Example sentences of "enable [pers pn] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aims were to give families reproductive choice in future pregnancies ; to enable them to plan for the future with a child with a disability ; to avoid the experience of a prolonged diagnosis ; and to identify a presymptomatic cohort who may benefit from future treatments . |
| 2 | The race is also being used by Poland , Mexico , Norway and Denmark as their trials for the Olympic Games and though the field is not so strong at the front , it looks to be a proving ground for the visitors , in an effort to beat times already set by their countrymen to enable them to go to Barcelona . |
| 3 | She suggests that the ‘ board ’ money which young people paid for living in the parental household was seen as an exchange , especially for daughters : they handed over their wages to their mothers and in exchange their mothers equipped them to enable them to go into service . |
| 4 | One of ACE 's claims is that members will be able to develop systems based upon the same building blocks which are sufficiently differentiated to enable them to go after separate market niches . |
| 5 | As Pathfinders they had the extra advantage of being able to use all the latest radar equipment to enable them to see through the layers of cloud , and when they were talking to Met Officers we would hear mysterious references to ‘ Gee ’ and ‘ H2S ’ . |
| 6 | This level of provision represents a very substantial commitment of resources to the enterprise bodies and it should be sufficient to enable them to carry through the wide range of tasks expected of them and to build on their excellent first year of operation . |
| 7 | Cut a slice off the bottom of each pear to enable them to sit in a dish without falling over , and place in an ovenproof dish well spaced out . |
| 8 | Those who need personal assistance to enable them to live in their own homes have too often been consigned either to institutions or to enforced dependence on their families . |
| 9 | As one jaundiced critic put it in 1733 : " A set of brocaded tradesmen cloathed in purple and fine linen , and faring sumptuously every day , raising to themselves immense wealth , so as to marry their daughters to the first rank , and leave their sons such estates as to enable them to live in the same degree . |
| 10 | The broad aim was to assist colleges with the monitoring of their performance and to enable them to demonstrate to both LEAs and central government that they were cost effective . |
| 11 | I have just received notice via our agent , Mr John Popham , whom I believe you know , that Newport Borough Council and Gwent County Council are preparing to apply to the Secretary of State for Wales for an Order under the above Act to enable them to proceed with the construction of a barrage across the river Usk . |
| 12 | I have no record of having received a reply and since everything is beginning to move again with the local authorities applying to the Secretary of State for him to lay Orders under the Transport and Public Works Act to enable them to proceed with public consultation on their scheme , the matter is becoming critical once again . |
| 13 | It is reported that they are being given Namibian identity cards to enable them to vote for pro-South African parties in the elections . |
| 14 | But irrespective of how they construe the common sense which is the policeman or woman 's working knowledge , seniors are agreed that new recruits need experience of life to enable them to deal with the range of situations and people they encounter in their work . |
| 15 | Library acquisitions in higher education are already seriously underfunded , and ways must be found to enable them to deal with these new pressures . |
| 16 | Moreover , this is occurring at a time when few resources are available to enable them to deal with increased numbers . |
| 17 | We have provided an access fund to the institutions to enable them to deal with the few cases of hardship that genuinely occur . |
| 18 | We should consider the supply of metal detectors and the regular retraining of police officers to enable them to deal with knife problems . |
| 19 | This is why , after a night of south-easterly winds and rain in spring or in autumn , you can find the islands littered with small birds of many species , all desperately trying to find some food which can replenish the energy reserves sufficiently to enable them to continue on their way as soon as weather allows . |
| 20 | SAS 510 on other auditors ' work also extends the scope of existing guidance to all circumstances where these are involved , not just group accounts , and requires auditors to consider whether their participation is sufficient to enable them to act as principal auditors . |
| 21 | Likewise , voluntary bodies need funding to enable them to bid for contracts . |
| 22 | As is argued at length in the Kingman Report , substantial programmes of teacher training are required if teachers are themselves to know enough to enable them to design with confidence programmes of study about language . |
| 23 | However , it is clear that some people will want to consider seeking an assessment to enable them to move into a residential or nursing home . |
| 24 | The University Welfare Services make special provision to assist students with special needs to find accommodation , to enable them to participate in all aspects of university life , and to give expert advice on career opportunities after graduation . |
| 25 | The public library has lost its soul because it has been absorbed into the modern semi-literate culture and because it did not have the knowledge and experience gained across generations that the old private libraries had to enable them to cope with the world of mass circulation popular fiction , for example , rather than the People 's University that Hoggart remembers from his youth in the Hunslet district of Leeds . |
| 26 | Some of the details are nicely done such as the antiquated ceramic water bottle offered by the porter to enable them to cope with the freezing bedrooms . |
| 27 | There was a great yearning among lay people to understand in terms of their own vernacular this inner experience of the faith , which , through the institutional influence of the Church , formally governed the structure of their lives , although their education may not have been such as to enable them to cope with the official language of the Church or highly intellectual theological exposition . |
| 28 | Although barbel are so stupid when they are feeding ravenously , they are not so stupid they can not learn a few tricks of their own to enable them to feed in the face of apparent danger . |
| 29 | THE Hampshire Playing Fields Association have just launched a £250,000 public appeal to enable them to respond to the ever-increasing demands for support of sport and recreational projects throughout the county . |
| 30 | There is therefore a need for a number of central bodies that have the resources to enable them to respond to local initiatives , and the staff to see these initiatives through to fruition . |