Example sentences of "that this [vb mod] be achieved [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Isobel said steadily , ‘ If you are aiming somehow to shame the Church establishment for what you see as its treatment of clergy families , and you imagine that this might be achieved by humiliating Peter , then yes , defiance . ’ |
| 2 | This activity worried the union leadership and the government because , although they were committed to a strong social-property sector , the government was adamant that this should be achieved by legal and orderly means . |
| 3 | The National Coal Board wanted to close some uneconomic pits and their advice was that this could be achieved by local talks . |
| 4 | A fresh look at the whole process was needed , and it was felt that this could be achieved by taking a systems view , unbiased by what was then happening in practice , ie before the Act took effect . |
| 5 | The British public , after years of sacrifice , were less and less inclined to tolerate prolonged austerity ; and , though in other fields the Labour Government was extremely successful in diverting resources away from consumption and towards investment and exports ( at considerable cost to its own political popularity ) , there were limits to the extent that this could be achieved in electricity . |
| 6 | Just the fact that this can be achieved at less than £10,000 for a complete system is rather likely to upset anyone who has invested hundreds of thousands in ‘ Third Wave ’ systems and discovers that , for a tenth the cost they could actually achieve rather more . |
| 7 | More radical moves to reform the NHS are based on a belief that individuals should take more responsibility for their health care and that this can be achieved by extending the choice of different suppliers of medical services . |