Example sentences of "to embark upon a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the election campaign of 1964 Harold Wilson , the new leader of the Labour party , adroitly integrated two themes : the surge towards equality ( and , more specifically , the end of the eleven-plus ) represented by comprehensive schools , and the national need to embark upon a ‘ white hot technological revolution ’ . |
| 2 | In September of 1155 he finally departed for Germany , to embark upon a further programme of reorganisation in his homeland . |
| 3 | Where it is necessary , and when it is appropriate , the counsellor sometimes has to embark upon a measured ‘ confrontation ’ with the counsellee over such matters . |
| 4 | Thus informed and protected you are ready — but only if it seems right for you — to embark upon a sexual journey that will last in one way or another for a life time . |
| 5 | The decision to embark upon a hotel or catering enterprise and the form that business will take are closely linked with the acquisition of suitable premises . |
| 6 | However , it seems unlikely that the political will existed among many rural authorities to embark upon a rapid and expensive programme of housing construction . |
| 7 | However , we do not need to embark upon a lengthy discussion of differences between these concepts as such differences will be explained as they bear upon our concern with power in public sector organisations ( see Connolly , 1974 , for treatment of these conceptual issues ) . |
| 8 | You will be required to embark upon a course of study , in order to obtain the qualification the Diploma in Trading Standards , within a maximum of 5 years , on the successful completion of which you are required to remain with the Lothian Regional Council for a period of not less than 2 years . |
| 9 | Sir David Wilson , in his annual address to the Legislative Council in October 1989 announced that the government was to embark upon a £10,000 million development project to build a new airport , to expand its container port facilities and to construct extensive transport links to connect them to the urban and industrial areas . |
| 10 | For example , environmental considerations have prompted the company to embark upon a halon replacement programme resulting in a range of alternative systems . |
| 11 | Yet paradoxically in 1956 it was the British government which chose to embark upon a high-risk and impulsive policy once it believed that fundamental national interests were at stake . |
| 12 | Underline that the purpose is not quickly to arrive at understanding , but to embark upon a lifetime 's exploration . |
| 13 | As the AUT statement recognises : ‘ to embark upon a sexual/romantic relationship with a student involves serious difficulties rooted in the unequal power , and hence choice , of the parties concerned . ’ |
| 14 | Sir : Now that the dust kicked up by the mass raid on the Broadwater Farm estate last week has begun to settle , it is time to embark upon an assessment of its effects . |
| 15 | He currently plays for Tottenham Hotspur ‘ FC ’ where he proceeded to embark upon an intimate friendship with the nutritionally-disordered Ms Mandy Smith . |
| 16 | When a biographer dubs his subject ‘ the greatest novelist ever to have written in the English language ’ in his opening chapter , he is clearly about to embark upon an act of homage . |
| 17 | It would be impracticable and undesirable for the High Court of Justice to embark upon an inquiry concerning the effect or the effectiveness of the internal procedures in the High Court of Parliament or an inquiry whether in any particular case those procedures were effectively followed . |