Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nkrumah announced another referendum to enable him to dismiss the judges and also to establish a one-party state . |
| 2 | The investigation follows disclosures from Mr John Bourn , the Comptroller and Auditor General , that Britain has hidden from the EC a £38 million package of sweeteners to British Aerospace to persuade it to buy the Rover Group . |
| 3 | Clerical Medical has designed this Plan to help you to make the most of the profit from your savings over the next 10 years . |
| 4 | But now her husband 's lawyers are asking the High Court to order her to put the children back on a plane to the United States . |
| 5 | Viscount Eversley , who as Charles Shaw-Lefevre had just retired as Speaker , like the Duke of Buccleuch , appears to have had few qualifications to enable him to assess the competition and in the end , like the Duke , was not involved in the final outcome . |
| 6 | I hope to have learnt something by doing this painting to help me to get the next one that much better . |
| 7 | Sometimes if the garment is n't a fitted one , it is possible to add a few stitches to enable you to match the pattern at the seams . |
| 8 | A well-documented response to the threat of take-over is for the company to increase its capitalisation by itself becoming a predator or otherwise absorbing additional businesses to enable it to obtain the relative security that comes with increased size . |
| 9 | Does the Minister realise that many small primary schools are now under enormous pressure in terms of delivering the full curriculum because they do not have the additional resources to enable them to employ the staff to teach it ? |
| 10 | Gradually mix in about 300ml/½ pint of warm water to enable you to gather the dough into a ball with your hands — it should be soft and slightly sticky . |
| 11 | The back lane marks the line of the old through road of the area which was then diverted around four right-angle bends to enable it to enter the new market place . |
| 12 | SCOTVEC is always interested to hear from people who feel that they have the subject expertise and commitment to National Certificate to enable them to undertake the job of subject assessor . |
| 13 | The creation of Job Clubs for redundant members is providing a most valuable lifeline to help them to solve the problem of coping with the trauma and making a constructive approach in the search for employment . |
| 14 | Charlotte thanked him and passed through the barrier into the station yard where a uniformed coachman was waiting with a trim little gig to take her to meet the Hon Mrs Anderson-Hunt . |
| 15 | All of which prompted the following official question from Liberal Democrat housing spokesman Frank Doran : ‘ That in view of the danger which faces council members from drowning and/or mugging , arrangements be made to provide members with wet suits and powerful torches to enable them to visit the amphibious staff on that floor of the building . ’ |
| 16 | It is important to us to maintain and seek to improve those ratings to enable us to minimise the cost of our borrowings . |
| 17 | Until the internal combustion engine was fully ‘ harnessed ’ in the middle of this century , man depended upon the heavy horse to enable him to reap the fruits of his innovations . |
| 18 | Staff appeared not to care about the unavailable theses , and it took considerable effort to persuade them to check the whereabouts of the missing ones . |
| 19 | The taxpayer 's claim that he could not comply with a s 8 , TMA 1970 notice requiring him to submit tax returns as he was not in possession of the full facts to enable him to complete the returns properly was rejected in the High Court in Alexander v Wallington General Commissioners and IRC [ 1992 ] STI 264 . |
| 20 | Presumably there are adaptive strategies to enable us to endure the unendurable . |
| 21 | Subjectively worded regulations were treated literally , and the courts eschewed any attempt to persuade them to judge the necessity or reasonableness of such regulations . |
| 22 | I disputed the latter with Tony who conceded that the differential existed more because it was ‘ expected ’ by customers than in any attempt to persuade them to buy the beer in preference to another . |
| 23 | We are also interested in what the priorities are now for demilitarisation and reconstruction , and I ask the Minister specifically to approach our American colleagues to ask them to convert the substantial military aid that has until now been given to El Salvador into civilian aid to help with that reconstruction . |
| 24 | My point is that I see nothing in the Gracious Speech to enable me to counter the opinions expressed by our European partners who are still proud to know us but bemused that we have a Britain which in their eyes is no longer as great as it was . |
| 25 | The Pyramid Texts are concerned with the eternal life of the god-king and with the necessary rituals to enable him to join the gods and to travel in the boat of Re . |
| 26 | the usual practice for liners in the vicinity of ice in clear waters was ‘ to keep course , to maintain the speed and to trust a sharp look–out to enable them to avoid the danger ’ |
| 27 | A risk-averse individual would only be indifferent between transacting on the forward market and transacting on the future spot market if the terms he expects on the uncertain future spot market were sufficiently more favourable than the forward market to encourage him to take the risk . |
| 28 | A young , green horse will be weak but if worked correctly will gradually build up the necessary muscle to enable him to perform the required movements . |
| 29 | I had no answers and precious little consolation to offer him to mitigate the facts . |
| 30 | She does not wish to conceal this news as she strongly believes that the mind can play a great part in overcoming such a complaint and she asks everyone to join her in positive thinking to help her to fight the illness . |