an action in public nuisance.· Tell that woman she is a public nuisance.· The aim of the law of public nuisance is to prevent interference with the rights of the public at large.· It also alleges violations of state and federal antitrust laws and public nuisance laws.· Consequently, odours may amount to a public nuisance if they substantially inconvenience a sufficient number of people.· She should be declared a public nuisance and paved over for a parking lot.
· The early introduction of merit systems deprived them of patronage, and nominations for public office were outside their control.· It's doubtful she ever has taken a single day of unpaid leave during any of her innumerable campaigns for public office.· All of the former officers remained stripped of their rank and were barred from holding public office.· Which is one reason I could never run for public office.· The tribunal concluded that he should be dismissed and banned for three years from public office, forfeiting his seat in parliament.· He then sought without success an appointment to public office.· They might also be banned from holding public office for a period determined by the courts.· In many ways it should have been the most satisfying celebration of his years in public office.
· Mrs Chan, Hong Kong's most popular public official, consistently proved a staunch defender of its autonomy.· Anyone who has traveled in Third World countries is aware that the favors of public officials are customarily and blatantly for sale.· I give you my word as a public official, and a friend.· Teachers and administrators found to be either public officials or public figures have a higher burden of proof in defamation suits.· Other courts have held that superintendents are public officials.· The state is an autonomous actor, composed of public officials making decisions.· Can the New York Times standard be applied to others besides public officials?· He holds more press conferences than any major public official in the country-at least two, and usually three, a week.
· But the culprit is protected and the public opinion of careless, cruel money-making farmers is reinforced.· Difficult political decisions should not be left to the snap judgments and popular distemper of public opinion, Hamilton wrote.· Berg tapped into the unpalatable side of public opinion, becoming addicted to verbal wind-ups and hostility with fatal results.· The act turned public opinion against such executions and led King Charles to prohibit hangings for her sort of crime.· The last decade of the nineteenth century saw the development of a considerable antipathy to trade unionism among influential public opinion.· The new popular press played a crucial role in orchestrating public opinion over the affair.· Several opposition parties interpreted Mr Gonzalez's attitude as defiance of public opinion.
· Devoted to public order and financial stability, he presided over and accelerated the collapse of both.· Mexicali Mayor Victor Hermosillo staunchly defended his police officers, saying they simply were maintaining public order.· This was a power suggested by Lord Scarman, but only on the grounds of threats to public order.· This does not mean that the younger members of the underclass pose no threat to public order.· Over the years, it became the standard public order offence.· In some areas public order and drunkenness offences are down by more than a third.· The arrests were for alleged public order, criminal damage or drugs offences.
· The lack of evidence and the circumstantial nature of the testimony caused a public outcry.· The public outcry over the massacre led to the resignation March 12 of state Gov.· The Thom case was exceptional and gave rise to something of a public outcry.· Hale was permitted to retire quietly, but after a public outcry he was brought back to face charges.· It had been stopped in its tracks by the Railway Inspectorate and a public outcry.· Originally intended to run six months, the study lasted 40 years, until a public outcry in the 1970s ended it.· That bid sparked a public outcry.· In contrast, there was a public outcry in Cleveland over the loss of the Browns.
· Debates over important issues, from nuclear weapons to public ownership, have been settled by manipulation rather than persuasion.· Beck was not proposing public ownership of the generating plants, but he did want the province to build the transmission lines.· Without a significant amount of public ownership therefore, a liberal market system gives companies independence.· Besides, the people of Waterloo had first-hand knowledge of the advantages of public ownership.· Mr Prescott's demand for the tunnel to be taken into public ownership goes beyond existing Labour Party policy.· The Government plans to sell 51 % initially, with 46 % staying in public ownership.· Before 1979 the Conservative party had effectively acquiesced in most of the public ownership measures of earlier Labour governments.· Reduced public ownership has led to increased public regulation.
· Privatisation will not inevitably lead to changes in public perception.· Even stock prices rise and fall according to the public perception of how good the leader is.· There were dramatic trends in public perceptions of, for example, the Conservative Party's emphasis on defence.· That could go a long way toward offsetting public perception that regional carriers are less safe.· Despite public perceptions, across the world 7 out of 10 infections are heterosexual.· Should Presley and Jackson divorce, there may be more at stake than pride and public perception.· It also contributed to a negative change in the public perception and image of lawyers.· Few attempts to change public perceptions are achieved easily, nor can they be performed by all members of society.
