Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Duke said that there were two possible courses — to increase the endowment and/or to increase the annual subscription . |
| 2 | Whether the particular objective is to provide school leavers with better general training for the labour market or to stimulate the development of more portable skills , it is hoped that government training initiatives , such as the Youth Training Scheme , will provide a catalyst for change . |
| 3 | But the French had not managed to divert or to accommodate the forces of nationalism . |
| 4 | We just did n't even bother to whitewash or to paint the ceiling again . |
| 5 | The history of the attempts to prevent cracks spreading or to evade the consequences , is almost the history of engineering . |
| 6 | Nowadays all serious conditions were diagnosed before the child was born and steps taken either to correct them or to abort the foetus . |
| 7 | Possible actions are to ignore it ( if previous runs suggest that that light level is about right ) , or to abort the run and recommence from Option 1 . |
| 8 | Whilst we recognise that the Government does not want local authorities to use development plan policies to limit change of use rights , we believe the final guidance should indicate the special circumstances in which such constraints may be justified , for example , in order to avoid environmental problems or to sustain the traditional employment base of a particular locality . |
| 9 | 20.1 The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement . |
| 10 | The differential information limits the ability of legislators or voters to take decisions or to monitor the performance of government agencies . |
| 11 | This information may be used by teachers to plan their lessons or to diagnose the difficulties of individual pupils . |
| 12 | Now the poor economies are known to be not so poor as had generally been supposed , more of them should be invited to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( whose membership is currently confined to the 24 ‘ industrial ’ countries ) or to attend the annual economic summit of the leaders of the G7 . |
| 13 | Another concern is that national governments may use competition policy as an instrument to protect domestic markets against overseas entrants , or to promote the interests of domestic producers in world markets ; this suggests the need to harmonize policy in different economies , and to seek international agreements to desist from using policy in a protectionist manner . |
| 14 | Delete a division mark created accidentally , or to reset the default margins . |
| 15 | Pointing to the lack of decent recreational facilities m the slums , Butterworth also believed that ‘ it is pointless to denounce street evils , gang hooliganism or to mourn the absence of team spirit in poorer areas … |
| 16 | As the debt can not be required to be redeemed , its value after the primary period has expired is negligible and , in practice , there will usually be arrangements to transfer it to a party friendly to the issuer or to enable the issuer to elect effectively to redeem the debt for a token amount . |
| 17 | These are rehearsals , and performances given solely or primarily for the purpose of making a recording or to enable the performance to he broadcast or included in a cable programme , unless it was attended by persons other than those participating for such purposes . |
| 18 | Also called virgin or extra virgin , according to acidity Oils , olive , grapeseed , sesame etc p29/ Culinary oils with characteristic flavours for various culinary uses Olives p42/ The fruits of the olive tree , eaten when ripe or crushed to make olive oil Olives , Marinated Green p44 Organic Foods p85/ Foods produced without the use of chemical at any stage , either to fertilise the land or to treat the crops or the food Oriental Beef p54 Osso Bucco p58 |
| 19 | Prospective applicants who wish to visit the University to talk with members of academic staff or other officers , or to see the facilities , will be very welcome . |
| 20 | As the majority of the latter are either Moslem , Sikh or Hindu , it is understandable that the Church has encountered severe problems in trying to communicate her message , either with a view to attracting them into her fellowship or to see the significance of the gospel of Jesus Christ within their own cultural context . |
| 21 | I am luckily to be hear to write after the bombing of our works I have not had a chance to explain or to see the person who is in charge of this case … |
| 22 | If you watch carefully you may also be lucky enough to see the male and female adults mating or to see the females laying their eggs . |
| 23 | Her father was always very elegant , never without his hat , a Borsalino , and often smoking a thin cigar : He always spoke in the Parma dialect and was hardly ever at home except for meals or to see the farmers . |
| 24 | Kingdon 's ideas may seem like a recipe for environmental determinism , but the link drawn between a recent origin for humans and the fundamentally local nature of adaptation means that his book is also a powerful indictment of any attempt to rank human populations in terms of progress or to see the evolution of human races as anything other than short-term responses to particular problems . |
| 25 | In this situation the domestic court has the option either to adjudicate upon the dispute or to suspend the proceedings pending determination by the Commission . |
| 26 | ( 3 ) For the purposes of the valuation referred to in subsection ( 1 ) above , it shall be assumed — ( a ) that the landlord in default is selling his interest on the open market to a willing buyer ; ( b ) that neither the residential occupier nor any member of his family wishes to buy ; and ( c ) that it is unlawful to carry out any substantial development of any of the land in which the landlord 's interest subsists or to demolish the whole or part of any building on that land . |
| 27 | But if the gist of the article is genuinely to demolish the rumour , or to demolish the credibility of its mongers rather than its victim , the article as a whole may not bear a defamatory meaning . |
| 28 | For example , we might wish to test a specified store location to see if its contents are zero or non-zero , or to Compare the contents of an accumulator with the contents of a specified store location as in Figure 3.11(e) . |
| 29 | There were stories of Red Guards who shot those who dared to speak Ukrainian in public or to affirm the rights of Ukrainian nationality . |
| 30 | If the incubation period is for less than I h , which should be sufficient to produce some metaphase accumulation , there is probably no need to include serum or to gas the medium . |