Example sentences of "and [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 They help to overcome the inherent problems of sectoralisation and to promote a more integrated development strategy .
2 Meditative techniques were designed to eliminate this struggle , to overcome the duality and to promote a more balanced mental condition .
3 It represented a conscious effort to offset colonial influences and to promote a national culture which would reflect the new nation .
4 The greatest challenge is public education in order to reduce fear and to promote a better understanding of the aims of services .
5 Particularly active has been the WJEC TEC co-ordinating panel set up in 1975 to co ordinate the work of the colleges and consortia and to promote a programme of in-service training .
6 To raise awareness , understanding and esteem of the profession and to promote a positive image .
7 Operation Torch — the American invasion of French North Africa in November 1942 — was the culmination of Allied attempts to exclude de Gaulle and to promote a viable alternative to Gaullism .
8 The latter then binds to an InsP 3 receptor ( IP 3 R ) to mobilize stored calcium and to promote an influx of external calcium , perhaps working in conjunction with InsP 4 ( refs 9 , 10 ) .
9 The Tommy Campaign aims to raise £3million this year , it is based at St. Thomas 's Hospital , London , and its objectives are to help babies to be born healthy and to promote the value of parenthood .
10 It may be interpreted as a spiritual discipline necessary to preserve our humanity and to promote the service of others .
11 The main trends could be seen in efforts to reduce the role of the state in economic life ; to introduce elements of ‘ free market forces ’ into previously regulated rural and urban enterprises ; to reduce wastage , inefficiency and ‘ red tape ’ and to promote the ‘ entrepreneurial ’ spirit in order to raise production levels and ultimately living standards across China .
12 Tendring District Council is staging the ride , which is being sponsored by Kleenex and Colchester Co-op , to raise funds for the RNLI and to promote the district .
13 In 1986 the IBA set up Committee 20 to promote discussion on cultural property and to promote the harmonisation of relevant national and international laws .
14 This mobility probably helped to ‘ legitimise ’ and stabilise the hierarchical structure of social relations , and to promote the ideology of individual career advancement , but it by no means terminated the struggle for collective advancement .
15 It follows that society is entitled to insist , for example , that companies are equipped with governance structures adequate to enforce a commitment to profits on the part of management and to promote the efficient operation of the business .
16 NCp7 has been found to bind to strong stop cDNA , the initial product of reverse transcription , and to promote the annealing of this cDNA to HIV-1 RNA corresponding to the 3' end of the genome .
17 Laura would have approved of their aims , which almost a century later , stood as a beacon for her own philosophy ; they were ‘ to protest against the introduction of any fashion in dress that either deforms the body , impedes movement or injures health … and to promote the adoption according to individual taste and convenience of a style of dress based upon considerations of health , comfort and beauty and to deprecate the constant changes of fashion that can not be recommended on any of these grounds . ’
18 The UK profession has therefore been tireless , both directly and through the Groupe Consultatif , in seeking to influence the Directives and to promote the advantages of the British system .
19 Because the environment in which GIS operates is constantly changing ( in terms of software , hardware and the relationships between academic and non-academic practitioners ) it is important that leading players are brought together to share experiences , to report on new application areas and to promote the communication between academic researchers and the end-users of GIS products .
20 According to the resolution the conference would have , among others , the following aims : to examine the state of the environment and changes which had occurred since the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment and since other meetings and agreements such as the 1987 Montreal protocol on the ozone layer [ see pp. 35678 ; 36412 ] ; to " examine strategies for national and international action … to promote a supportive international economic environment that would result in sustained and environmentally sound development in all countries , with a view to combating poverty and improving the quality of life " ; and to promote the " further development of international environmental law " .
21 The government is failing both to control the growth of road traffic and to promote the development of new fuel-efficient cars , according to the Friends of the Earth ( FoE ) .
22 well I , I wanted therefore to put take project into the national press and to promote the product , given that that was the larger product in the market place and therefore if you want that would set the standards for the rest of the market place , that 's what I , I felt we needed to do that with the increasing number of competitors moving into market place
23 Details are given of the Clwyd Environmental Forum , which was set up to provide locally active organisations and statutory bodies with an opportunity to discuss issues of concern to the county 's environment and to promote the interchange of information and experience .
24 These were warrants to remove the children , and to search the house .
25 It is necessary for the researcher to become familiar with a whole neighbourhood , to become aware of the different types of community that formed such a ‘ country ’ and to search the parish registers of neighbouring settlements in ever increasing circles .
26 The Cabinet also agreed to reduce cash allocations and other benefits to new immigrants , to reduce child allowances and to implement a 2 per cent across-the-board cut in spending by all ministries except Defence .
27 Might any fear that disabled employment opportunities would collapse if the prop of the statutory quota were to be removed be assuaged by placing a statutory obligation upon employers to adopt and to implement an affirmative action plan ?
28 It is the job of the Boards to approve and advise institutions which provide programmes leading to registration as a nurse , midwife or health visitor , and to implement the UKCC 's policy requirements .
29 large-scale fiscal measures to speed up slum clearance and housing schemes , to improve local amenities , to boost family incomes by generous family allowances , to improve the job market in the inner city , and to implement the proposed extension of nursery provision .
30 The outcome of such discussions should be popular decisions and popular demands ; and since in a democracy it is the people , and not the government or parliament , which is sovereign , it is then the business of government to accept and to implement the popular will .
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