Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [det] [noun] [conj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But an attempt by the science-related ministries and agencies and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP ) to create a new budget category for these items and to crack the rigid ceiling on outlays for science has been defeated by the Ministry of Finance . |
| 2 | There has been a kind of stalemate in the class struggle which has placed governments in the position of tackling deep-rooted problems with technocratic instruments of strictly limited effectiveness : they have held the line on the balance of payments by means of periodic deflation , which has not really solved anything ; they have periodically checked inflation and attempted to rebuild industrial profitability by means of ad hoc incomes policy but have been unable either to maintain popular support for such policies or to push forward to a comprehensive planning of prices and incomes , investment and consumption . |
| 3 | The company then planned to introduce new individual contracts for all journalists and to give a 4.5% pay rise to those who accepted and signed new contracts by 1 January 1990 . |
| 4 | Where there is more than one class of non-equity share in issue , it will provide information that will enable users to assess the characteristics of each class and to understand the accounting for each . |
| 5 | The object objective in six should be to minimize the loss of that land and to take the land in the l in the lower grade within the best and most versatile , rather than the higher grade . |
| 6 | In my view , this local authority has shown itself throughout conscious of its duty to keep an open mind about the future of these children and to consider all the potential options in what was often an extremely difficult and fraught situation . |
| 7 | Is it any more accurate to call Hinduism polytheistic because of its talk of many gods than to call Roman Catholicism polytheistic on account of its talk of many saints ? |
| 8 | Both sides agreed not to use force against each other and to respect the inviolability of their joint border . |
| 9 | The entry of America into the war , however , left pacifists with little alternative but to invest their hopes in democratic revolt , unaided by the trans-Atlantic deus ex machina . |
| 10 | I really can not find fault with this book except to say that even splendid photography can not make me love all of Piffetti 's furniture . |
| 11 | This chapter explores the possibility of defining these assembly relationships in such ways as to provide a desired function . |
| 12 | He did not rise from the chair or acknowledge Moran 's entrance in any way except to direct the flirting banter he was having with the girls to Moran . |
| 13 | Mr Stewart was convinced that , provided booksellers had the required enthusiasm and vision to tackle the schools market , they were uniquely placed to act as agent to all publishers and to provide a one-stop shopping facility for teachers . |
| 14 | Given that decision makers often deal with complex problems , there is a requirement to think beyond the obvious and usual solutions to such problems and to consider innovative solutions . |
| 15 | Although I am myself very much in favour of people going to the theatre and reading books it is very useful for my research for me to play devil 's advocate on these activities and to ask ‘ Why should people go to the theatre ? ’ and ‘ Why should people read books ? ’ |
| 16 | Mr Sydney Breeze returned to give a further talk on this subject and to relate many of his experiences during his long career as a top link GWR driver . |
| 17 | The research aims to describe how police authorities give effect to this duty and to analyse what the consequences of their adopting different strategies — formal consultative committees , public opinion surveys , informal liaison etc — are for the work of police authorities , for policing priorities and for police management practice . |
| 18 | A new 3 year comparative Programme has therefore been mounted which , through a coordinated set of locality studies , aims to throw light on these linkages and to assess the importance to local economic and social adjustment of agencies responsible for such functions as development planning , employment creation and services delivery . |
| 19 | I had persuaded myself that there was no such long-continued action on this dictum as to render it improper in this House to reconsider the question . |
| 20 | The research team succeeded in getting their prize pair of chimps , Austin and Sherman , to flash images at each other and to respond appropriately by fetching the object signified for the other or to return empty-handed if it were not there . |
| 21 | The Insurer shall be entitled to take over the conduct in the name of an Insured Person in the defence or settlement of any claim or to prosecute in the name of an Insured Person for its own benefit any claim for indemnity or damages or otherwise and shall have full discretion in the conduct of any proceedings and in the settlement of any claim . |
| 22 | No admission offer promise payment or indemnity shall be made or given by or on behalf of the Policyholder without the written consent of the Corporation which shall be entitled if it so desires to take over and conduct in the name of the Policyholder the defence or settlement of any claim or to prosecute in the name of the Policyholder for its own benefit any claim for indemnity or damages or otherwise and shall have full discretion in the conduct of any proceedings or in the settlement of any claim and the Policyholder shall give all such information and assistance as the Corporation may require . |
| 23 | No admission offer promise payment or indemnity shall be made or given by or on behalf of the Policyholder or any person claiming to be indemnified without the written consent of the Corporation which shall be entitled if it so desires to take over and conduct in the name of the Policyholder or such person the defence or settlement of any claim or to prosecute in the name of the Policyholder or such person for its own benefit any claim for indemnity or damages or otherwise and shall have full discretion in the conduct of any proceedings or in the settlement of any claim and the Policyholder or such person shall give all such information and assistance as the Corporation may require . |
| 24 | This facility will be used to record the progress of each problem and to assign responsibility for solving the problem . |
| 25 | You will have your own way of dealing with these reactions but one of the teacher 's functions in a group playback session is to be aware of individual reactions of this kind and to steer discussion away from subjective comment if necessary . |
| 26 | One deals with ‘ lack of care ’ in that a failure to fence a pond resulted in a verdict of such negligence as to justify a verdict of manslaughter . |
| 27 | In the second , medical advisers have acted as diagnosticians to determine the needs and concerns of each practice and to identify those where prescribing is an issue ; pharmaceutical advisers then visit and offer help . |
| 28 | As has been seen , the most diligent organiser of plant transport from the West was Peter Collinson and much relevant correspondence will be found in William Darlington 's The memorials of John Bartram and Humphry Marshall ( 1849 ) where the author considered sea captains of such importance as to merit a special index . |
| 29 | This project seeks to explore the impact of deregulation upon such industries and to assess the role of new industry agreements and supra-national regulatory mechanisms upon company strategies . |
| 30 | National courts have the duty to interpret and apply national law in such ways as to ensure that a real and effective sanction , i.e. a sanction satisfying the principles of proportionality , effectiveness and non discrimination or comparability , is imposed . |