· Moscow is considering a ban on alcohol and tobacco advertising in most public places and on transport.· An entire industry has flourished around securing coveted access to public places and people.· Other initiatives Commissions for companies, public places and so on are usually advertised in the press and art magazines.· We see each other in public places and we give each other the nod.· It became an offence for anyone in charge of children to allow them to bet in public places or to enter brothels.· You're on your own, a single man in a smart, public place.· Nineteen whipped and chained in a public place, where they were left to die.
· Despite this, primary preventive measures of the sort recommended by Wilson have not emerged in public policy.· What I do offer is realism and a functional understanding of business and public policy.· The law on the issue of consent continues to change because it is based on public policy.· Is there evidence of actual collaboration among the elite in the formulation of preferred public policy?· Taking account of the view of drunk driving, the plaintiff should be precluded on grounds of public policy from recovering compensation.· The danger apprehended that quack nostrums in public policy can be forced upon the voters by demagogues is demonstrably nonexistent.· Elections may help produce the personnel at the apex of government but they tell us little about likely public policy.· The president was speaking in the lofty but dull rhetoric of public policy.
· Thus the pendulum of public pressure swings back and forth, reflecting the unresolved tensions within public policy.· The group announced an advertising campaign to bring public pressure on lawmakers to sign the pledge.· Mar Lodge has proved that even the most intransigent of ministers will begin to bend to public pressure.· Forest Service officials are aware that public pressure may push them to artificially restore the forest, she said.· Both sides are under mounting public pressure to settle the three-week dispute.· Bowing to private and public pressure, Baer then reversed his ruling in the drug case.· He said they were reacting to public pressure, and that the majority of people did not support Sunday opening.· He faces mounting public pressure to resign.
· He was later charged with trespass, and the public prosecutor in Mannheim will this week decide whether other charges will follow.· All prosecutions are undertaken by the public prosecutor, the Lord Advocate, or his subordinates, the procurators fiscal.· On June 14, 1961, at the request of Milan's public prosecutor, it was seized by 25 plain-clothes policemen.· It demonstrated the excesses that are possible in the present climate of confusion and for which the chief public prosecutor has apologised.· Four were arrested on the orders of the chief public prosecutor, but Mr Honecker was let off because of ill health.
· Composer in residence with Pittsburgh public school system. 1961-64.· Fourteen languages are taught in the public schools.· The parson would swear by Jupiter to show he's a public school man but these old women would have him.· Minnesota had long prided itself on its excellent public schools.· Winning ways NORTH-EAST pupils have won half the scholarships awarded by the public school, Giggleswick, for pupils starting in September.· And the rapidly expanding public school system itself created a huge demand for teachers.· Hold on to the remnants of a once great public school system.· They do provide an opportunity for much that is lacking in public schools.
· The Labour Party is largely a trade union party in which unions from the public sector play an increasing role.· In public sector schools in the late 1980s, shortages of government funding were bringing pressures to charge fees.· The sports hall of a public sector facility is used more for aerobics classes than was the case ten years ago.· Beyond the public sector, the cave becomes increasingly difficult, and is accessible only to experts.· Although the operational framework may differ, the opportunity cost of capital is equally relevant to investment decisions in the public sector.· This is in effect saying that the policy makers for the public sector were indeterminate, at that time.· The public sector is primarily composed of nonprofit-making organizations.· This is particularly so where it is taxpayers' money being used to fix public sector systems.
· Party officials may perform functions that in non-communist regimes would be reserved for public servants.· Mayor Susan Golding introduced the 52-year-old career public servant in a light-hearted afternoon news conference at City Hall.· But they don't get any credence here and several of our most respected lawyers, doctors and public servants are black.· Appointed for life, they remain the most insulated of public servants.· The Council included a number of former public servants as well as bankers and academics, rather than career politicians.· Something of the concerned public servant had crept into his manner.· Retiring public servants now routinely move into jobs where their previous contacts and responsibilities can enrich themselves and their employers.· One of these public servants is Smokey Bear, whose commercials run all day and night.
