Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] [coord] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In March 1990 the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and World Bank officially approved the government 's new economic austerity measures , which included further devaluation , cuts in public spending and food subsidies , and a tightening of the money supply , as well as the introduction of a two-tier foreign exchange rate [ see below ] to encourage exports and to increase hard currency earnings . |
| 2 | Their bread and butter is reporting local events and local people and in a small community they are n't out to offend readers or cause major upset through distortion or misrepresentation . |
| 3 | One possibility currently being explored by the director Nicholas Mann , together with the directors of the group of University of London Institutes for Advanced Study ( ULIAS ) to which the Warburg belongs , is the creation of a single federal research institute which would be in a stronger position to attract funds and to resist indiscriminate cuts from above . |
| 4 | A decorative horizontal panel of fabric usually attached to the top of the window frame , or just above , to hide rods and provide added interest . |
| 5 | Since then we 've had plenty of time to take stock , to get to know areas and compare different locations , ages and styles of house before making any decision . |
| 6 | Use Evo-Stik Flashband Flashing to repair cracks or replace damaged flashing . |
| 7 | the relative informality and openness of literature teaching , its disinclination to impose judgements or dictate pre-given conclusions , itself constitutes a determinate discursive regime , constrained by its own rules , limits and positionalities : a regime that can be characterised as " liberal " in so far as it imposes itself not by insisting on the positional authority of the teacher , nor by compelling assent to a given and explicit curriculum of knowledge , but by inviting a voluntary recognition of the existence , purpose and value of a " subject " : Literature itself . |
| 8 | He thought to take Mr gross salary in the present financial year , to reduce it by a third to get from gross to net earnings and to do similar calculations for the rest of the three and a half years so as to arrive at the figure of fifty three thousand nine hundred and six pounds . |
| 9 | We will encourage local councils to continue to provide smallholdings and to introduce part-time holdings for new entrants . |
| 10 | The PLO had been attempting to formalize its relations with the Lebanese government since the latter 's 1987 abrogation [ see p. 35348 ] of the 1969 " Cairo agreement " granting Palestinian fighters the right to bear arms and to conduct cross-border raids into Israel . |
| 11 | Now that Libya has referred the matter to the International Court of Justice , will Britain desist from trying to get the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions or take military action against Libya until the International Court of Justice has ruled on the matter ? |
| 12 | AS/SET WDK-U-generated AIX and Santa Cruz Unix applications will be consistent with the original AS/400 system , in both operation and appearance , the company says , obviating the need to retrain users or use separate development and maintenance staff for the Unix system — but the company does not say what database it uses on the Unix system . |
| 13 | Oyston kept close connections with local Labour parties , and helped with schemes to provide jobs and start small businesses . |
| 14 | Self-employed people will be able to purchase vouchers and receive similar tax advantages . |
| 15 | But at the same time , the self was complex enough to initiate actions and innovate new ideas . |
| 16 | After asking what they would like to drink , Vitor provided cut-crystal glasses of vinho verde , but his duties as host quickly took him away to pour refills and greet other arrivals . |
| 17 | This is the outstanding feature which has enabled the Unionist Party to create divisions and govern unchallenged since the foundation of the Northern Ireland Parliament … |
| 18 | This group of people met on a regular basis to coordinate services and discuss professional issues . |
| 19 | For example , if enterprise zones were supposed to create jobs or to boost new enterprises or to engender ‘ high-tech ’ industries , a more precise targeting of incentives could have been devised instead of the blanket concessions on offer . |
| 20 | In recent years , all her wars had been frontier battles , fought round her coasts to repel raiders and oust alien settlements . |
| 21 | I seemed to hear trumpets and see colourful flags and standards fluttering in the sea breeze . |
| 22 | Buyers worked closely with suppliers , both new and established , to identify opportunities and develop exciting new Sainsbury brand products . |
| 23 | At the same time the opinion is gaining currency that the transfer of resources to subsidise incomes or to create artificial jobs in areas with declining or uncompetitive economies can bring about neither equity or development . |
| 24 | It was different from previous work in that main roads were to be included ; public transport as well as walking and cycling were to be considered ; and particular importance was to be attached to the attempt to lower costs and achieve area-wide benefits by applying fewer and simpler measures . |
| 25 | She had indeed once worked for a silversmith but had discovered that it was much easier to buy beads and acquire old pieces of jewellery , rearrange them artistically and sell them on market stalls throughout the country . |
| 26 | This information can be used to improve the accuracy of the recognition process , since there is more information with which to identify characters and to separate overlapping points . |
| 27 | A further demonstration of 5,000 communist activists on April 12 called on Koirala either to lower prices and pay adequate compensation to the families of the dead , or to resign by April 27 . |
| 28 | I wholly support the concept of a ‘ going rate ’ for experts to avoid misunderstandings and to promote financial planning . |
| 29 | There is some merit in Mrs Thatcher 's claim that too often Royal Commissions were appointed largely to avoid decisions or to postpone necessary tough action : she has not appointed one Royal Commission in her ten years in office . |
| 30 | And the government seemed to be growing up : when Russia announced it would start charging world prices for oil , the Ukrainian government , instead of moaning about injustice , said it was time to free prices and begin real reforms . |