Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if sensing she had finished , Lyddy came softly in and began to light lamps and draw the curtains , gently pulling Alexandra back to reality . |
| 2 | Moreover , to see policies as having objectives may involve confusing the character of the policies with the motives and purposes of the people who advocate , adopt and implement them . |
| 3 | We are always keen to support projects that offer social and economic benefits to the communities of Wales while protecting and enhancing the natural and built environments . |
| 4 | The Skeffington Report of 1969 emphasised the importance of public participation in the planning process , and local authorities were urged to publicise plans and encourage the public to contribute to the process . |
| 5 | The mustard seed produces a shrub about eight to ten feet tall , with branches strong enough to support birds and give them shelter . |
| 6 | A dive simulator allows you to plan dives and predict stops . |
| 7 | Without doubt , the late Victorian and Edwardian gangs did not restrict themselves to fist fights or kicking contests . |
| 8 | East German decisions to cancel contracts and revalue the mark against the convertible rouble ( the accounting unit for trade within COMECON — Council for Mutual Economic Assistance , or CMEA ) sparked off a dispute with its COMECON partner Czechoslovakia . |
| 9 | Burns units are weird places because all the staff are in masks and visitors have to wear hats and covers on their shoes . |
| 10 | Because there is no authoritative definition of organic farming , the European Commission is seeking to harmonise definitions and control over organic food production . |
| 11 | Someone whose job allows them the flexibility to attend meetings and participate in programmes |
| 12 | But , as in the case of a personal representative , until he elects to become registered and is , he will not become a member of the company entitled to attend meetings and to vote . |
| 13 | Controlled charges encourage members to attend meetings and help attract potential members . |
| 14 | The two councillors serve the Association and the area well and are always willing to attend meetings and find out information . |
| 15 | The two councillors serve the Association and the area well and are always willing to attend meetings and find out information . |
| 16 | Three days before the presidential elections , the military government on Dec. 11 , 1989 , granted the Central Bank full autonomy under new statutes which allowed the Finance Minister to attend meetings and to have a 15-day veto on policy . |
| 17 | Under the agreement , two nominally private organizations were established to issue visas and represent the interests of the two governments . |
| 18 | Intended to stimulate exports and rationalize imports , and as a step towards full rouble convertibility , a decree of Oct. 26 set a rate of US$1.00=1.80 roubles , effective from Nov. 1 , for all imports and exports . |
| 19 | In addition the peso was devalued against the US dollar from US$1=Ps7.3 to US$1=Ps10.2 in order to stimulate exports and to reduce arrears on the US$4,000 million foreign debt . |
| 20 | His " Basis and directives for a Plan for economic recovery , in harmony with our national reconstruction " viewed the fundamental problem as the Spanish trade deficit , which he proposed to eliminate by massive state intervention to stimulate exports and reduce imports . |
| 21 | Sales and purchasing directors and managers will probably have authority to make commercial contracts in most cases , whilst warehouse and delivery staff will generally not have authority to agree contracts or vary terms , but no hard and fast rule can be laid down . |
| 22 | You have to perform operations while listening to gunshots and rescue the wounded , collecting their weapons while carrying a rifle and a medicine chest . |
| 23 | Do n't waste time trying to gather possessions or save the goldfish — fire spreads very quickly . |
| 24 | The journalists gathered in knots to compare notes and decide on the best angle on the story . |
| 25 | Certainly the pupil should not be considered primarily as a medical case , nor should preconceived conclusions drawn from information on medical records be used to channel activities or limit opportunities . |
| 26 | This is a credit card-sized device designed to transmit signals that indicate the carrier 's location and enable urgent messages to be passed on . |
| 27 | He hated the vulgarity of showing off the delegates as though they were exhibits , and the insincerity of pretending that platitudes were pronouncements of world-shaking import , and the feeling that he came a long way to greet fellow-Christians and found himself turned into a ham-actor on a second-rate stage . |
| 28 | ‘ Did you know ’ , Mrs Phelps said , ‘ that public libraries like this allow you to borrow books and take them home ? ’ |
| 29 | Motion pictures were to develop into the great mass entertainment of the twentieth century but they had first been shown in the cities of the late nineteenth century and both as an industry and as a social activity they were never to lose characteristics that had been determined at their birth . |
| 30 | When , in 1124 , the Emperor Henry V planned an invasion , Louis summoned his nobles to Rheims to debate tactics and draw up the battle-lines . |