· They waste our public services, and essential repairs are not carried out.· Bottom line thinking simply precludes public service investment.· In the new liberal framework, however, both system redundancy and public service culture are inexorably fading.· It would be a great shame if young people such as Hu were discouraged from seeking careers in public service.· The longer-term implications of liberalization for the public service dimension of electricity have not been adequately considered.· It also might challenge and invite smart graduate students and other young professionals to choose public service over a corporate career.· We will bring private sector enterprise into the public services by encouraging contracting out and competitive tendering throughout government.· Only 13 percent of top federal employees said they would recommend a career in public service.
· They also criticised the government for its planned increases in taxes and for failing to curb public spending.· It can be perverted - as Mrs Thatcher will seek to pervert it - into an alternative to public spending.· Yet in spite of all this, a Treasury paper was circulated which sought further public spending cuts that would affect every government department.· The profits from capitalism are redistributed to millions of people, not through taxing and public spending but through collective investment trusts.· Other economic interests wish to restrain public spending.· In the course of its last five years in office, Labour was forced to cut public spending in real terms.· Tough decisions await the Government, not least over public spending.· By contrast, the Conservatives have been able to raise public spending by nearly a quarter in real terms.
· In many respects it seemed that feminist aims regarding women's rights in the public sphere had been achieved.· The public sphere can not be left entirely to the private marketplace.· In common with Butler and Florence Nightingale, illness related to the strain experienced by middle-class women who moved into the public sphere.· Men still controlled the public sphere and often the private.· The cultural move from an autonomous and independent sculpture back to the public sphere inevitably raises the spectre of popular culture.· In the public sphere, women must assume sufficient power to change the cultural imagery and the political landscape.· What nuclear families want from the public sphere and what those living outside nuclear families want are difficult to reconcile.
· As a major national organisation, commanding massive public support, the Trust's influence in Whitehall is strengthened.· The march is the first test of public support for affirmative action since Gov.· The chairman of Oxfordshire County Council says the bridge wouldn't have been repaired without public support.· That meant more sympathy and thus more public support.· You can not expect public support if you do not have the support of your own ministers.· Workfare systems, in which people contribute some kind of productive labor in return for public support, are certainly an alternative.· Open and shut case, except for such small matters as Slobodan Milosevic's electoral mandates and public support.· Nevertheless, statewide polls still show overwhelming public support for the Games.
· This form of public transport was first introduced into London by George Shillibeer in 1829.· We should add that animals and farm produce are no longer allowed on public transport.· She takes little exercise, does not even walk much, and prefers to use the car or public transport.· Most transport investment has gone on road construction and not on public transport.· In addition, public transport is much more subject to direct government policy and to the influence of political decisions.· Research shows that both men and women have some safety concerns when using public transport, especially at night.· Do you have a car or do you rely on public transport? 2.· If dependent on public transport, the Chamonix bus stops at Grenoble mid-morning.
· Then again, various public utility undertakings offer important positions to solicitors.· After its experience with the disease, the public utility company issued an AIDS-specific policy statement and set of guidelines.· The cost of diverting mains services and public utilities can be very expensive and in certain situations virtually impossible.· They were manufacturing, the finance, insurance and real estate group, transportation and public utilities and government.· Does it apply to a public utility which may or may not appear to be similar to a local government?· Of course, Tucson Water is a public utility, and therefore is required to keep its records open to the public.· These include banks, building societies, chemical companies, transportation and public utilities.· They thought of them as public utilities.
· A similar directive covering public works contracts over £3.5 million is scheduled to come in at the beginning of 1990.· Perhaps it is a movie about the promises and failures of public works in and since the New Deal.· In 1971 it did so in respect of public works contracts.· They had hoped that he would launch great public works projects, ge! a building boom going.· The New Deal showed great ingenuity in designing public works schemes.· At one point, city public works employees were called away from their duties to help in the search.· Borough Councils with their power to offer public works could, as we have seen, deal only very imperfectly with unemployment.· Page was instrumental in the creation of the new Mainan ambitious public works project funded through a public-private partnership.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the public eyePHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the glare of publicity/the media/public scrutiny etc► the public sector► winds of change/freedom/public opinion etc
- And it may even pay better, both in promoting a positive public image and in attracting employees.
- Gore masterfully played off his public image as a stiff, wooden personality who leaves audiences sitting on their hands.
