Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is intended to enable parents to dovetail their career and family commitments and thereby to ease recruitment problems which are already being felt in all areas of commerce as a result of the steadily falling number of school leavers and graduates . ’ |
| 2 | At various points in the early 1980s consideration was given by the Conservatives to the idea of introducing a ‘ voucher ’ system , designed to enable parents to exercise their choice by ‘ buying ’ a place at a particular school . |
| 3 | ‘ Anything that can be come to encourage companies to increase their efforts or to consider exporting as a viable means of increasing profitability has to be seen as a most worthwhile and objective exercise . ’ |
| 4 | A new pension environment has been created in recent years by legislation designed to encourage individuals to arrange their own pensions . |
| 5 | In theory , these criticisms are designed to help researchers to improve their work by pointing out ( for instance ) poor techniques , illogical conclusions or misanalysed data . |
| 6 | The section of the Manifesto entitled The Institute and Professional Success does list a number of detailed objectives that might be expected to help firms increase their profitability , the most important of which is that ‘ unless required by public interest , the Institute should not seek to impose regulations which have the effect of restricting the freedom of members to succeed professionally and commercially ’ . |
| 7 | Later this month , federal authorities are expected to announce plans to reduce their supplies of water to farmers by three-quarters . |
| 8 | It has delightfully bright , comfortable public rooms designed to ensure guests have everything needed for a relaxed and leisurely stay . |
| 9 | The ‘ slot and bar ’ access has been designed to allow cyclists to negotiate it at low speeds or dismounted . |
| 10 | The ‘ slot and bar ’ access has been designed to allow cyclists to negotiate it at low speeds or dismounted . |
| 11 | The cumbersome and time-consuming method of voting , which involves each MP walking between two tellers and announcing his name , was partly designed to stop members sending their footmen to vote for them . |
| 12 | Coun Foster said the county council had written to bus operators telling them to abide by the rules and regulations or face disciplinary action . |
| 13 | The more that can be done to help students to develop their own musical abilities and understanding , and thus see the immense potential of music in worship , the better ’ . |
| 14 | Chimpanzees have been seen to use sticks to help them dig for roots , and as levers to break open ants ' nests . |
| 15 | In the Summer Term of 1989 the LEA published and distributed a short booklet ( Leeds City Council 1989e ) which was ‘ intended to help parents to appreciate what constitutes the best primary school practice and also to highlight aspects of education that the Authority wishes to promote ’ . |
| 16 | These are intended to help customers determine what to recycle in any future plastic recycling schemes . |
| 17 | The maternity and child welfare services have been developed to help parents do their best for their children . |
| 18 | This tool can be developed to help nurses scrutinise their work or evaluate quantitatively the effects of change within a ward on nurse activity . |
| 19 | Different ruses were used to encourage Africans to leave their homes and work on the new colonial projects . |
| 20 | We ve had to sell players to fund it . |
| 21 | Yes I know er yes I er er I er er I , I think it 's a good thing that people , if they ask for information , you 've got to buy books to get them . |
| 22 | He then showed her with great pride some utterly appalling objects which were used to persuade customers to buy their products . |
| 23 | Well you ha at least have n't got to do vegetables have you ? |
| 24 | She used to be with Grand Metropolitan and now , apparently , they 've had to appoint men to fill her post . |
| 25 | I 'll have a look , but I 've had him doing actual words , like first words er , you know erm , Ben and large and in and out and just the , the easy words and Luke and his own name , so he is already got the idea that when you write a letter you ca n't just write any letter , you 've got to make letters say something either as erm , as an alphabet or in the form of words , so of course she says to , would you all like to write me a sentence , well he 's already passed that stage , he thinks himself well I ca n't write a sentence , what he knows as a sentence consists of words that make sense , so they 're all sitting there going a N , N , N , Q , R , S , N , T , T , and they 're saying a sentence like I went to the shops with my nanny , well Alex has already passed that stage , he knows that that is n't sensible , so he must of turned to her and he said , I ca n't write like that , my mummy will shout at me |
| 26 | Partners are also being taught coaching skills to help them become less autocratic . |
| 27 | Nor has much been done to attack the soft commissions ( payments in kind ) given to fund managers to attract their business . |
| 28 | Students will work on a broad range of projects in their own homes , and once a month they will be invited to attend tutorials to discuss their work with other students and obtain guidance from qualified tutors . |
| 29 | But the new £1,500 window , designed by local artist Patricia Hudson Moses , will be specially coated to stop vandals smashing it . |
| 30 | 3 Some homework routines : insist on regular and prompt homework — keep a check on work received encourage students to keep their work , make sure students know exactly what to do 4 Marking and giving back homework : mark and return it as soon as possible , devise an easily comprehensible marking scheme , be careful not to overmark , put encouraging brief comments at the end of the work whenever possible be prepared to explain your corrections , either collectively to the class as a whole or individually |