Example sentences of "[prep] order [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Gentleman 's point of order constitutes a clear continuation of Question Time . |
| 2 | For form of order adjourning a petition ( Form 6.23 in Sched 4 to the rules ) and the notice to the debtor and creditors of adjournment ( Form 6.24 ) , see Appendix C , forms 25 and 26 . |
| 3 | It may be that in order to combat a particular problem , a different bit might help . |
| 4 | Mr MacGregor suggested that schools should be free , amongst other things , to offer vocational courses which might include material outside the National Curriculum and , exceptionally , enable the ablest pupils to drop a non-core foundation subject in order to take a non-statutory option . |
| 5 | What would my attitude be if asked to move in order to take a job ? |
| 6 | The right way is to put down knife and fork in order to take a sip of water ( or other calorie-free liquid ) after a mouthful of food has been chewed and swallowed . |
| 7 | It is probably as well to pause here a moment , in order to take a few social bearings against which to judge these accusations . |
| 8 | Students tend to leave towards the end of the season in order to take a vacation before returning to college ; but it is not only amongst this group that turnover levels are high . |
| 9 | This position would be retained and they proceeded each to rest his chin on the other 's shoulder — heads nuzzled close together like horses lodged in affection — and then swing their arms in order to take a grip on the flattened back of their opponent . |
| 10 | The aim of the course was to get group members to think about disability issues in order to take a first step forward in working together . |
| 11 | Group welfare officer Sheila Redmond , pictured left , said : ‘ Dr High advised that there was little or no medical evidence contained in the article and that the uniform pressure exerted during examinations is necessary in order to take a clear x-ray which covers as much of the breast as possible . ’ |
| 12 | In order to display a date in 1-2-3 you need to set a date format . |
| 13 | Smaller producers complain that the big players deliberately over-expand capacity in order to cause a ‘ shake-out ’ of the competition . |
| 14 | Ambrose identifies an investment route in which buildings ( shorthand for modification of land by action ) are acquired in order to yield a stream of income . |
| 15 | The predicative expression on its own is incomplete ; it requires a name , or an ersatz name ( as in our case ) , or some kind of designating phrase in order to yield a complete sentence . |
| 16 | Third , in exchange for such lending they acquire a portfolio of paper assets ( claims on borrowers ) which will pay an income to the intermediary , and which it may ‘ manage ’ by buying and selling the assets on financial markets in order to yield a profit for itself . |
| 17 | Before the posters could be distributed , the latter fired off a letter , claiming that , under the Representation of the People Act 1983 , it is illegal to incur expenses in order to promote a candidate without that candidate 's permission , and that ‘ if you proceed , you and anyone who joins with you may commit a criminal offence . ’ |
| 18 | He maintains that he did so in order to promote a public debate on Israel 's nuclear programme . |
| 19 | New conditions which are necessary in order to implement a revised offer will , however , be permitted subject to the prior consent of the Panel ( see para 13.3.17 below ) . |
| 20 | He preserved against threats from all quarters his claims to patronage in order to support a rapidly growing number of servants , whose loyalty he protected and encouraged with writs of prohibition and seizures of episcopal temporalities . |
| 21 | Aranjuez , however , had clarified Napoleon 's muddled thinking on the Spanish question and he had no intention of using the opportunity it presented in order to support a puppet king whose character and intentions he mistrusted . |
| 22 | A policeman , convinced of the guilt of a suspect , distrustful of juries and magistrates and more cynical than ethical may seek to extract a confession in order to support a charge and may elaborate a confession in order to obtain a conviction . |
| 23 | Your issue concentrated too much on women deploring male violence : if men are to become less violent , women must stop requiring them to enslave themselves to the industrial machine in order to support a family . |
| 24 | Aindow is further charged with conspiracy with others to pervert the course of justice by allowing himself to be struck in the leg in order to support a false story that he had been hit by the joyriders ' car . |
| 25 | He is further charged with conspiracy with others to pervert the course of justice by allowing himself to be struck in the leg in order to support a false story that he was hit by the stolen car . |
| 26 | In order to set a baseline her parents set aside an hour each evening for one week during which they did not tell Lindsay to stop , but recorded the duration of each nose picking session and the frequency . |
| 27 | In his New Year message to the nation , broadcast on national radio and television on Dec. 31 , Sassou-Nguesso announced that a " national conference " would be convened on Feb. 25 , 1991 , in order to set a date for multiparty elections . |
| 28 | Lucy crawled out of bed around lunchtime , found her way up to the shower while Josie could be heard moving around in the kitchen , and could n't resist leaving aside her own hard soap and supermarket shampoo in order to freeload a few squirts and squeezes of the gels , mousses and lotions that stood on the tiled windowsill . |
| 29 | Clearly this definition can be generalized in order to compare a number of different systems and thus provide a useful comparative measure . |
| 30 | Accordingly , I would be grateful if you could telephone me at your convenience in order to arrange a meeting at a mutually convenient time . |