- Her public image is that of a sassy mystic, but she has the showbiz mastery of a Gloria Swanson.
- If that ever got out, he'd have to worry about his public image.
- It's the badger living up to it's cute and cuddly public image.
- She has been too busy to cultivate many friendships and too concerned about her public image to date casually.
- Telephonists, receptionists, porters as well as professional staff are the people who create the public image of the local service.
- Their public image is all important.
- Several biotech companies went public this year.
- The chairman didn't want to go public with the information.
- After going public at 28, Netscape closed the year at 139.
- In most cases, though, prices head south as soon as they've gone public.
- In the last three months of 1990, the Tribune Company recorded its first quarterly loss since going public in 1983.
- Most had by then gone public, but still controlled their firms.
- One of the changes was establishing a partnership committee to evaluate whether to go public.
- Police went public after police cars were rammed and officers injured.
- The stock, accounting for splits since the firm went public in 1986, has appreciated by 340 percent.
- What better time is there to go public?
- Among those attending the cremation ceremony in Vientiane on Jan. 28 were President Souphanouvong, making a rare public appearance.
- Aside from meetings with Clinton and a senior State Department official, Fujimori spent most of his day here in public appearances.
- Baldwin's next major public appearance was his Budget speech in April.
- Her most public appearance since the November elections came at a United Nations conference on social issues last month.
- His visit to a literary dinner in Oxford was the only public appearance in this country.
- In recent public appearances, the speaker looks decidedly off his feed.
- It was the first public appearance for Caroline, who has been learning to belly dance for about eight months.
- When they made public appearances together, they were singled out as the perfect couple.
- Against the odds, she succeeds in making an intimate personal statement out of tunes that are almost public property.
- An attendant warned us not to deface public property.
- But the argument is that the genome is public property -- it needs a different structure of ownership.
- City and county government have the option to ban weapons on public property.
- In some areas, developers who build on public property are assessed special fees to help pay for historic preservation.
- None the less, all the sites from which the Falls were visible would eventually be on public property.
- Supervisor Michael Yaki thinks it should be easier than that to obtain entry to public property.
- We were still within the perimeter of Kenwood House and would need to walk much further to reach public property.
- 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.
- Monnerville retired from public life in 1983.
- The government is not allowed to aid religion in U.S. public life.
- After all, both men came into public life with private histories.
- Dali's public life was an eccentric extension of his surrealist vision.
- In his later years Howard seems increasingly to have retired from public life.
- In the dark hours after breakfast it was some way of controlling the monstrous disjuncture between his private and his public life.
- It was during this period that her taste for politics and public life were first awakened, her son says.
- Perfect honesty in public life is as rare as anti-matter.
- Politics no longer served as the centerpiece of citizens' public lives.
- The erosion of consensus politics overtook local government as it did many other areas of public life.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- All citizens have the right to use the public highway.
- In suburbia, however, the scourge of the skips tends to descend on the public highway in spring and summer.
- So just what are the rules, regulations and guidelines governing the depositing of skips on the public highway?
- The same applied to traditional football except that in this case legislation merely banned the game from the public highway.
- 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.
- 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?
- However, in spite of that, the availability both here and in Britain should be known to the public at large.
- I came and looked around and felt this campus is no different than the society at large.
- In some societies the boy-preferring habit seems to have spread from elites to the society at large.
- The rise of the Internet has taken that idea from offices to the world at large.
- They chattered on among themselves, oblivious to the world at large, lovingly cared for in this cozy place.
- 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.
