Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This criticism was also echoed by Dr Mudthir El Tinquawi the former director of Khartoum University who accused the Government of making a political decision to implement the concept of ‘ arabisation ’ in the country 's universities , while failing to provide financial support . |
| 2 | On July 8 the Russian President Boris Yeltsin had announced at a press conference in Munich after talks with leaders of the Group of Seven ( G-7 ) industrialized countries [ see p. 38990 ] that Russia had made a political decision to withdraw an estimated 130,000 troops from the Baltic states , and that an agreement " on a schedule for the withdrawal of troops for the second half of this year and for 1993 " would be signed " soon " . |
| 3 | To the Editor of The Times , 18 December 1990 : Sir , You said in your leader of 14 December , ‘ the highly political decision to enter the European exchange rate mechanism last October and at an exchange rate of DM2.95 to the pound looked like a mistake at the time . |
| 4 | Many of the present team have been with the organisation at least since 1974 when Mr d'Ancona , an assistant secretary with the Department of Energy at the time , was asked to implement a political decision to transfer the headquarters of the fledgling organisation from London to Glasgow . |
| 5 | Indeed , tighter financial targets increasingly conflicted with the consensual political decision to maintain a certain size of railway system . |
| 6 | The term Arte Povera was coined to express the idea of artists exercising the greatest possible freedom to explore , not to serve as a definition . |
| 7 | Many have tried other companies ; they say our tuition is unbeatable , while our discreetly organised approach offers the widest possible freedom to choose between really interesting sailing activities . |
| 8 | Lou had allowed her coal-black hair to grow into a softer , more feminine style that flattered her small features . |
| 9 | To achieve this goal teachers need to be academics in the broadest sense of the word ; not simply a graduate in a traditional discipline but someone who is able to use the richness of our cultural past and the opportunities offered by our multicultural present to challenge children 's thinking and , by so doing , to open up for them avenues of discovery . |
| 10 | Major pharmaceutical companies often did not have the multi-disciplinary expertise to develop the necessary products and processes and Chiros was collaborating with several of them , Richards said . |
| 11 | He thought they were old already in 991 ; he saw they could be said as well by a heathen as a Christian ; he thought the fierce spirit they expressed was one of the reasons for Beorhtnoth 's rash decision to let the Vikings cross the river and fight on level ground ; they had led to defeat and the death of the innocent . |
| 12 | He was smiling but with such grimness that she began to regret her rash decision to come . |
| 13 | It is about motivating people with neurological damage to achieve things for themselves , and in so doing , get more control over their lives . |
| 14 | Drawing on his own earlier study of Preston in the mid-nineteenth century , Anderson ( 1972 ) also has used arguments about economic advantage to examine the question of why the average household size seemed to be larger in the developing cotton towns than elsewhere . |
| 15 | These were mainly people who had the greatest freedom to vary their hours of employment — those without families , the middle-aged , the wealthy , and rural workers . |
| 16 | Yesterday police used teargas to break up protestors blocking aid lorries near Zenesa . |
| 17 | He is also firmly committed to proactive management : ‘ This is n't the kind of business environment in which we can set targets and expect something to happen , and we 're not waiting for an economic turnaround to provide us with the kind of results we want to turn in . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ The fact that we are guaranteed a play-off place gives us a solid base to go to Molineux . |
| 19 | His career was privileged beyond Lewis 's , as recounted in his memoir Surprised by Joy ( 1955 ) : no trauma of pre-1914 boarding schools , no fighting on the Western front ( only ambulance work ) , no pecuniary struggle to survive . |
| 20 | As I understand it , GPs refer patients to individual consultants , usually to the older , more experienced man who may be slowing down , rather than to the younger , inexperienced newcomer who is right up to date with the latest hi-tech mod. con. , but is afforded scant opportunity to increase his experience . |
| 21 | Seats and other fittings will be installed in due course to give the already huge exhibit even more scale — how small mankind has become alongside its creations ! |
| 22 | It is also intended in due course to hold a number of open meetings in various places in the U.K. which I hope many Members will be able to attend . |
| 23 | During the spring and summer of this year the Chairman and members of the committee have invited presentations from a wide range of suppliers of financial services products and it is hoped in due course to publish both recommendations as to the type of financial services products members of the Bar should consider taking up and details of advantageous group insurance schemes . |
| 24 | Later releases will expand the portfolio of software vendors and the company plans in due course to support business modelling through use of its OpenODB object-oriented database , enabling Open Warehouse users to store , retrieve and use data in a consistent manner through out their enterprise . |
| 25 | Later releases will expand the portfolio of software vendors and the company plans in due course to support business modelling through use of its OpenODB object-oriented database , enabling OpenWarehouse users to store , retrieve and use data in a consistent manner throughout their enterprise . |
| 26 | To send a letter in due course to ask for support from Council of Churches in the UK and Ireland . |
| 27 | If he will read all our policy , he will find clearly stated our determination to ensure that rural areas are protected against the petrol price rises that the Conservatives , Labour , and my own party recognise are otherwise inevitable in due course to protect the environment . |
| 28 | He subsequently joined the merchant service , rising in due course to become commander of a transport vessel , in which capacity he accompanied one of the expeditions to Greenland led by Sir William Parry [ q.v . ] . |
| 29 | It will be for the privatised companies in due course to establish pensions arrangements for their employees . |
| 30 | The lady Anne has talked of little else since she met you and would be overjoyed , I know , were you able in due course to come and live with us . |