Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [conj] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ensuring that adequate resources are allocated to support the change and to maintain it once it has been achieved ; |
| 2 | It is , therefore , our intention to seek to increase the range of NVQs offered by the Board and to market them to employers in co-operation with the Chamber movement . |
| 3 | Edouard de Chavigny was a Frenchman ; he understood that women , when abandoned , liked some small remembrance to soften the blow and to remind them of tender memories . |
| 4 | The accumulation on the ridges and swells is aided by the presence there of seaweed or flotsam , which tends to hinder the flow of the tide and to cause it to deposit the material it is carrying . |
| 5 | The purpose of serving a contemnor with a copy of the committal order is to enable him to have a written record of the findings made by the court and of the sentence and to provide him with the materials necessary to enable him to decide whether or not he wishes to appeal . |
| 6 | When Oldham Magistrates granted summonses against Brady and Hindley for the murder of the child following a private application , the Director , having already decided that in all the circumstances it would not be in the public interest to institute proceedings against them , used his statutory powers under Section 6 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 to take over the conduct of the case and to discontinue it under Section 23 . |
| 7 | At this point a friend of mine appeared , whose house is nearby , so I asked her to call the vet and to bring me a couple of bandages to keep the flies off until the vet arrived . |
| 8 | Such an event enables the senior personnel within your company to meet the leading journalists in the field and to tell them first hand of the company 's plans for the coming year . |
| 9 | Party reports — usually more coloured and ‘ loyal ’ than any other type of report in their avoidance of criticism of the leadership — from all parts of Germany confirmed the ‘ especially dangerous ’ signs that people were now ‘ daring to express open criticism of the person of the Führer and to attack him in hateful and mean fashion ’ . |
| 10 | Essentially , he expected art , even that of the Avant-garde , not merely to override the present but to ride it . |
| 11 | I 'll do my best to answer any questions on the outdoors and to let you have your say , so there 's no time to waste — get scribbling now . |
| 12 | I 'll do my best to answer any questions on the outdoors and to let you have your say , so there 's no time to waste — get scribbling now . |
| 13 | I 'll do my best to answer any questions on the outdoors and to let you have your say , so there 's no time to waste — get scribbling now . |
| 14 | I 'll do my best to answer any questions on the outdoors and to let you have your say , so there 's no time to waste — get scribbling now . |
| 15 | But as a suggestion it seems rather to name the difficulty than to solve it : which false beliefs are to be counted as relevant ? |
| 16 | Parents can not always be on the spot to point out the sensible course of action , to remind children about the rules or to enforce them . |
| 17 | The poor state of the wall required it to be rebuilt and the people of Pennal took advantage of this to tidy up the churchyard and to turn it into a ‘ heritage garden ’ . |
| 18 | Every attempt will be made to open up dialogue with the kidnappers and to stall them long enough to trace where your wife and daughter are being held . |
| 19 | There are tennis courts at many of our hotels and within the resorts and to help you make your holiday choice we provide this brief guide . |
| 20 | Congress is not empowered to make laws for the states or to substitute them for the laws of individual states and so on . |
| 21 | The idea we are putting to you is to keep a diary of certain of the major aspects of the course and to use it as an aid to reflection and learning . |
| 22 | It was , she discovered , easier to look the part than to feel it . |
| 23 | The fear is that the police may have overmuch regard for public order considerations and impose such stringent conditions on holding the march as to make it ineffective as a form of protest . |
| 24 | It is often a good idea to have several small aquaria instead of one larger one , as it is easier to see the animals and to study them when they are in a small volume of water : they can not swim so far or so fast . |
| 25 | As part of the general plan to reshape agricultural education to meet the changing needs of the industry and to bring it more in line with the rest of further education , the National Advisory Council on Education for Industry and Commerce appointed a committee late in 1970 , under the chairmanship of Professor J.P . |
| 26 | It is possible for a man to assemble a large number of these mystical phrases that move the mind and to use them as passports to the transcendent world . |
| 27 | To read Tolkien , Morris , Hodgson , Wells and Verne , to mention a few of the most imaginative of authors is to expand the confines of the mind and to jolt it out of its habitual furrow . |
| 28 | The oboe tends to impoverish the tone of the violins and to make it sound thin and pinched . |
| 29 | Where it is not supported , the reason is often , as suggested by Rundquist ( 1980 , 1983 ) , because the spending patterns are already set by the geography of demands ( one would not expect large spending on subsidies for cotton farmers in New Hampshire , for example ) and the goal of the pork barrellers is rather to get plenty of money for the programme than to direct it to certain areas rather than others . |
| 30 | For such Catholic sixth forms or sixth form colleges , therefore , the challenge is not simply to be as good as the alternative but to exceed it in reputation and appeal . |