Example sentences of "in [noun] to give a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This has been done in the case of a number of last ( Ipswichian ) interglacial deposits in Britain to give a clearer idea of sea level at that period and the amount of East Anglian downwarping since ( Sparks and West , 1971 ) .
2 In order to give a rounded picture of the changes confronting the farm worker today , we must not only consider the transformations in work and technology and the equally manifest , if less discontinuous , factors underlying his level of pay and conditions .
3 He was welcomed back to London by the Lord Mayor of Westminster , timing his return to 12,34 and 56 seconds in order to give a digital reading of 1234567890 .
4 In order to give a good effect a fairly wide range of delay times are required , and apparently it is important that the longer times are not exact multiples of the shortest time .
5 This section will analyse the development of this initiative over its first few years , in order to give a particular example of local political activity at a particular time in a particular place .
6 Using laser pulses , the satellite will monitor various tracking stations very accurately in order to give a detailed picture of movements in the Earth 's crust and thereby , it is hoped , to help earthquake prediction .
7 This means that the non-digestible calories in the plant cell walls , which will eventually be expelled in the faeces , have already been subtracted in order to give a realistic calorie figure for each carbohydrate food .
8 In order to give a full account of the scope of public law it is necessary to add to the institutional criterion ( are we dealing with a governmental body ? ) a functional criterion — was the body performing a governmental function ?
9 In order to give a valid consent , it is necessary that the patient had the capacity to do so .
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