Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government intend to conduct a full review of the assisted areas — for all of Great Britain — early in the next Parliament . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | However , although the Labour Party may want to see a stronger House of Commons , there is no wish to revive parliamentary government . |
| 6 | Therefore , powers do exist to enable a controlled reshaping of the settlement geography of rural areas . |
| 7 | Durability is still a point of concern because most tend to lose a certain amount of loft with extended use . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The AUT 's governing council , meeting in York , agreed to support a National Union of Students proposal for a one-day shut-down of universities in protest at the scheme with teach-ins on campuses . |
| 10 | It is intended to interview a representative sample of 3,000 married women under the age of 60 together with a sample of 500 of their husbands . |
| 11 | The line to Bathgate , reopened to passengers on 24 March 1986 ( including two new stations at Uphall and Livingston ) at a cost of £1.5million shared by six public bodies expected to see a top figure of 400,000 passengers annually . |
| 12 | Even though some minor changes may subsequently be necessary in order to conform with the directive , the government does n't want to risk a further period of delay before bringing these necessary measures into effect . |
| 13 | If you do want to enjoy a one-to-one relationship of a companionable or romantic nature there are various ways one can make contact , other people who want to do the same and they need not have marriage as an aim if that is not what you want . |
| 14 | The Government remains committed to using Housing Associations as the principal provider of rented accommodation and our long established links with both Local Authorities and Housing Associations should enable us to continue to enjoy a substantial share of this market . |
| 15 | The BBC 's International Role : The charter should be amended to carry a specific guarantee of editorial independence from Government . |
| 16 | As regards research , once a full trading relationship has been established between the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Research Agency , we intend to implement a progressive extension of competition . |
| 17 | But here as elsewhere , though the emphasis on cost and utility was helpful in curbing bureaucratic empire-builders , it failed to provide a full definition of the public service which should be provided . |
| 18 | But these extensive discussions failed to provide a common area of agreement , mainly because of divergent national interests and unfavourable economic developments such as inflation , recession , and the oil crisis . |
| 19 | A post mortem examination failed to establish a definite cause of death and the results of further forensic tests are awaited . |
| 20 | The core questions of why policy developed in the way it did and which factors initiated and influenced change are intended to inform a critical assessment of the outcome of policy in the shape of service provision for alcohol problems in the 1990's . |
| 21 | They may be concentrated naturally as in animal tissues like bone , blood , hoof and horn , or processed to contain a high proportion of one or more nutrients , or they may be bulky and contain very little as in plant tissues like peat , compost and leaf mould . |
| 22 | On training prisons such as Maidstone he found , generally , that most establishments were struggling to provide a basic level of regime activities . |
| 23 | This meeting agrees to provide a reasonable level of financial and logistical and other support to those students who wish to pursue legal action against the CLE , who are not eligible for legal aid . |
| 24 | i ) Films of risky junctions tend to contain a great deal of information related to risk . |
| 25 | The £8m first phase of the Darlington Cross Town Route , expected to attract a European grant of £2m. ; |
| 26 | While no operational difficulties were reported during SeaDocs ' experiment , and while the fees per registration fluctuated between only $300 and $500 , SeaDocs failed to attract a sufficient number of traders and financial institutions to survive . |
| 27 | This is then used to feed the rabbits which they are producing to provide a valuable source of protein . |
| 28 | We are not opening in Paris solely to take advantage of the end of trading restrictions within the EC in 1993 , but because the opportunity arose to obtain a suitable area of the Hotel Bristol with our own street window and entrance . |
| 29 | These combine to provide a reasonable degree of accuracy , although it 's not perfect , and allow the user to ‘ shoot-em-up ’ from the comfort of an armchair . |
| 30 | The Supreme Electoral Tribunal ( TSE ) announced on Nov. 13 that the parties of the eight remaining candidates , all of whom failed to secure a required minimum of 4 per cent of the votes , would lose their legal status . |