WORD FAMILYnounpublicpublicationpublicistpublicityadjectivepublicverbpublicizeadverbpublicly
1ordinary people [only before noun] relating to all the ordinary people in a country, who are not members of the government or do not have important jobs: We have to show that publishing this story is in the public interest (=helpful or useful to ordinary people). full public access to information Public opinion is gradually shifting in favor of the imprisoned men. There was a public outcry (=expression of anger by a lot of people) about the shooting. Their activities have been hidden from the public gaze (=people's eyes or attention).2for anyone [only before noun] available for anyone to use OPP private: a public telephone a public footpath proposals to ban smoking in public places a public librarypublic transport British English, public transportation American English (=buses, trains etc)3government [only before noun] relating to the government and the services it provides for people OPP private: the Government’s public spending plans We do not believe he is fit for public office (=a job in the government). efforts to control public expenditure public funding for the arts → public service4known about known about by most people: Details of the highly sensitive information have not been made public. Although not a public figure (=famous person), he was a man of great influence.5not hidden intended for anyone to know, see, or hear OPP private: Today the school finds itself in the midst of a very public debate.public display of grief/affection etc (=showing your emotions so that everyone can see) She was acutely embarrassed by his public display of temper. There will be a public inquiry into the sinking of the oil tanker. a fear of public speaking6place with a lot of people a public place usually has a lot of people in it OPP private: Let’s go somewhere less public where we can talk.7public life work that you do, especially for the government, that makes you well known to many people: Howard seems to have retired from public life.8public image the public image of a famous person or organization is the character or attitudes that most people think they havepublic of attempts to improve the public image of the police9go public a)to tell everyone about something that was secretpublic on/with The planners are almost ready to go public on the road-building scheme. b)to become a public company: Many partnerships went public in the 1980s to secure extra capital.10public appearance a visit by a famous person in order to make a speech, advertise something etc: She is paid £10,000 for the briefest of public appearances.11the public eye someone who is in the public eye is seen a lot on television, written about in newspapers etc: It is a job that brings him constantly into the public eye.12public property a)something that is provided for anyone to use, and is usually owned by the government: The army was called out to protect public property. b)something that everyone has a right to know about: Our lives seem to have become public property.13public enemy number one the criminal, problem etc that is considered the most serious threat to people’s safety: Drugs have become public enemy number one.public1 adjectivepublic2 noun
publicpublic2 ●●● S2 W2 noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- He goes out of his way to make sure his public is satisfied.
- As for why the public embraced it?
- But he says just as worrying, is the string of unjustified complaints made against him by members of the public.
- It recognised the power and the autonomy of the public as a force to be reckoned with; predicted but never ignored.
- No Press appeals were made for assistance from the general public.
- The general public are, on the whole, pretty conservative about education.
- This task it has admirably fulfilled, becoming very popular with the general public.
Longman Language Activatorfor everyone to use
a public place or public service is one that anyone can use, not one that is only for a particular person or group: · Could you tell me where the public telephones are?· Is this a public beach?· proposals to ban smoking in public places· They're always telling people to use public transport because there are too many cars on the roads.· You now have to pay to use the public toilets at the station.
owned or paid for by the government public libraries, hospitals etc are provided and paid for by the government, not by private companies: · You can get the information from your local public library· We need to raise taxes to pay for better public healthcare.public services: · garbage collection and other public servicespublic spending/expenditure (=money spent by the government to provide public services): · There's been a big increase in public spending over the past three years.the public sector (=all the industries and services that are owned or paid for by the government): · I've worked in the public sector all my life, mainly in local government.· public sector employees
owned, controlled, or paid for by the government. In the US state usually refers to the government of a particular state , not the national government: · The government has promised increased spending on the the state education system.· China's state radio station· Britain's state aid for industry generally falls far short of the sums seen in other countries.
provided, paid for, or run by the government: · How much government money is to be poured into this program?· The camps have been attacked several times by government forces.· The industry secretary has just announced a government initiative to address the problem.
owned or paid for by the national government of the US or a country organized in a similar way: · Federal funding for the project was cut last year· federal agencies· the Federal Bureau of Investigation
also nationalise British if a government nationalizes an industry or service, it buys it or takes control of it: · The mines were nationalized by the Labour Party.· Castro speeded up his land reforms and began to nationalize foreign holdings in Cuba.
when a lot of people can see you or know about what is happening if you do something in public , you do it in a place where a lot of people can see or hear you: · Most people feel nervous about speaking in public.· Her husband was always nice to her in public, but treated her badly at home.appear in public (=use this to say that a famous person is seen in public by ordinary people): · The Prince has not appeared in public since the announcement of his divorce.
if you do or say something publicly , you do or say it so that everyone knows about it, and you do not try to keep it secret: · He was put in prison after publicly criticizing the military government.· They plan to announce their engagement publicly in the New Year.
public actions or events happen in a place where everyone can see or hear them: · It is one of the few countries where they still hold public executions.· In a public statement, Jackson and his wife announced their intention to get divorced.a public place (=a place where people can see or hear what you are doing): · Jeff was obviously calling from a public place.· Can we go somewhere quieter? This place is a bit public.
