Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [conj] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their primary purpose is the conservative one of helping to sustain and maintain the existing order of things . |
| 2 | The other passage that makes a most extraordinary effect emotionally is Ellen 's exit after she agrees tO go and collect the new apprentice for Grimes . |
| 3 | To make matters worse the scheme included an irrigation scheme on common land used by the women and with the help of the government , the men gained exclusive use of these lands , pushing women onto inferior , poorer quality land where they had to continue to try and grow the traditional rice . |
| 4 | Unlike the herald who sought to observe and note the outstanding ( the chroniclers , notably Froissart , made good use of the reports of battle given to them by heralds ) , the constable and marshal were more concerned with maintaining order . |
| 5 | Litigation may also have a valuable contribution to make in activating and mobilising a constituency of common interests , thereby helping to establish and strengthen a collective political identity on the part of otherwise somewhat amorphous interests groups such as environmentalists , or peace campaigners , among whom there may be less cohesion and common identity than is the case with other campaigning groups . |
| 6 | Soviet friendship and cooperation treaties with Third World states were intended to displace or counteract the existing alignments and alliances between these states and the Western powers . |
| 7 | The difficulty lies in the fact that the governmental authorities , however highly principled and dedicated to the welfare of the citizenry , are essentially a vested interest running an organization which , to a greater or lesser degree , is designed to preserve and promote the continuing control of those same authorities . |
| 8 | These interpretations can be reviewed and considered in the light of the aims of the self-advocacy movement , with the question being posed — does this interpretation of normalisation and the implications for professional practice appear to support and facilitate the open-ended processes of growth emerging from the advocacy movements ? |
| 9 | Incentive systems should be designed to promote and strengthen the social purposes and values of the organisation . |
| 10 | Now , on admission to hospital , the AL of communicating has to continue while assuming the sick role or patient role discussed on page 46 . |
| 11 | The Medical Research Council proposed to erect and maintain a public health laboratory in the grounds of St. Peter 's Hospital and this was approved , the building being leased to the M.R.C. for 25 years . |
| 12 | With a lieutenant ( who has gained this position by being the first archer to hit the red ) to assist him and the clerk to the captains to advise , he has to arrange and run the next shoot . |
| 13 | Over a million Americans were mobilized and they helped to refresh and revive the Allied forces on the Western Front . |
| 14 | Dear FoE supporter , As a supporter of Friends of the Earth , I know how much you want to establish and maintain a safe and clean environment for us all . |
| 15 | Now the doctor has to try and locate a suitable place to inject the blood . |
| 16 | You , you can put more resources into things and not necessarily provide something better so I think that one has to try and do the two together . |
| 17 | Er and we want to try and explain a little bit about tt how far we got in terms of achieving certification to I S O Nine Thousand . |
| 18 | Erm I 'm just trying to think we really want to try and fit a few lessons into the holiday if you can it 's up to you fit in . |
| 19 | If you take a facial expression anyone of the seven dwarfs and you want to try and give a dramatic idea how to present that face or that attitude to do it just by standing there without curtains opening on you and all that sort of thing it 's quite diffi , it 's quite difficult ! |
| 20 | Can a cleaner on the shopfloor really be expected to know and understand the complex set of aims that a major corporation sets itself ? |
| 21 | Provisions are , however , phrased differently from lease to lease and the tenant 's adviser will be expected to construe and amend the particular documentation accordingly , but perhaps considering the guidelines I have laid down . |
| 22 | Anyone wanting to join has to apply and needs a two-thirds vote in favour to be allowed in , ’ says Mr Smythe , who lives at Green Bank , Heighington , near Darlington . |
| 23 | In recent times , however , most people have come to experience and to expect an abrupt transition from full-time work to full-time retirement at an age when many of them feel reasonably fit . |
| 24 | The limits of the ruling are unclear , and the bill of rights does not apply to private employers anyway , but the decision is expected to legitimise and encourage the growing practice . |
| 25 | In using the datafiles , pupils will be expected to use and extend the following general categories of enquiry/communication skills selecting information ( communication skills ) processing information ( inquiry skills ) communicating information ( communication skills ) with the selecting and processing of information combining elements of both inquiry and communication skills . |
| 26 | Eventually , they were forced to accept some significant wage reductions , although the French invasion of the Ruhr , and the consequent interruption of coal output , plus the American coal strike of 1924 helped to reduce and delay the downward trend of coal prices and the rate of decrease in the wages of coal miners . |
| 27 | She was expected to knock and enter the insured person 's house without waiting for a reply , something that would not have been possible at the door of a middle class household . |
| 28 | In 1972 the then Conservative government proposed to reform and unite the entire tax and social security system into a scheme of combined benefits and tax reliefs to be known as ‘ tax credits ’ . |
| 29 | If an expatriate , rather than a local employee is really needed , the organisation has to consider whether to relocate an existing employee or recruit specifically to fill the post . |
| 30 | In order to see what other pronunciation problems there may be , one also needs to study and compare the various individual phonemes of the two languages and see what variants they have . |