Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the first she had heard of it , for while Constance was away she had not felt able to accommodate the horrors revealed in the local rag and had read only the advertisements and the page called ‘ Eating Out ’ . |
| 2 | It must be remembered , therefore , that for the duration of the offline cycle , sufficient disk space must be available to accommodate the space required in the Offline work directory — only when validated primary and secondary copies have been generated on the offline media will Offline delete modules from the work directory and the storage directories . |
| 3 | At the outbreak of war , the casual wards had been closed by order of the Ministry of Health , and the master reported to the committee that on August 31st 1939 , he had received instructions from the medical officer of health to evacuate , 116 patients and children to other institutions within the county to accommodate the patients evacuated from London hospitals . |
| 4 | To maintain public confidence in the ability of the press to regulate itself , the Press Council believes it necessary for proprietors or publishers ‘ to give a positive commitment to uphold the principles stated in the council 's declarations of principle and in the code of practice ’ . |
| 5 | But citing ‘ national welfare ’ , the Supreme Court earlier voted eight to seven to uphold the ban imposed by Mrs Aquino . |
| 6 | It is , however , suggested that where a new basis for constitutionality has come to enjoy universal acknowledgment or sufficiently widespread acquiescence , the judge 's obligation to uphold the law points in the direction of endorsing charge rather than blindly ignoring it . |
| 7 | ‘ it is quite impossible to uphold the security given by Mrs. Duval . |
| 8 | The prosecution relied on the circumstances of the shooting , an alleged confession by the defendant to the husband of the deceased , and previous threats to kill the deceased made by the defendant as testified to by the deceased 's husband and sister . |
| 9 | For instance , a limitation or exclusion of liability could be justified by a preamble or postscript to the clause explaining that its purpose is to limit liability so as to enable the person protected by it to obtain insurance cover , and thus keep its costs down : In order to enable the Seller to insure against its liability under this contract , the Seller 's liability in respect of any defect in the goods or any loss caused by such defect is limited to £n ; the Buyer must bear the risk of any loss in excess of £n and should insure against such loss . |
| 10 | This is a new post , which has been established primarily to provide relief to senior members of the General Administrative and Academic Divisions and to enable the divisions to cope with the additional demands placed upon them by ad hoc tasks , for example the creation of new working parties . |
| 11 | Possibly , the delay in the English and Welsh revenue grants is to enable the Government to deal with the problem of poll tax bills which will be plopping through doors shortly . |
| 12 | Citing health service expenditure and public-sector salaries as major problems , the article suggested that a further package of economic measures would be necessary to enable the government to keep within the targeted budget deficit . |
| 13 | This is not simply to enable the vet to work in comfort , or even to reduce his rage when the first words are ‘ I will just go and try to get a rope on her ! ’ |
| 14 | In order to enable the JPR to result in action and development , and for it to be used as a basis for discussion the following year , the interview is often summarised and stored in the worker 's personal records . |
| 15 | ( As we have seen , the establishment of such a system in the USSR also fulfilled two more specific objectives : internally , securing a monopoly of power for the CPSU ; internationally , ‘ socialism in one country ’ : the creation of a state powerful enough to enable the revolution to survive in a world of states ) . |
| 16 | The latter idea is that organisations have spare capacity that can be brought into play so as to enable the company to comply with the demands of one group without requiring a damaging transfer from another . |
| 17 | The pressure pad system ( described in " A Place of my Own " by G Fennel ) is used in some sheltered housing and can be fitted in ordinary housing 4.2.1 What support is necessary and available to enable the sufferer to remain at home ? |
| 18 | He said he was not talking about more money for health services but about more money to enable the council to deal with problems such as condensation and proper insulation of housing in the city . |
| 19 | The problem for the potential incumbent is that it has to get enough customers signed up to enable the prices quoted to be profitable . |
| 20 | It was hoped that this would reveal the differences to be taken into account when establishing a revised organisation structure , and also highlight the areas of opportunity to enable the Colleges to move towards the state implied by the ideal model . |
| 21 | Ms Duffield has given money to Dulwich 's education activities in the past ; the present gift is intended to enable the gallery to survive for a year while it coordinates its long-term fundraising activities . |
| 22 | The role of the doctor is to give as accurate and helpful information as is possible to enable the patient to come to a decision . |
| 23 | Being peacemakers , we have to be the open-hearted go-betweens , to enable the Spirit to work through us . |
| 24 | It later emerged that West Germany was also to provide an interest-free loan of DM3,000 million to the Soviet Union to enable the country to pay for its share of the costs of maintaining Soviet troops in East Germany up to 1994 . |
| 25 | In the late 1690s the Scottish government gave its support to a proposal intended to enable the country to escape from all its economic problems : a trading company was to be launched which would set up a commercial centre at Darien on the Panama Isthmus . |
| 26 | Children themselves needed more visual encouragement to react to enable the book to compete with the attractions of video and television . |
| 27 | to enable the teacher to reflect on her classroom practice ; |
| 28 | The legislation empowered the G.L.C. to take such action as was necessary and appropriate in order to enable the L.T.E. to comply with this obligation ; the G.L.C. also had power to make grants to the L.T.E. for any purpose . |
| 29 | Reduced grade change-over time was the driver to enable the plant to run with reduced batch size or reduced economic batch quantity . |
| 30 | A new bridge has just been completed to enable the railway to pass over the new Metrolink . |