public convenience
Example Sentences
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had allowed the company’s project to move forward in 2018 by granting PennEast a so-called certificate of public convenience and necessity, but lawsuits followed.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 29, 2021
"Hackney Council put a public convenience there. That's where the Banksy was painted - on the side of a little toilet block. "We've spoken to Hackney to try to find out exactly what happened.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2017
The board decided that the pipeline met the requirements of Iowa law requiring it to “promote the public convenience and necessity.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 10, 2016
Instead, she personally inspected every public convenience in north London.
From The Guardian • Apr. 7, 2013
A suggestion was made to our new Postmaster, Mr. Morris, that the public convenience would be very much promoted if he would sell envelopes which would pass free through his office.
From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by Tiffany, John Kerr