if you do something openly , you do it in a public place and without being embarrassed or trying to hide what you are doing: · He was the first person to talk openly on TV about having AIDS.· Drugs are sold openly on the city streets.
if something is done officially, it is done by someone in authority, and made known to the public: · The changes to borders were officially announced in the European Parliament.· The details of the reforms are to be released officially next month.· thirty square miles of woodland that has been officially designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
people in general people in general: · People are getting very worried about rising crime.· I don't want people to feel sorry for me.most/some people: · Most people hate writing essays, but I quite like it.
all people - use this to make general statements about how people behave, what people like etc: · Don't you like ice-cream? I thought everyone liked it!· Everybody has the right to a good education.· Everyone knows that smoking is bad for you.
American spoken people: · Folks around here have been pretty angry about the governor's actions.most/some folks: · Some folks think the schools are better now than they were twenty years ago.
all the people in the world, considered as one group: · Pollution is threatening the future of the human race.the entire/whole human race: · The entire human race could be wiped out by nuclear war.a member of the human race: · Until then, no member of the human race had ever been able to make a map of the whole world.
people in general - used especially when talking about their history and development, or how something affects their continued existence: · The Americans exploded the first nuclear weapon in the history of mankind.· Travelling into space was a great advance for mankind.· In the interests of humankind we must stop destroying our planet.
people in general - use this when you are comparing humans with other living things. Some people do not use this word because it can seem offensive to women: · Jericho is the oldest continuously inhabited city known to man.· The grandeur of the mountains is a constant reminder of man's insignificance.· The Dutch reclamation of their land is a classic case of man's struggle against nature.
people in general - use this especially when you are talking about people's rights to be treated like all other humans and not suffer cruelty, hunger etc: · 30% of humanity live in conditions of terrible poverty.a crime against humanity: · The General was accused of committing crimes against humanity.
ordinary people who do not belong to the government, the police etc, and do not have any special rights: · The castle is open to the public during the summer.· The public ought to know how the money from taxes is being spent.a member of the public: · Some of these politicians never meet ordinary members of the public.the general public: · Tickets will become available to the general public in June.
people in general - use this to talk about people as an organized group with a system of laws and accepted behaviour: · Islamic society· The judge described Smith as 'a danger to society'.member of society: · We want our students to become useful and responsible members of society.
: young/old/rich/country/city etc folk people of a particular type or from a particular area, considered together as a group: · The young folk need to have a place where they can go in the evenings.· Stella's ambition is to get a job working with old folk.· His parents were hard-working country folk.
use this about conditions, problems, and changes that affect all the people in society: · Rising unemployment led to even more social problems.· social changes that brought women even greater freedom
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The meeting will be open to the general public. Police warned members of the public not to approach the man, who may be armed. Their recordings have won great acclaim. Police have imposed conditions on public assemblies. Congress may bow to public pressure and lift the arms embargo. Trouillot disregarded the growing public clamour for her resignation. The castle is closed to visitors in winter. public disquiet over deaths in police custody How many people are on the public dole? the corruption of public morals (=the standards of behaviour, especially sexual behaviour, expected by society) the decline in standards of personal morality The authorities are protectors of public morality. The nightclub has been declared a public nuisance. In many schools, governors’ meetings are not open to the public. The closure of the local hospital has caused a huge public outcry. The case generated public outrage. The company was returned to private ownership in mid-1987. the public perception of the government’s performance Joel has a cheerful public persona but in private he’s different. The information is not currently in the public domain. a public relations exercise (=done in order to improve the relationship between the public and an organization) Election expenses are met from the public purse (=money controlled by the government). He has won world renown for his films. Her drink problem has forced her to retire from public life. The path is not a public right of way. There has been a decline in public services in recent years. a career in public service (=work done for the public or the government) The trial was turned into a public spectacle. The city needs to improve its public transportation (=buses, trains etc).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
The meeting will be open to the general public. Police warned members of the public not to approach the man, who may be armed.· The public needs to be better informed.
· The public need to be better informed.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Their recordings have won great acclaim. (=events that affect the people of a country)· He was active in public affairs in his region.
· By now public anger in America was mounting.
