Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We will set up temporary facilities if the building is unable to support normal trading . |
| 2 | A positive correlation was found between glycosylated haemoglobin concentration and the prostacyclin concentration necessary to inhibit ADP-induced platelet aggregation by 50 per cent . |
| 3 | The strategy included plans ( i ) to develop a new , voluntary nationwide examination system of " American Achievement Tests " in the core subjects of English , mathematics , science , history and geography ; ( ii ) to promote parental choice as to which schools children should attend ; ( iii ) to establish a business-financed , non-profit-making organization to develop non-traditional types of school , which would receive limited federal funding ; and ( iv ) to boost vocational training by encouraging business and labour to devise ( voluntary ) skill standards and " skill certificates " . |
| 4 | One suspects that the other purposes of the 1988 Education Act , in particular the need to emphasise parental choice and to bring the brisk benefits of the winds of market forces to the education system , will mean that the summative , evaluative and informative purposes might squeeze out emphasis on the other two . |
| 5 | And we will continue to support Total Quality Management consultancies . |
| 6 | A letter written to Bush in early October by a group of 53 US senators , urging him to suspend economic assistance until the restoration of representative government in Pakistan , led an official Pakistani government spokesman on Oct. 22 to describe the senators as " a group opposed to the national interests of Pakistan " . |
| 7 | For my purposes here it is therefore possible to treat political sociology and modern political science together . |
| 8 | Some of these now strongly argue that evaluation which is initiated and conducted by teachers in response to their own perceived needs and interests has a greater capacity to promote professional development , because the role of teachers is extended but their autonomy is preserved . |
| 9 | I often used to go fell walking but can not ever remember seeing the deep ruts caused by walkers that were all around , in some cases up to 12–15in deep . |
| 10 | Worse , the president promised on new year 's eve to implement Islamic sharia law , which will probably aggravate his war against the non-Muslim rebels of Sudan 's south . |
| 11 | It should also be appreciated that activity between market participants is used by the Bank of England , directly and indirectly to implement monetary policy via interest rate changes . |
| 12 | Once again , the budget has been increased to include computer-based sequencing software and synchronising devices a-plenty . |
| 13 | The Comintern worked predictably but with difficulty to establish control over the recalcitrant comrades in both factions but was faced with firm opposition from those who did not wish to see Korean communism become a minor branch of the world communist movement directed by Moscow . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , President Roh Tae Woo of South Korea welcomed the recent progress in relations between the two states , and on July 6 suggested that he expected to see Korean reunification achieved within five years . |
| 15 | It was British policy to enforce Roman-Dutch law , as amended by British proclamations . |
| 16 | The second step in recreating a market economy is to restore private ownership of capital . |
| 17 | More than one million fans are expected at box offices this weekend to see pint-sized superstar Macaulay Culkin 's new blockbuster . |
| 18 | Bernard is fond of punning as well , but whereas Julia uses her verbal skill to compensate for her discursive incompetence in philology , Bernard uses his in order to evade emotional seriousness . |
| 19 | A floral competition designed to promote European harmony has ended in claims that the judging was unfair to the British entry . |
| 20 | Again , what is a civil servant to do if he is satisfied that ministers are misleading Parliament , not because of national security , but in order to evade political embarrassment ? |
| 21 | BULL TO RE-EXAMINE LABOUR MANAGEMENT CONSULTATION |
| 22 | The FFPS is involved in schemes to promote small-scale propagation by communities currently paid by wholesalers to collect wild plants . |
| 23 | The belt wheel ( left ) on j the mill wall was used to drive auxiliary equipment . |
| 24 | If you are moving for job reasons , the local authority or new town development corporation , even if they can not offer permanent rented accommodation , might be able to arrange short-term letting for up to a year under Schedule 3 of the Housing Act 1980 . |
| 25 | It is therefore usual for the offer letter to contain a clause permitting the investor , its accountants and other professional advisers to conduct due diligence in relation to the target business . |
| 26 | All the players gave this exhibition free of charge and , with the resulting revenue , the trust was able to set up a fund with which to promote junior golf on Jersey . |
| 27 | These cytokines may affect the functions of immunocompetent cells to induce colonic injury or induce the lysis of colonic epithelial cells directly . |
| 28 | So the Bank of England is in the situation that it usually wishes to sell government securities ; it invariably wishes to sustain long-run demand for such securities but it periodically has to take action which inflicts losses on the holders of such securities . |
| 29 | He began to run about in front of her , to turn , to perform grotesque dance movements that were not without some grace . |
| 30 | As evidence they would point to the government 's growing practice of giving funds already allocated for a specific purpose : for example , the £1 million contribution to the Royal Opera redevelopment decided by Lord Donaldson , Minister for the Arts 1976–79 , or the Enhancement Funding Scheme , introduced in 1991 to stimulate private sponsorship . |