Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new role was then established , that of coordinator , which bypassed the head and was intended to carry the new vision of good practice directly from Merrion House ( the Education Department 's offices ) to the classroom . |
| 2 | Thus scientists in many fields tend to emphasise the practical pay-off of their research . |
| 3 | High average wind speeds tend to stunt the upward growth of plants and encourage the lateral growth of dwarf forms , e.g. of Calluna vulgaris or Juniperus communis , though prostrate forms of the former are not encountered as frequently as expected on exposed mountain plateaux . |
| 4 | At the Second Congress of the RSDWP those who opposed Lenin — the Mensheviks — sought to dilute the revolutionary purity of the party and weaken its discipline . |
| 5 | The Government intend to conduct a full review of the assisted areas — for all of Great Britain — early in the next Parliament . |
| 6 | Now all is quite clear in the consultations , certainly the one we have with the , the heads , whilst that they did n't want to continue the previous policy of expanding their tradition by increasing class sizes . |
| 7 | These standards are intended to support the business-like approach of the ES . |
| 8 | On Sept. 18 Isidore Mvouba was dismissed as Minister of Trade and Commerce after he failed to attend the first meeting of the Cabinet , attending instead a meeting of his own party , the ( formerly ruling ) Congolese Labour Party ( PCT ) . |
| 9 | We all intend to continue the same sort of programme for the next couple of years and I have said I would like to call in next term and on a periodic basis until our responsibility ceases . |
| 10 | Sandy Seymour was among drivers , managers and police officers helping to publicise the latest aspect of Operation Blade , the campaign by Strathclyde Police to clamp down on knife crime . |
| 11 | A new lobby group ‘ Freight on Rail ’ has been formed to promote the successful transition of the Railfreight industry into the private sector . |
| 12 | Several prime ministers made it clear that they would want to see a radical extension of the Community powers and resources to help poorer regions and social groups as they moved to monetary union . |
| 13 | First , they must want to see a larger number of small farms ( at present they do n't ) and this means discouraging land management by large institutions . |
| 14 | We do not want to see a massive amount of custodial sentencing , although we are glad that provision is made for it ; what we do want is a reduction in the number of people who participate in such a horrendous cult and in the equally horrendous statistics relating to youngsters who take cars , go to court and then take more cars . |
| 15 | However , although the Labour Party may want to see a stronger House of Commons , there is no wish to revive parliamentary government . |
| 16 | Naturally even he will want to see the maximum level of coverage achieved , but the method is not mass mailings but the sort of activity outlined in Chapter 10 . |
| 17 | One of the things that those of us who were involved in local government campaigns were trying to do was to achieve some measure of redistribution in favour of all those lesbians and gays who do not belong to the charmed circles of The Swimming Pool Library — people who have no private income ; people who depend on their jobs and would welcome job security ; people who want council tenancies free of harassment , with friends and lovers of their choice ; people who want to meet others at venues which have disabled access , which are not commercially exploitative and which are run for the benefit of the community ; people who want to display affection or consensual desire publicly without fear of violence or arrest ; people who want to bring up children without intimidation from the courts or social workers ; people who have survived the indoctrination of the education system but do not want to see the next generation of lesbians and gays subjected to the same process ; people who wanted themselves and their lifestyles to be treated with respect by the health services . |
| 18 | Therefore , powers do exist to enable a controlled reshaping of the settlement geography of rural areas . |
| 19 | Schmidt ( 1991 ) reviews a wide variety of von Restorff-like effects and argues that many of them can be explained using a single theory of distinctiveness . |
| 20 | Three tests have been developed to estimate the risk-adjusted performance of portfolios : |
| 21 | My predecessor planned to borrow the thick end of £100 billion in the next three years . |
| 22 | Gould 's plans to finish the work himself , in which Lear originally had intended to include every known member of the parrot genus , never materialised . |
| 23 | The knowledge that you are personally helping to support the future development of Medau work and the training of our teachers |
| 24 | This research project first involves contacting a representative sample of 12,000 British manufacturing companies . |
| 25 | Durability is still a point of concern because most tend to lose a certain amount of loft with extended use . |
| 26 | Moreover the reparations clauses of the Treaty , far from helping to restore the economic life of Europe , merely complicated the enormous problems of putting the world economy back together again . |
| 27 | Elderly people , with those in later middle age , are more likely to be shocked or outraged by sexual practices which they consider undesirable — and tend to see a wider range of sexual practices as such . |
| 28 | In light of the many problems connected with the passage of title as a basis for the right to sue , the Law Commissions recommended allowing the lawful holder of a bill of lading to sue the carrier in contract for loss or damage to the goods covered by the bill , irrespective of whether title to the goods passed by reason of the consignment or endorsement . |
| 29 | An end to end anastomosis was formed using a single layer of interrupted 6/0 silk . |
| 30 | There is no pretence of competition with commercial banks for private sector business , and there is some suggestion that the accounts are maintained in order for the Bank to keep in touch with banking practice , although the degree to which such experience accrues is likely to be limited given the small number of accounts relative to a commercial bank . |