B.C.L.
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With time and money, the degrees of M.A. or B.C.L., and eventually D.C.L., may be obtained, without farther examination.
From Rides on Railways by Samuel Sidney
This William, who had been made a fellow of All Souls by the Parliamentary Visitors of Oxford, and graduated B.C.L.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I by Montague Summers
B.C.L., an honorary member, was asked to prepare an account of that victory, and kindly responded by his lecture, which he delivered before the Society on March 8th, 1889.
From An Account of the Battle of Chateauguay Being a Lecture Delivered at Ormstown, March 8th, 1889 by W. D. (William Douw) Lighthall
Apparently he was educated at Oxford, and in 1661 was appointed registrar and scribe to the diocese of Chester, and the same year he proceeded to the degree of B.C.L. of Christ Church, Oxford.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
In the University of Cambridge, England, a D.C.L. must be a B.C.L. of five years' standing, or an M.A. of seven years' standing, and must have kept two acts.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall
Rio Tinto divested its stake in BCL in 2016, and the listed company is now just over one-third owned by the Bougainville government and one-third owned by Papua New Guinea.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2017
They had hoped to get key landowners to sign a memorandum of agreement that would have endorsed BCL as preferred developer, according to a copy of the document reviewed by Reuters.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2017
BCL chairman Robert Burns, who formerly worked for Rio Tinto, said Bougainvilleans were the ones being impacted by Duncan’s attempt to gain control of the mine.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2017
In 2012, BCL estimated the cost of re-opening at $5 billion.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2017
Ona had declared that BCL should “never again” be allowed to run the mine and Miriori, Ona’s brother-in-law, still supports that stance.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2017
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