Sentence examples for system of licence from inspiring English sources

However, on Tuesday Hall told a committee of MPs that this did not mean the first step in moving from the current system of licence fee funding for the BBC to a subscription model.

They might also question whether Leveson is setting out a system of licenced and unlicenced newspapers.

I suspect (although this is purely speculation) that the system of licences on which these fashion brands are based (LVMH might have sold rights to the 'John Galliano' name to a company who makes, say, sunglasses, for a specified period) has played a role in keeping the label going so far.

The South Bank Show stalwart and Labour peer also criticised the government for "stealing" money from the licence fee in order to fund the politically beneficial system of free licences for over-75s.

Thirdly, European single-market rules forced Britain to scrap its system of import licences in 1993.The new laws will establish regular inspections of firework shops and depots, financed by an increased licence fee.

Road safety campaigners say the risks faced by newly qualified young drivers could be reduced dramatically if a new system of restricted licences were to be introduced.

Well before the ATT was incorporated into UK law last year, Britain had one of the toughest systems to licence arms exports in the world.

And it is not as if the new Chinese arrivals were subverting a perfectly transparent system of allocating mining licences.

Some believe this will result in more short-term thinking on both sides of the divide, but the system of fixed-term licences has done little to protect clubs from themselves.

If Ofcom decides to take up any of the authority's suggestions, it could continue the authority's system of putting proposed licences on to a working list, before advertising them to potential licensees.

The National Audit Office has criticised the BBC for failing to keep a tighter rein on a failed digital system which wasted £100 million of licence fee cash.