Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] and [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the task in front of humanity to arrive at a definition for all controversial acts and to set a value on them ; acts decided as ‘ good ’ contributing to the Godhead , acts decided as ‘ evil ’ detracting there from , and acts of an innocuous nature as ‘ neutral ’ — , and having no effect . |
| 2 | The overall objective is to measure the cost effectiveness of urban and regional policies and to monitor recent changes in urban and rural economic activity which have important implications for local planning and housing policies . |
| 3 | It was essential to provide an identifiable core of people with professional training skills to act as the standard bearers for the future ; to attract , sustain and develop the specific skills and to lay the foundation of the new profession . |
| 4 | In the absence of a ready-made framework in Scotland , the firm looked elsewhere to the English Law Society 's Continuing Professional Development scheme , launched last year and aimed at not only keeping solicitors up to date with the law but to develop management and other professional skills and to enhance career development . |
| 5 | To be a professional is to exercise ( and most importantly to have the ability to exercise ) one 's professional skills and to make professional decisions , without deference to moral , religious or political beliefs and points of view . |
| 6 | Seventhly , if the German states were to express themselves for initiating movement toward German unity , would they be ready to take into consideration the interests of other European states and to seek , on a mutually acceptable collective basis , answers to all questions and problems that might arise in that regard ? |
| 7 | The main aim of COPPES is to win the release of the political prisoners and to call a halt to the harassment and frequent detention of their visitors . |
| 8 | Nicaragua agreed to bring forward its general election , to release political prisoners and to make further concessions on internal reform , in return for an undertaking by the heads of state to elaborate within 90 days ( i.e. by May 15 ) a plan for the demobilization , voluntary repatriation or relocation of contras and their families from camps in southern Honduras . |
| 9 | Despite continuing economic problems , Hawke 's chances of achieving a fourth successive election victory were improved by the government 's decision to ease its restrictive monetary policies and to allow a reduction in the country 's high level of interest rates . |
| 10 | Delegates are regarded as mandated by those who elect them to support specific policies and to return to explain their subsequent decisions . |
| 11 | She used this power to pay off some political debts and to make a political statement by appointing Alison Walton Leland , a Houston stockbroker who is widow of a much-liked congressman , Mickey Leland , to the Texas A&M University board . |
| 12 | She said , today : ‘ I am delighted to have an opportunity to meet my European peers and to participate in the debates and the entire programme . ’ |
| 13 | The severe budget deficit caused the UNHCR to close 19 of its approximately 100 regional offices and to freeze up to 300 posts . |
| 14 | The fighting between the UVF and UDA , and the struggles for power within the UDA , did much to damage the reputation of the working-class loyalist organizations and to permit the professional politicians to regain control after the UWC strike . |
| 15 | Schools choose teachers to carry out a specific duty , to teach specific subjects and to contribute to the school at large . |
| 16 | Roderick was always seeking a better way of putting things in order to remove all possible ambiguities and to assist the reader to the maximum extent : if this meant rewriting 100 times he would gladly do it . |
| 17 | To provide a forum for discussing the major issues of CALL in Spanish schools and to develop a cadre of ‘ multipliers ’ to work within the Spanish school system . |
| 18 | These cases illustrate the importance which the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords attached to the need not to constrain the Commission and the Office of Fair Trading within narrow bounds and to emphasize the width of their discretionary powers . |
| 19 | The policy-making group meets to set the time-scale , to plan the introductory sessions and to agree the questions to form the basis of discussions ; some are suggested in the next section . |
| 20 | These were categories aiming to broaden the curriculum experiences of pupils in small rural schools and to develop curricula appropriate to Britain as a multicultural society . |
| 21 | Freedom for people to move around without interruption , it was said , was ‘ of infinitely greater importance than guaranteeing the right to hold public meetings and to march in procession ’ . |
| 22 | Almost all aspects of life suffered under martial law which was used by consecutive governments to ban large public meetings and to crack down on any political groups and political parties working underground . |
| 23 | Although physics was concerned with general theory at that time the trend elsewhere was to emphasize detailed investigations and to avoid general theories . |
| 24 | to find high houses and to remedy them . |
| 25 | Last autumn , lord president of the Court of Session , suddenly announced he was forming a working party under to examine how to improve the handling of commercial cases and to make their hearing speedier and more convenient to litigants . |
| 26 | ‘ We run regular courses to train health and other professionals to run stop smoking groups and to give help and advice on a one-to-one basis to all smokers who want to stop , ’ said Dr Ramaiah . |
| 27 | Looking to the immediate future , the Association will need to conserve and build up its reserves to fund further projects and to provide sufficient investment income to meet rising costs . |
| 28 | In 1696 Louis agreed to give the duke the title of " Royal Highness " in all public acts and to treat his representatives in France as those of a monarch . |
| 29 | The Exchequer and Audit Departments Act of 1866 ( as slightly amended in 1921 ) created the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General and charged him to identify and report upon the public accounts and to ensure that expenditures were authorised by Parliament and supported by the Treasury . |
| 30 | In the early 1960s , it became fashionable to criticize British institutions and to say that this country was lagging behind its European competitors in many aspects of modern life from trade union structure to central heating , from the capacity to sell and provide after-sales service abroad to playing football . |