Example sentences of "[is] to encourage [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The first is to increase production through new discoveries — the second is to encourage alternative fuels .
2 The team 's philosophy is to encourage disabled people to help themselves and each other , particularly by running parts of the centre themselves .
3 The best way to encourage and promote a controlling interest by employees , who include management personnel employed by the company as well as other staff is to encourage strong competitive bids by management-employee teams .
4 But if the aim is to encourage serious investment , there is also a need for serious spending on infrastructure and services , is well as for start-up finance or subsidy .
5 The commission 's goal is to encourage industrial organizations , mostly companies , to collaborate on advanced technology .
6 One of the aims of Compact , however , is to encourage young people to remain in education so that they can acquire the skills and qualifications essential for participating in our increasingly complex society .
7 The intention is to encourage new writing talent with a diverse and exciting mix of perspectives .
8 The way to help dormice is to encourage hazel and a wide variety of other trees and shrubs the animals feed on .
9 ‘ Sexual irresponsibility ’ is the Society 's major concern and their aim is to encourage responsible sexual behaviour through education .
10 One of the aims of modem nursing is to encourage patient autonomy .
11 It is already clear that , for example , if the objective of the central government is to encourage local authority spending in some service , a matching grant will be preferred to a lump-sum grant , even though the lump-sum may increase the welfare of the local authority residents by more than a matching grant .
12 Multiculturalists ( for whom the important task is to encourage harmonious and tolerant cultural diversity ) adjust their view according to what the leaders tell them .
13 ‘ The aim is to encourage public awareness about the value of the buildings around them and to get owners who no longer want the properties , to sell or lease them to new people . ’
14 The Volunteer Guides have now become an important feature of the Royal Museum of Scotland and says their aim is to encourage satisfied customers to return again and again .
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