Example sentences of "[be] to improve the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is only reasonable given that , in the new age of investor protection , the aim of a new system would be to improve the quality of information which was made available to shareholders . |
| 2 | The main purposes of the Bureau , which was established in September 1983 , are to improve the accessibility of macroeconomic models ; to promote general understanding of the properties of models of the UK economy ; and to allow comparisons between models to be made more easily . |
| 3 | However , they are available and if individuals are to improve their lives , and companies and organisations are to improve the attendance and commitment of their staff , they must learn and apply the skills of emotional management . |
| 4 | The aims of the Committee are to improve the quality of the market by reducing dealing costs in small transactions and by greater ‘ visibility ’ or transparency of all deals . |
| 5 | ‘ I think , Dr Markham , ’ she said firmly , ‘ if we are to improve the atmosphere around here and have a reasonable working relationship , there are one or two things that need to be said to clear the air . ’ |
| 6 | The unit moved to Loughborough University in 1976 , where its title was subsequently changed to the Centre for Library and Information Management ( CLAIM ) , and where its new objectives are to improve the effectiveness of service to users . |
| 7 | While new technology has reduced the costs of entry into newspaper publishing , its main effect has been to improve the profitability of established press barons . |
| 8 | But it is important to state that although in recent years in Britain , there have been many service innovations whose aim has been to improve the home or community care of elderly mentally frail people ( see for example Age Concern England , l983 ) , unfortunately most of these schemes have either not been systematically evaluated ( often because they have been very small in scale ) , or — if they have — results have not been widely disseminated . |
| 9 | Our policy has always been to improve the welfare of the children in the long-term by improving hygiene . ’ |
| 10 | The challenge for him is to improve the service of the ‘ head waiter ’ . |
| 11 | I repeat again in 1992 our major aim as a business is to improve the service we sell so well ; that we provide to our customers . |
| 12 | The cure is to improve the clutch operation or use one of the new radios which allow you to ‘ feather ’ the tail rotor when the ‘ hold ’ switch is operated . |
| 13 | The stated objective of this new contract is to improve the standard of general practice and it proposes substantial changes in the way general practice is structured and financed . |
| 14 | ‘ Our aim is to improve the leadership we provide by simplifying our structure , revitalising our performance and skills and generally reducing costs , to the benefit of the laboratory as a whole . ’ |
| 15 | The unwritten aim here probably is to improve the state of the marriage in the hope that a more united husband/wife partnership will overcome the other difficulties . |
| 16 | Perhaps the main priority is to improve the coverage of the world financial wealth variable . |
| 17 | The overall aim is to improve the education and training environment so that a teacher/student ratio of 1:12 will be realised , and that ‘ the facilities available for education and training should be no less than the best provided in higher education establishment ’ . |
| 18 | The aim is to improve the choice of good quality services available to you and your GP . |
| 19 | Surface wetting : Contrary to expectations water is not very wet so the initial purpose of a detergent is to improve the wetting power of water . |
| 20 | While making these decisions she/he may also need to consult the library catalogue from time to time — although a main purpose of stock revision is to improve the range of stock available on the shelves , as well as titles simply listed in the catalogue . |
| 21 | The secret with this repair of course , is to improve the depth of the foundation first , to prevent settlement from recurring in the future . |
| 22 | Now this is rather a banal claim I suppose that erm the proper function of government is to manage things well , I mean who would have doubted that , but the other claim that governments , one of the roles of governments is to improve the citizens is more surprising , particularly for a liberal view and there 's a more standard liberal position now would be that the moral well-being citizens is not a proper matter of governmental concern . |
| 23 | He says that there is an alternative to the flood relief scheme , and that is to improve the drainage capacity of the Thames itself by removing obstructions and restrictions to flow which tend to increase river levels , especially when the watercourse is bank full and the weirs fully open . |
| 24 | The aim is to improve the drainage system . |
| 25 | The aim of the community art project is to improve the environment and to make an attractive feature of bare walls which would otherwise be prone to vandalism and graffiti . |
| 26 | Our aim is to improve the quality of life , not impair it . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , police of the Gipton Urban Crime Unit , whose job is to improve the quality of life in an area where as many as 60 per cent of families are on income support , are concerned that special Government funding for the unit will stop on March 31st . |
| 28 | Above all , the challenge of the next decade is to improve the quality of post-school provision . |
| 29 | The major task of the User 's Support Group is to improve the quality of the data set and its documentation in order to ease and encourage its use by other researchers . |
| 30 | We wan na get more , you know , there 's th , thi thi this er , there is no point really in saying things like , what I 'd like to do is to improve the quality of the appointments because that do n't tell you anything . |