Example sentences of "and [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am beginning to organise artistic events for all kinds to raise funds for the RSPCA and to promote animal welfare and wildlife conservation issues . |
| 2 | On the whole , the assembly gave us and understanding of the worldwide church which was struggling to achieve reconciliation and to promote peace and justice . |
| 3 | Objectives : to promote international monetary co-operation , to facilitate the expansion and balanced growth of international trade and to promote stability in foreign exchange . |
| 4 | The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust was established to administer the western portion , which includes a concentration of historic buildings , and to promote knowledge of its archaeological , historical and architectural significance . |
| 5 | These advances have grown out of the ‘ natural ’ desires to produce live , healthy babies , and to promote fertility in women who have difficulties in getting pregnant . |
| 6 | To maintain the high educational standards necessary for the exercise of the profession and to promote research and extension of relevant knowledge . |
| 7 | The panel was initially established under the chairmanship of the late John Holden , Deputy Director of Manchester Polytechnic , to assist the Combined Studies ( Humanities ) Board in the consideration of ‘ creative and performing arts components of combined studies or arts and humanities schemes ’ , and combined courses in the creative and performing arts , to act as a focus for discussion of interdisciplinary matters in the field , and to promote research . |
| 8 | In order to standardize bill of lading texts and to promote uniformity of practice , the Hague Rules listed a number of required statements reminiscent of the Harter Act 's requirements . |
| 9 | This collaboration was not only about generating some ideas which could become possible policies , it was also designed to allow a sharing of a common challenge and to promote understanding of the fact that everyone in an LMS environment has a vital role to play . |
| 10 | Frelimo already had some experience of developing schools in the liberated zones before independence , when education was intended to contribute to the liberation struggle , to change people 's consciousness and attitudes and to promote production and combat . |
| 11 | According to this principle , as Bentham understands it , the ideal method for determining whether an individual 's action , or a legislative enactment , is right or wrong would be through evaluation of its total tendency to promote happiness , on the one hand , and to promote unhappiness on the other ; if the former predominates the action is right , if the latter it is wrong . |
| 12 | The use of antibiotics in factory farming , both to combat infection and to promote growth , has also come under criticism in the salmonella scandal . |
| 13 | The cash will be used for research and development purposes , and to promote growth both in the UK and overseas . |
| 14 | Such a strategy would involve the provision of more facilities at , and better access to , under-used sites and the removal of some facilities from heavily used areas to reduce recreational pressure and to promote recovery . |
| 15 | Since it was established in 1938 , the board has endeavoured to coordinate all the organisations for women in the Church , and to promote action in them . |
| 16 | The King recorded that he was ‘ greatly pleased with Mr Baldwin 's readiness to meet the crisis which had arisen , and to sink Party interests for the sake of the Country . ’ |
| 17 | It has been suggested that Truman was influenced more by a determination to warn the Soviet Union and to compel cooperation in eastern Europe rather than to procure Japanese surrender in itself . |
| 18 | The defections of MacDonald and Snowden were to harden an already present suspicion of powerful personalities in the Labour Party , and to confirm trade-union suspicion of " intellectuals " . |
| 19 | The object of this book is to give one person 's view on the possible causes of the present situation and to stimulate discussion , hoping that new and , if necessary , radical ideas are created in the spirit that it is better to express a constructive view rather than to passively accept a disagreeable situation with discontent . |
| 20 | List servers may be used to raise issues for a particular discipline or to air thoughts and to stimulate discussion between a whole range of people who will never meet . |
| 21 | The workshop was part of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers ' ( MechE ) first year of Tribology Action , a campaign to create awareness and to stimulate action in the area of lubrication and wear . |
| 22 | Its first schemes include measures to encourage low-income households to switch to more energy-efficient gas boilers , and to stimulate investment in small combined heat-and-power plants . |
| 23 | The main aim of these agencies , many of which are sponsored by established companies in the local community , is to encourage the growth of small businesses and to stimulate employment in the area . |
| 24 | In an address to the nation he promised that his government would seek to lower the cost of living and to stimulate employment , and would " promote a stable atmosphere for production and protect investors ' interests " . |
| 25 | If it were possible to diminish the use of gas , to increase British coal production and to erect trade and tariff barriers to ensure that we can not import foreign coal , what would the consequences be for those who want to use the power that is generated ? |
| 26 | So Kant sought by ‘ limiting knowledge to make room for faith ’ , and to connect faith with moral awareness and action . |
| 27 | Simple hand tightening to give a permanent leak-proof seal is all that is needed to save you time and to connect brassware , like taps and mixers , when using the new Tap Connector from the Speedfit range . |
| 28 | Lieberich went on to describe the functioning of the eye , and to diagnose astigmatism in a Parisian portrait painter ; seen through a suitable lens , his productions looked much better . |
| 29 | Although it is certainly necessary to protect ethnic minorities from verbal attack , and to signal society 's disapproval of all forms of racial abuse , it does not follow that criminalization is always the best method of doing this . |
| 30 | Some fish may use sound to communicate with their young , and to signal danger . |