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Example Sentences

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Extra money from tax receipts helps pay for public services such as the NHS, schools and welfare spending.

From BBC

The think tank found higher funding relative to England was the main factor allowing Scotland to have more generous public services, including smaller class sizes and free personal care services.

From BBC

Now, as public anger rises again, the government has even fewer resources to deal with the economic chaos.

From The Wall Street Journal

The politicians' initial efforts caused a public outcry though, when they stipulated that all samples should be destroyed on a donor's death.

From BBC

Over the following decades Wiseman entered high schools, hospitals, army training camps, meat factories and public libraries to explore America's institutions, incidentally producing rich studies of human behavior.

From Barron's