Example sentences of "[modal v] speed up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wrote to McKenna , concerned about the continued obstruction and urging that the Home Office should speed up the bill 's progress . |
| 2 | With its enhanced ability , the computer should speed up the operation of British Robotic Systems 's main product , the Viking vision unit . |
| 3 | The Indian government has been strongly criticized for its slow response , but a bill has now been introduced in parliament which should speed up the processing of claims . |
| 4 | A slight alteration to the course this year — work going on around the River Mersey means that the runners now have the luxury of running through the elegant Marina Complex , which should speed up the proceedings . |
| 5 | Congress and state regulators could speed up the construction of pipelines . |
| 6 | The three found they could speed up the development of the 601 chip by combining work already under way at IBM with Motorola chip technology , and early next year , IBM , Apple and Motorola will announce the PowerOpen Association to rally support for the chip , which has so far won the backing only of Compagnie des Machines Bull SA and Thomson-CSF SA . |
| 7 | Psychological models of speech recognition ( Cole & Jakimik 1980 , Marslen-Wilson 1975 ) at first concentrated on the way in which sentential context could speed up the process of word recognition in fluent speech . |
| 8 | This could speed up the introduction of HDTV in America . |
| 9 | It would not make any difference if fluid was being poured into the funnel , but if the arrow traced the path of a ball-bearing dropped into the funnel then the baffle plate would speed up the descent of the ball into the tube part of the funnel , In the same way structural changes need to take account of what is to pass through the structure . |
| 10 | The pact would speed up the privatisation of 4,000 medium-sized and small state enterprises by giving workers a greater say in running them . |
| 11 | Thus ‘ speculators ’ would buy undervalued currencies and sell overvalued ones , and in so doing would speed up the adjustment process . |
| 12 | Kingfisher says it would speed up the closure of small Currys outlets and the shift to larger out-of-town sites . |
| 13 | ( 4 ) The Less Formal Township Establishment Bill would speed up the creation and approval of new settlements , mainly squatter camps and shanties , ensuring minimum facilities . |
| 14 | But it could also be used to their advantage in that how that erm absolute egalitarianism would speed up the process of land reform and eliminate feudalism whereas a moderate policy would just take ages for this to happen , so |
| 15 | In time the development of the market would speed up the rate of urbanization and reshape the social structure , thereby undermining the traditional dominance of the Tsar and landowning nobility . |
| 16 | The Smaller Firms Council of the Confederation of British Industry is to press the Government to introduce changes in court procedures which would speed up the time it takes to pay bad debts . |
| 17 | , director of the SFO , said that the introduction of plea bargaining would be ‘ the single most important reform ’ which would speed up the disposal of cases . |
| 18 | Inner Cities Minister Sir George Young declared the Herculaneum Dock has been earmarked for Private Finance Initiative cash , which will speed up the hunt for a private sector developer . |
| 19 | By laying down larger areas of copper track , you will not only make the copper foil pattern better able to adhere to the board , but you will speed up the etching time also . |
| 20 | In keeping with our policy of a sustained level of capital expenditure irrespective of industry cycles , we will be investing further in latest generation hardware and will speed up the introduction of new field software . |
| 21 | For its part , ICL hopes the initiative will speed up the delivery of system management tools and other components for mission critical Unix applications . |
| 22 | The US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has committed itself to reforms that will speed up the approval of drugs and reduce development costs . |
| 23 | To make matters worse , chemical reactions on the surfaces of the ice cloud particles may speed up the rate of ozone depletion by some forms of chlorine especially chlorine monoxide ( figure 6.8 ; Stolarski , 1988 ) . |
| 24 | I accept that , if there are unnecessary bureaucratic rules or regulations or ways to get forms filled out singly rather than in triplicate , we shall do everything we can to speed up the process . |
| 25 | Of course , a sensible diet and exercise plan is very important but there are also specialist treatments which can speed up the slimming and rejuvenating programme . |
| 26 | His senior aides are convinced they can speed up the Maastricht ratification process to meet the new deadline . |
| 27 | That 's how quickly you can you can speed up the operation . |
| 28 | PROFS expert Jim Sullivan says : ‘ If your information quality is good , then if you can speed up the information flow , you can speed up the decision cycles in the company . ’ |
| 29 | The information centre alternative can speed up the development of applications and maintenance ( as the users should be able to maintain the systems as well as develop them ) . |
| 30 | By covering the food during microwave cooking you can speed up the cooking procedure . |