· the wave of public anxiety about food safety
· The authorities published a public apology in the newspaper.
· She made a public appeal for the return of the ring.
· In his first public appearance since his election, the president-elect ruled out talks with the United States.
(=from ordinary people)· The policies met with a great deal of public approval.
Police have imposed conditions on public assemblies.· Public attitudes have changed.
(=for everyone to use)· The public beaches were very dirty.
Congress may bow to public pressure and lift the arms embargo.· The town has a number of interesting public buildings, including the old town hall.
Trouillot disregarded the growing public clamour for her resignation. The castle is closed to visitors in winter.· The jury are forbidden from making public comments.
(=offering its shares for sale on the stock exchange)
(=felt by the public)· Public concern about the destruction of the rain forests could harm the timber business.
· The changes should improve public confidence in the system.
(=people’s idea of what is right or wrong)· This scandal shocked the public conscience.
(=one who advises an organization on how to relate well to the public)
(=asking for for ordinary people's views)· The first public consultations considered environmental and health issues.
(=among the ordinary people of a country)· His book sparked off a public controversy about the issue.
· As a politician, you have to get used to public criticism.
(=in which people put forward their ideas publicly, so that everyone can form an opinion.)· He called for a public debate on race and discrimination.
(=standards of behaviour that are expected of everyone) The film was banned on the grounds of public decency.
The film was banned on the grounds of public decency. (=by members of the public)· A series of public demonstrations have been held in cities across the country.
· He refused to make any public denial.
public disquiet over deaths in police custody How many people are on the public dole? (=from the public)· The project was financed by public donations.
(=relating to the people of a country)· The media has a public duty to report the truth.
· She appeared with her husband at many public engagements.
(=in a public place. with people watching)· Bethea's hanging on August 14, 1936 was the last public execution in America.
(=money a government spends on the services it provides for people)· The Conservatives want to maintain a firm control on public expenditure.
(=paid for by the public through taxes)· The bridge was built at public expense.
· The general public is not at any risk from the gas leak.
· The general public are not at any risk from the gas leak.
(=the image that many people have of someone or something)· Her public image does not reflect the way she behaves in private.
· The story captured the public imagination.
(=one which is open to members of the public)· MPs are demanding a public inquiry into the explosion at the nuclear power station.
(=investment by the government or state)· There have been drastic cuts in public investment in housing.
(=a lecture which the general public are allowed to go to)· He’s going to deliver a public lecture on politics in the Middle East.
(=a library that is supported by government money)· Our public libraries need more support.
(=that anyone can go to)· A public meeting was held to discuss the proposal to build a new school.
· Members of the public were invited to put forward suggestions.
· More taxpayer’s money should be spent on the railways.
(=the mood of the people in a country)· The public mood was one of anger and frustration.
the corruption of public morals (=the standards of behaviour, especially sexual behaviour, expected by society) the decline in standards of personal morality The authorities are protectors of public morality. The nightclub has been declared a public nuisance. In many schools, governors’ meetings are not open to the public. (=what ordinary people think about something)· How much do newspapers influence popular opinion?
· Public opposition has blocked the building of nuclear power stations.
The closure of the local hospital has caused a huge public outcry. The case generated public outrage. The company was returned to private ownership in mid-1987. the public perception of the government’s performance Joel has a cheerful public persona but in private he’s different.· Government spending is determined by government policy.
(=pressure from the public)· He faces mounting public pressure to resign.
· The announcement led to widespread public protests.
The information is not currently in the public domain. a public relations exercise (=done in order to improve the relationship between the public and an organization)· Our public relations are handled by Lisa Holden.
Election expenses are met from the public purse (=money controlled by the government). (=what the public think about something that happens)· The public reaction was less than encouraging.
· He won public recognition for his work when he was awarded an MBE.
(=records of births, deaths etc, that the public are allowed to look at)· He found the information while examining public records.
formal (=something that has been written down so that anyone can know it)· His salary is a matter of public record.
He has won world renown for his films. Her drink problem has forced her to retire from public life. The path is not a public right of way.· The police must put public safety first.
(=one that people know about and discuss)· The award was soon the centre of a public scandal.
(=by the public)· Much of the work that we do is open to public scrutiny.
(=businesses controlled by the government)· The government has been holding down pay in the public sector.
