Example sentences of "in seeking [verb] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are useful in seeking to record the impact of a development or innovation in a particular context . |
| 2 | Where this value is low , as with mercaptans for example , there are obvious technological and financial problems posed in seeking to control the emission of such odours . |
| 3 | In seeking to set the scene for the changing face of county hall , and in summarising the changing relationships between all involved in education , it is important to consider the meaning of ‘ delegation of authority ’ and the values it contains . |
| 4 | While much previous research by geographers , economists , sociologists and planners has tended to focus on the cases and consequences of industrial decline in the conurbations of northern Britain and London , this research attempts to break new ground both in examining the cause of economic growth and prosperity in southern England and in seeking to assess the extent to which the benefits of growth have been equally shared amongst different segments of the population in such areas . |
| 5 | To a considerable extent these views supported those of the Bar Council in seeking to retain the monopoly of barristers in the superior courts , in rejecting multi-disciplinary partnerships , and in objecting to the Lord Chancellor having power to make final decisions on the training , conduct and rights of audience of advocates . |
| 6 | In Anns v. London Borough of Merton [ 1977 ] 2 All ER 492 ( HL ) , Lord Wilberforce in a now well-known passage , attempted to articulate a general principle in seeking to determine the existence of a duty of care when he stated : |
| 7 | However in seeking to prove the existence of ‘ authority ’ for such an idea , care should be taken not to dilute the concept and hence to reduce its utility . |
| 8 | If , during the first decade of the seventeenth century , he was not yet an outspoken Copernican , he was nevertheless a virulent critic of Aristotle , soon arousing the hostility of Ludovico delle Colombe who , in seeking to protect the immutability of the heavens , had to endure Galileo 's exposure . |
| 9 | In seeking to understand the extent of the LEA 's influence on primary classrooms it is instructive , as we have already noted , to compare our own findings with those of Mortimore et al . |
| 10 | The modern State is no less opportunistic in seeking to hijack the fiction of the family as a model for national loyalty , making all citizens brothers and sisters , and the territory a parent . |
| 11 | In seeking to establish the role of headhunting within the general economic environment , the survey questioned whether or not the Big Bang of October 1986 and the stock market crash of a year afterwards affected companies ' recruiting policies and usage of headhunters . |
| 12 | A group of consultants at Guy 's Hospital were unsuccessful in seeking to prevent the Minister from spending money in anticipation of the legislation which would enable hospitals to apply for self-governing status . |