Example sentences of "in their [noun pl] to achieve " in BNC.
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| 1 | Developing certain of his ideas , the Fauves and the German painters of the Brücke undoubtedly saw primitive art as a liberating force , stimulating them in their attempts to achieve a more direct and spontaneous form of expression , although the Fauves , at least , were more immediately influenced in this respect by the passionate painting of Van Gogh than by primitive art . |
| 2 | Between 1949 and 1953 Ealing , Ilford and Luton failed in their bids to achieve county borough status , but in 1957 a Royal Commission on local government in London was appointed and , by the Local Government Act , 1958 , a series of commissions was set up to consider the problems of particular localities , particularly those of the major English conurbations . |
| 3 | We will back the regulators of the financial services industry in their efforts to achieve high standards while keeping the rule books down to manageable size . |
| 4 | In his address to the Colombo Non-Aligned Conference Premier Pham Van Dong expressed support for ‘ the Southeast Asian peoples in their efforts to achieve genuine independence , peace and neutrality ’ . |
| 5 | We intend to continue to strongly support the Government in NCVQ in their endeavours to achieve the national targets . |