(=what most people think) He was more in touch with public sentiment than many of his critics.
He was more in touch with public sentiment than many of his critics. There has been a decline in public services in recent years. a career in public service (=work done for the public or the government)· He was a good public speaker.
The trial was turned into a public spectacle.· The government is determined to keep public spending under control.· They called for increased government spending on education.
(=public positions and activities)· Men still controlled the public sphere.
(=one made in public)· We will be making no public statements about the matter.
· There seemed to be no popular support for war.
· The shop created a unique style of goods that appealed to the popular taste.
especially British English· He set off across the square in search of a public toilet.
American English (=buses, trains etc) promises to improve public transit
promises to improve public transit (=buses, trains etc that are available for everyone to use)· We recommend that you travel by public transport.
The city needs to improve its public transportation (=buses, trains etc).· These shears are not generally available to the public, so take this opportunity to acquire a pair now.· The more directly comprehensible parts of the Challenger's programme were thus made available to the public at a provisional stage.· A black and white leaflet is available for the public.· I hope that in future more of this highly professional group's work will be made available to the public.· The aim is to have 1:50 000 geological map sheets for the whole of Great Britain available to the public by 2005.· The information on the register is available to the public.· This information may be made available to the public. 4.2.2.· Mr Pearson said the complete list for Darlington will be made available to the public on May 1.
· The cellars are open to the public on Fridays only.· Is it open to the public?· 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.· The evening feeds are open to the public on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays until the end of February.
· 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.· And entirely in the interest of the travelling public, you understand.· As I observed in Southampton, that leaves a problem for the travelling public.· Currently, there is no source of redress to which the travelling public can go.· Our primary duty is to the travelling public.· Mr Leech also added that several other services were proving very popular with the travelling public.
· 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?· It was left to Rachel Carson to bring to the attention of a wider public just what the unintended consequences might be.· In terms of their relations with the wider public, the police tend to be a particularly segregated group in society.
VERB· The carpets were laid on a Sunday when the Palace is closed to the public.· Still being restored, over half the Catherine Palace is closed to the public.· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.· Reports of the disaster, albeit strictly censored ones, were shown to the Soviet public for months afterwards.· They merely became more discerning in the façade they showed to the public.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the glare of publicity/the media/public scrutiny etc► the public sector► winds of change/freedom/public opinion etc
- Public attitudes to homosexuality are gradually changing.
- Some of these politicians never meet ordinary members of the public.
- The public ought to know how the money from taxes is being spent.
- The castle is open to the public during the summer.
- The plan cannot succeed without public support.
- Tickets will become available to the general public in June.
- Her husband was always nice to her in public, but treated her badly at home.
- Most people feel nervous about speaking in public.
- The Prince has not appeared in public since the announcement of his divorce.
- You're not going to wear that in public, are you?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- All citizens have the right to use the public highway.
- In suburbia, however, the scourge of the skips tends to descend on the public highway in spring and summer.
- So just what are the rules, regulations and guidelines governing the depositing of skips on the public highway?
- The same applied to traditional football except that in this case legislation merely banned the game from the public highway.
- 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.
- 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?
- However, in spite of that, the availability both here and in Britain should be known to the public at large.
- I came and looked around and felt this campus is no different than the society at large.
- In some societies the boy-preferring habit seems to have spread from elites to the society at large.
- The rise of the Internet has taken that idea from offices to the world at large.
- They chattered on among themselves, oblivious to the world at large, lovingly cared for in this cozy place.
- 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.
WORD FAMILYnounpublicpublicationpublicistpublicityadjectivepublicverbpublicizeadverbpublicly
1the public ordinary people who do not work for the government or have any special position in society: The meeting will be open to the general public. Police warned members of the public not to approach the man, who may be armed. On the whole, the public is conservative about education.2in public if you do something in public, you do it where anyone can see OPP in private: Her husband was always nice to her in public. → wash/air your dirty linen/laundry (in public) at dirty1(7)3[singular, uncountable] the people who like a particular singer, writer etc: He is adored by his public. The theatre-going public are very demanding.GRAMMAR: Singular or plural verb?• Public is usually followed by a singular verb: · The public needs to be better informed.• In British English, you can also use a plural verb: · The public need to be better informed.Grammar guide ‒ NOUNS