Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [verb] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour was no longer as efficient as machinery and new systems of agricultural organisation and , as a result , the peasantry ( who had owned or had common rights to work the land in their villages ) were gradually forced off the land to become wage labourers . |
| 2 | And instead of finding it miserable and increasing the fear , we found that taking vigorous action to make the best of what we had made us feel proud . |
| 3 | To put the matter into more realistic fashion , the aim was to try and get local councils to understand and accept the implications of national economic policy for local government . |
| 4 | 4.27 All employees in day or residential establishments should know and have easy access to telephone numbers which can be used to summon help or support in the event of difficulty . |
| 5 | There were rainbow clumps of raw colour which sizzled and suddenly coiled into snakelike forms as she approached and lifted serpentine heads to hiss at her ; there were pouring cascades of things that had appeared to be silk or velvet , but which were molten gold when she got nearer and made her remember Fael-Inis and the cascading River and the salamanders . |
| 6 | He was not a lady 's man in the accepted sense , rather he championed and encouraged single women to travel at a time when it was still considered bad form for a respectable young lady to take a shopping trip to London unchaperoned , let alone visit the Continent . |
| 7 | Consequently a world-wide effort is now being made to obtain and breed Victorian Cichlids to ensure their survival . |
| 8 | But he 'll go on applying the skills learnt on those days in the Nottingham library to a wider cricketing canvas , and using that cast accumulated knowledge to enlighten others — not least the thousands of schoolchildren who visit Trent Bridge in parties each year : ‘ Last season we had several hundred children through on the day when Derek Randall needed one run to complete his 20,000 for the county — and I made certain they all knew about the landmark . |
| 9 | Manufacturers of equipment for telecommunications , defence electronics and household appliances have merged or entered joint ventures to ensure their continued competitiveness . |
| 10 | It may prove necessary to purchase and demolish existing dwellings to provide suitable access . |
| 11 | In all areas of food policy we believe in the principle that the consumer should choose and have sufficient information to do so . |
| 12 | The anti-London lobby , however , was well organized and had financial arguments to back its case . |
| 13 | This enables predictions of ozone formation at a particular location to be made and allows local authorities to take remedial action . |
| 14 | Following Marx , many contemporary Marxists maintain that one of two main functions of public expenditure is to enable and assist private capital to remain profitable . |
| 15 | This entailed the maintenance of a large military presence in and around Singapore to combat and deter Indonesian efforts to break up what President Sukarno described as an instrument of neo-imperialism . |
| 16 | Social workers are committed to promoting the well-being of individuals , families , groups , and communities and are expected to identify , develop and mobilize available resources to meet people 's needs and help them function at their best possible level . |
| 17 | The study will also collect data from a small sample of next of kin of those who have died or entered residential care to try to understand how these events affected the network and how family and friends cope with crises . |
| 18 | The research sought to identify the key factors affecting urban economic change , to examine the consequences of change for the urban economy and the employment of inner city residents , and to assess the effects of public policies in impeding or facilitating urban adjustment to change . |
| 19 | When we describe or summarize numerical information to make it more usable we are essentially using descriptive statistics . |
| 20 | That is , we initially categorise them as this or that type of person and interpret or distort subsequent information to confirm that s/he is this type of person . |
| 21 | A corresponding study has prompted Silsoe researchers to suggest that using hydraulic motors to replace ptos will keep operators away from dangerous rotating shafts . |
| 22 | It was the Kan Hua Hui , the ‘ Flower Fair ’ , a sweet , sprightly tune that took considerable expertise to play . |
| 23 | When I retired four years ago , I decided I would like to help and encourage other people to paint , and hopefully get as much pleasure form the hobby as I do , and since that time I have been able to meet up with groups of friends and pass on to them the knowledge I have gained through the pages of your magazine . |
| 24 | She is able to inspire and motivate other students to undertake community welfare tasks and she shows qualities of leadership as well as the ability to work as one of a team , close quotes . |
| 25 | He can not work but wants interesting things to do in the day time . |
| 26 | He wants OSF to move to the position most companies adopt when bringing new products to market : at the same moment they back their latest technology releases with endorsements and supportive product announcements from across the industry . |
| 27 | The ironical and fundamental point is that during these post-war years , when international demand for tropical commodities for the first time since 1921 really justified vast investments in the Colonies ; when the Colonies had a huge back-log of demand for essential equipment ; when at last the British government was equipped with power to give or lend considerable sums to top up what the Colonies could afford to invest from their own accumulating surplus ; and when . |
| 28 | They cursed and uttered muttered threats to desert , but on and on they walked until they made out a herd of wild cattle staring at them hostilely through the rain , and clambered aboard . |
| 29 | Spread a layer of melted chocolate on to non-stick paper , leave to almost set and use tiny cutters to stamp out desired shapes , such as Christmas trees , leaves , star-shapes , teddy bears , or rounds . |
| 30 | Government authorities in Scotland , Britain , Germany and the US are all co-operating and conducting independent investigations to identify and bring to justice the terrorists . |