Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] to create " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marshall aid was intended to create European stability by 1952 , making further aid unnecessary . |
| 2 | The programme was designed to create 278,000 new jobs , support local authorities , finance infrastructure projects and extend incentives to new investors . |
| 3 | But the exception he contemplated was in respect of a particular type of statute , namely , a statute creating criminal liability in which the question was whether or not a guilty intention was required to create liability . |
| 4 | Nor is there anything to suggest that Gregory was attempting to create a new genre of national historiography , although his History is often , misleadingly , described as a history of the Franks . |
| 5 | Keynes was trying to create a consensus around public works and his adoption of protection in the autumn of 1930 was almost certainly an attempt to enlist the support of the growing tariff lobby . |
| 6 | In the early 1960s , however , changes within Northern Ireland were beginning to create a degree of common interest between Unionists and Nationalists in Derry , and they were brought closer together in resistance to the industrial and commercial decline of the city . |
| 7 | It was accepted that models were used to create all of the decoration required in the day moulds , so that variation could occur in making the model , mould , casting or in any final cleaning . |
| 8 | The tensions were bound to create difficulties , which came to the fore as national problems of economic management became clearer , even if they were not simply the consequence of those problems ( Rhodes , 1985 ) . |
| 9 | John Frieda 's successful home styling range was used to create this full look |
| 10 | The Bain de Terre Therapy range was used to create these two simple styles . |
| 11 | Soviet accusations followed that Washington was trying to create the basis for a military alliance through strengthening mutual dependence between its regional partners in an arrangement over which it presided . |
| 12 | Structural and decorative work was undertaken to create the best in modern working environment while maintaining the traditional ambience of this ‘ grand old Bank ’ and its numerous objects d'art . |
| 13 | The plan was designed to create a streamlined force capable of responding rapidly to " global crises " . |
| 14 | Numbers had been revived but no Head Girl was allowed to create new ones . |
| 15 | The impact of war on ordinary lives was beginning to create the conditions for a mass peace movement . |
| 16 | The kitchen and breakfast room were joined to create a spacious 22ft by 15ft area . |
| 17 | The fact that the P.M. asked for the processes of selection of his successor to be undertaken in the middle of a party conference was bound to create consternation , confusion and intrigue , and indeed it did . |
| 18 | The delegates denied that the meeting was intended to create structures supplanting the CIS , but President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan , one of the strongest proponents of the CIS , said after the meeting that his confidence in the stability of the CIS had decreased because of Ukraine 's attitude at the last CIS summit [ see p. 38825 ] and the course of the Russian Congress of People 's Deputies [ for which see p. 38875 ] . |
| 19 | The delegates denied that the meeting was intended to create structures supplanting the CIS , but President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan , one of the strongest proponents of the CIS , said after the meeting that his confidence in the stability of the CIS had decreased because of Ukraine 's attitude at the last CIS summit [ see p. 38825 ] and the course of the Russian Congress of People 's Deputies [ see p. 38875 ] . |
| 20 | When the Grand Junction Canal was commenced to create a shorter route for trade in coal and other freight between the Midlands and London , the construction of a tunnel through Blisworth Hill proved to be one of the biggest engineering problems . |
| 21 | The question of her hair , however , brought about a confrontation , Madame arguing that Ellie 's long hair , even caught up as it was in a chignon , was completely out of fashion , and quite ruined the look Madame was trying to create . |
| 22 | Christian Education Movement — A grant of £16,693 was approved to create a 3 year part-time post which will develop curriculum material and teaching strategies in RE and PSE in schools in the principles and issues of world development . |
| 23 | In the same way the beetle rolled along its ball of dung , so the sun god was thought to create and push the sun across the sky . |
| 24 | In particular BR were advised to create a new senior post at headquarters with special responsibility for London and the South East . |
| 25 | Adoption was intended to create new family relationships not change those which already existed and joint custody was introduced as an alternative and to give some legal recognition to step-parents . |
| 26 | And if you cast your minds way back to Tuesday you will remember that what I said was that the Americans were trying to create a system of limited government er and yet one which er protected the liberties of individuals not all individuals , not black individuals especially but of individuals , this was the rhetoric of the time and the main device that they invented to do this was something called the separation of powers and they argued that , where political power is concentrated , the potential for abuse is greater so that where executive and legislative powers are held in the same hands , as they are in our system of government , the , there is more prospect of government encroaching upon the rights of individuals . |
| 27 | Throughout the alliance the will was lacking to create conventional forces on the scale needed to balance those of the Eastern bloc . |
| 28 | By contrast , those places which could be expected to have a predominantly European clientele , particularly at the hill stations , a sort of English country style was adopted to create the right atmosphere for a cool refreshing visit to the hills . |
| 29 | Another scholar claims that since the government was trying to create a class of peasant smallholders , it had to safeguard the peasant 's person , his property and his entrepreneurial activity ; " Securing these conditions without an apparatus of justice was impossible " . |
| 30 | Mr Dobson claimed the Government was seeking to create a ‘ DIY third world ’ in Britain by condoning ‘ poverty level wages ’ . |