Example sentences of "and [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It may be interpreted as a spiritual discipline necessary to preserve our humanity and to promote the service of others . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 " . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | These were warrants to remove the children , and to search the house . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In 1278 Pope Nicholas III , dissatisfied with Kilwardby 's attempts to resist secular encroachment and to implement the decisions of the recent Council of Lyons ( 1274 ) , promoted him to be cardinal bishop of Porto and Sta . |
| 22 | The Act was intended to bring English law into line with the Convention and to implement the Phillimore Committee proposals . |
| 23 | The usual kind of education … is designed to give answers to questions which nobody asked and to inhibit the student in discovering his own truth and insight . |
| 24 | By presenting this vision the artist hopes to reveal a different perspective and to enrich the viewer as well as herself ’ . |
| 25 | Later , came the Haemastamen , and Larraman 's Organ : the former to monitor the Ossmodula and Biscopea and to enrich the blood , the latter to alter the blood 's clotting properties so that scar tissue would almost instantly close up any wound . |
| 26 | Because even if they did have X-ray eyes , they had failed spot and to penetrate the cylinder of impervious Balbazian steel in my cabin . |
| 27 | They liked solving them , as he did , for the sufficient reward of achievement ; but also for power , and to compel the respect of their fellow-men , and to earn a name for skill and for courage . |
| 28 | Few find it so easy , and even champions return , as Sugar Ray Leonard , George Foreman , Muhammad Ali , Joe Bugner , Bjorn Borg and so many others have done , once more to hear the cheers and to wear the tinsel of fame . |
| 29 | The requirement to assess these issues at an early stage and to confirm the special circumstances that exist by obtaining the approval of three partners other than the lead partner is set out at the beginning of this section . |
| 30 | In order to develop a model for secretory diarrhoea and to confirm the in vitro effects of cholera toxin in man in vivo the effect of intrajejunally administered cholera toxin was investigated in healthy volunteers . |