Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] [subord] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | … not particularly comforting , since many of the goals which we as a nation set ourselves , the policies which we pursue and the material objectives to which we attach importance tend to increase rather than to diminish the incidence of crime . |
| 2 | If the petitioner has received any payment from the debtor since the petition was presented or the debtor has entered into an arrangement with the petitioner for the securing or compounding of the debt , the affidavit must state what dispositions of property the debtor has made so as to pay the debt or secure or compound for it , whether any property disposed of was the property of the debtor himself or some other person , and if the property was that of the debtor himself , whether the disposition was made with the approval of the court ( r 6.32(2) ) . |
| 3 | If the explanation given is correct , however ( and no other suggests itself ) then there is no reason to prevent the prosecutor who has elected in favour of the substantive offence from seeking to amend so as to substitute the conspiracy count instead : a straight exchange of counts based on the same facts can not be said to be over-burdensome . |
| 4 | At the launch of Smith 's campaign , it soon became clear that he intends to encourage rather than to lead the debate about the party 's future . |
| 5 | I should have known better than to take the word of any of that crowd from Donovan 's Square . ’ |
| 6 | Positional accuracy is achieved by means of the equal numbers of teeth on the stator and rotor , which tend to align so as to reduce the reluctance of the stack magnetic circuit . |
| 7 | In all forms of natural therapy , which aim to stimulate rather than to suppress the body 's natural defences , the axiom is : by creating favourable conditions in the whole person , body-mind-spirit , the body will heal itself . |
| 8 | But a member of the cynical tendency jeers that after all this brouhaha , a Prime Minister who 's obsessed with political safety , will only allow minor pain , though back benchers will be encouraged to squeal so as to impress the markets . |
| 9 | It seems far more important to me to provide an effective and clear demonstration of those virtues of the product that you are trying to put across than to lose the proposition in the attempt to set up a credible context for it . |
| 10 | He pointed out how the existing tax system had evolved so as to encourage the unfettered growth of car ownership and the transport of freight by lorry . |