Example sentences of "[adv] seek [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it may form the basis of a new approach to problems in which lawyers and advisers will not seek to establish the legal nature of the problem and then find the relevant law , but will rather seek to establish the nature of the problem and then contemplate whether any part of the law might be relevant . |
| 2 | Thus all banks which find themselves illiquid will naturally seek to relieve the shortage by offering to sell securities to the discount houses . |
| 3 | As further examples of postverbals we may cite : ( 50 ) Lola felt angry ( 51 ) the victim was standing very erect ( 52 ) it was the oldest competitor who emerged victorious As was also true with the adverbals and predicate qualifiers , it is quite easy to distinguish postverbal adjectives from adverbs occupying the same structural position ; in some examples we find a substantial difference of meaning : ( 53 ) Margaret was acting incompetently ( 54 ) Margaret was acting incompetent ( See Ferris , 1983 , though we would no longer seek to explain the data in the way proposed there . ) |
| 4 | The project will also seek to examine the differences in the nature of service provided at different fee levels . |
| 5 | If the questionnaire method was chosen this should be ‘ short , unambiguous , logical and not ask leading questions ’ ; it should also seek to identify the sex , age , social class , lifestyle , buying frequency , address and , importantly , postal code of the respondent . |
| 6 | It said it would also seek to ban the fungicides ' use on tomatoes , potatoes and bananas . |
| 7 | ‘ In addition , it is likely that Customs will also seek to prevent the recovery of VAT on other costs incurrred by holding companies which is at present recoverable , for example the costs incurred in restructuring a commercial group . |
| 8 | Champions of the vanquished classes , at home and abroad , would inevitably seek to distort the truth . |
| 9 | Sure enough , the entire church was gutted by fire and the next day the Church authorities responded by saying they would now seek to demolish the church . |
| 10 | In the course of the argument I was told that the debtor will now seek to have the bills taxed . |
| 11 | Mr John Prescott , the shadow transport secretary , will today seek to raise the issue in the Commons , while the Fire Brigades Union and the privately funded British Safety Council have appealed to Mrs Thatcher to overturn the decision by the Anglo-French tunnel safety commission . |
| 12 | The project will initially seek to establish the distribution of care and finance for that care in the present system . |
| 13 | A note of warning is necessary here , as the Revenue can sometimes seek to deny the £30,000 exemption under s188 where a departing executive is also a vendor shareholder , on the basis that the sum paid as compensation for loss of office is in reality attributable to the sale of his shares , and they may also challenge the deductibility by Target of such payments , especially if these are effectively funded by a reduced acquisition price for Target . |
| 14 | What he might be doing is to actually seek to increase the proportion of our very vulnerable population into the means testing category and that what he 's got to watch is that he does n't end up in a position whereby defining health care in one way and social care very carefully . |