Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] the [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The software was developed using the company 's real-time kernel technology , VxWorks , which offloads Unix applications from the host via TCP/IP , Ethernet or NFS , to a standalone VME-based system to be executed in real-time ( UX No 318 ) . |
| 2 | Graphics-based applications are developed using the company 's C-Scape screen handler , which includes application programming interfaces for running Windows 3 , Motif or Open Look at the front-end . |
| 3 | Each carries the red rose of Lancaster in its claw and , beside its beak , the words ‘ por bem ’ , which are intended to signify the king 's blamelessness down through the ages . |
| 4 | The proposal , described in the report as " unprecedented " , was apparently intended to signal the Hinduja 's long-term confidence in the Indian economy . |
| 5 | The unanimous decision was intended to signal the Council 's willingness to establish closer relations with those East European countries embarking on political reforms . |
| 6 | Correlation coefficients were calculated using the Spearman 's non-parametric coefficient . |
| 7 | Social class was assigned using the patient 's occupation , the father 's if the patient was not employed , and the mother 's if no other occupation was available . |
| 8 | The big Audi has been developed to meet the world 's toughest emission standards with the help of a turbocharger and intercooler as well as exhaust gas recirculation and an advanced engine management system . |
| 9 | The Forestry Commission has undertaken to bear the report 's findings in mind when embarking on future tree-planting programmes . |
| 10 | In many cases , it will not be possible to be certain how the sale will ultimately be structured ; if there is a chance that a share sale may be arranged to meet the acquiror 's needs , it will be necessary to regard all advertisements leading up to sale as investment advertisements . |
| 11 | In the church a carved stone shrine was erected to contain the saint 's relics . |
| 12 | The bill was reportedly designed to restore the government 's Islamic credentials which its critics maintained had been undermined by Pakistan 's participation in the Western-dominated multinational force opposing Iraq in the Gulf [ see pp. 37639 ; 37641 ; 37694 ] . |
| 13 | The visit was designed to bolster the country 's image — marred by a poor human rights record and political instability — among potential aid donors and private investors . |
| 14 | So matters such as the teaching process ( Is the student given sufficient autonomy ? ) — the fundamental aims of the course ( Is the course designed to promote the student 's general education ? |
| 15 | The Mexican government has announced new measures designed to combat the capital 's growing air pollution problem [ see ED 's passim ] . |
| 16 | Goldmann specifically rejected a Durkheimian approach to sociology , recognizing that the facts are always approached using the researcher 's ‘ categories and implicit and unconscious preconceptions ’ ( Goldmann 1969 : 41 ) . |
| 17 | This involves the use of remedies ( usually in tablet form ) which are designed to stimulate the patient 's own natural healing ability . |
| 18 | The drug 's designed to stimulate the body 's own defence system to fight the virus . |
| 19 | This is a new sales approach , designed to support the industry 's desire to link information technology and business objectives to gain the competitive edge : if a customer wants to increase market share by say 5% over a year , Customer Systems might , for example , agree to take a certain fee up front , and then link subsequent earnings to the achievement of the customer 's business aim . |
| 20 | The emphasis in agreements was therefore placed upon procedural , rather than substantive , rules designed to uphold the employers ' right to manage in the face of attempted unilateral imposition of working rules by craft unions . |
| 21 | Some 15,000 spectators — mostly from California — had come to see the world 's greatest horse , who had top weight of nine stone three pounds in a field of eleven . |
| 22 | It should be designed to meet the readers ' needs and to solve their problems . |
| 23 | The company 's remit is wide : negotiation of research and development contracts in collaboration with clients and staff ; drawing up of consultancy agreements , matching staff expertise to client specifications ; provision of both standard and customised training courses either in-house or on-campus , designed to meet the client 's needs ; negotiation of all EC contracts on behalf of the University . |
| 24 | In Exodus 16 God replies with gifts designed to meet the people 's need with beautiful precision , to convince them of his compassion and his desire and power to save , and to remind them of his glory . |
| 25 | The Chancellor is expected to modify the Government 's policy of buying in enough long-dated gilt-edged stock in a single fiscal year to offset the financial drain on the economy created by the budget surplus and foreign exchange intervention to support the pound — the so-called full funding rule . |
| 26 | Since the majority of the papal proposals were designed to increase the Church 's influence and weaken the power of the Concordat which had regulated church-state relations since 1801 , Napoleon III refused to entertain them . |
| 27 | To sum up , the duty to act in the interests of the company ( i.e. the shareholders ) imposes only a weak control on managerial discretion , since any plausible assertion that a course of action is designed to increase the company 's financial well-being will be enough to protect it from attack . |
| 28 | Even magazine publishers such as the Radio Times are producing a range of cardboard ‘ shelf talkers ’ and ‘ shelf wobblies ’ bearing the name of the magazine , designed to catch the browser 's eye , and guide the hand . |
| 29 | PLANS to develop the small Fife oil discovery in the North Sea are being studied after a successful test on the first well drilled to establish the field 's potential . |
| 30 | The electorate of the capital , Titograd , also voted to reinstate the city 's old name of Podgorica . |