Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 The attempt in the Treaty to reorganize the Balkans as a stable structure of national states appealed to them for this reason .
2 Although in a world under divine guidance their actions can be said to actualize the Lord 's will , these actions can also be seen as the expression of women 's resentment and rebellion .
3 The only depôt which had sufficient clearance without obstructions either side of its traverser to accommodate the Felthams which were longer than any other London cars , was Streatham ( Telford Avenue ) and it was here that they came .
4 Durham City meet Middlesbrough at Hollow Drift in another noon kick off to accommodate the France v England international .
5 Are there any plans to re-badge the Yorkshire Volunteers ?
6 For him the " special " economic ties ended with the devaluation of sterling and the cessation of Anglo-American co-operation to uphold the Bretton Woods system in 1967 .
7 He made clear to Hitler that Britain would not fight to uphold the Versailles treaty and , for far too long , held to the hope that the Third Reich 's territorial ambitions would cease after it had vacuumed up all ethnic Germans .
8 In response to these actions , while convocation debated the necessity to uphold the Ordinances , the archbishop summoned a meeting in March of bishops and magnates to denounce Gaveston and to defend the realm ; excommunication was published on all offenders and on Gaveston .
9 To Nkrumah it seemed that the British — and also the United States and France — were behaving in a devious and cynical fashion , pretending to uphold the UN but in reality sanctioning the separatist regime of Tshombe in Katanga .
10 That could not be said of the Cuban missile crisis which could be seen as President Kennedy 's determination to uphold the Monroe doctrine .
11 There was therefore no desire to expropriate the Plantagenets in Aquitaine before 1294 .
12 Microsoft says it is developing tools which will enable C and C++ developers building Windows-based applications to target the Macintosh .
13 Microsoft says that it is developing tools which will enable C and C++ developers building Windows-based applications to target the Macintosh .
14 In order to enable the JPR to result in action and development , and for it to be used as a basis for discussion the following year , the interview is often summarised and stored in the worker 's personal records .
15 A breakthrough to end the 11-year civil war in El Salvador seemed unlikely , as representatives of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front ( FMLN ) guerrillas and the government failed to agree on a common plan covering reform of the US-backed armed forces , arrangements for a ceasefire , and constitutional changes to enable the FMLN to disarm and participate in democratic politics [ see p. 38231 ; for 1990 peace talks see pp. 37372 ; 37449 ; 37770-71 ; 37850 ] .
16 It was , however , rejected by Buthelezi , who claimed that the congress would be designed to enable the ANC to take power , and was also rejected by the radical Pan-Africanist Congress ( PAC ) , which was opposed to dialogue with the government .
17 The corridor , amounting to about 40sq. miles , was needed to enable the NGC to make adjustments 200 metres either side of the route if needed for engineering or landscape reasons .
18 The £15,000 was advanced in order to enable the Hammonds to complete a purchase from Mr. Steed at a price of £24,500 .
19 When Mr James Baker , the American Secretary of State , met opposition leaders in Tashkent in February , Mr Pulatov urged him to establish diplomatic relations to enable the United States to monitor human rights and give democracy a foothold .
20 Although its text nowhere mentions the Hague Convention , the Evidence ( Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions ) Act 1975 was enacted to enable the United Kingdom to ratify the Convention .
21 It also makes some changes in the existing law to remedy shortcomings revealed by experience , and contains some new provisions designed to enable the United Kingdom to ratify the Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters of 1968 ( Cmnd 3991 of 1969 ) .
22 It can however be argued with cogency that the Treaty remains a bold attempt to enable the EC to match the challenges facing it .
23 The move to establish an SEM is simply a programme to enable the EC to create a Common Market .
24 The legislation empowered the G.L.C. to take such action as was necessary and appropriate in order to enable the L.T.E. to comply with this obligation ; the G.L.C. also had power to make grants to the L.T.E. for any purpose .
25 This report is prepared to enable the Woolwich to determine how much to lend .
26 We grow them to provide jobs for poor Filipinos and to enable the Philippines government to export .
27 We seek to enable the Philippines to spend less and earn rather more .
28 In 1984 , the Education ( Grants and Awards ) Act was passed to enable the DES to allocate directly a small proportion ( up to 1% ) of the Block Grant to support specific educational projects which the Secretary of State judged to be particularly important ; a grant could cover either 50% or 70% of the costs of a project ( 60% from 1990–91 ) .
29 Will he assure the House that the necessary funds to enable the TECs to undertake the additional responsibilities that he announced will be provided for those excellent bodies ?
30 Though the exact nature of the symbiosis between pastoralists and plains game has only recently become understood , administrators in close contact with the Masai could see that somehow the two did co-exist , and they took exception to the idea that in order for game to thrive the Masai would have to be removed .
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