Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] the [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such fields a double need arises : to harmonise licensing requirements for companies intending to carry on the activities in question , and to establish essential standards for the prudential supervision of companies providing financial services . |
| 2 | Is it threatened , or do sufficient financial and manpower resources become available to carry on the thrust of research ? |
| 3 | It is a natural development to use further reservoirs or special settling tanks to carry on the process of clarification , to remove substantially all the solids in suspension . |
| 4 | We have just been informed by Mr R. Warner of Photomatic Limited that the business ceased in August 1991 , but he has made arrangements with another company to carry on the photo-printing of Litho copies . |
| 5 | parents should always arrange if possible for their children to see old people of marked interest in their lives , so as to carry on the links of tradition … |
| 6 | Friends talked the matter over far into the night and then went home , to their families or to the loneliness of dingy bed-sitting rooms , to carry on the debate in diaries and notebooks , poems and letters . |
| 7 | Strictly , the Revenue can argue that s343 does not apply until the hive-up agreement has become unconditional and been completed in accordance with its terms ( for example , the novating of liabilities and obtaining of third party consents ) , since s343 requires Newco to carry on the trade in succession to the transferor , not merely beneficially own it . |
| 8 | Civil servants are employed to assist ministers to carry on the business of government . |
| 9 | In any case , no head is powerful enough to carry effectively the sort of responsibility that the management of the National Curriculum , in the context of the rest of the Act , will bring . |
| 10 | The general attempt to sell bonds will tend to drive down the price of bonds and raise their rate of interest , and this will help eliminate the excess demand for money , since the higher the rate of interest the lower the demand for money . |
| 11 | While most people strongly condemn the drugs traffickers , critics point to the recent drive by international markets to drive down the price of coffee , Colombia 's main export — and to the continuing drain of resources into debt payments to Western banks — as evidence that the international community is not willing to make the kind of sacrifices needed to confront the social and economic roots of Latin America 's drug problem . |
| 12 | ) She sits in silence for a few minutes , simply to breathe in the company of others , then goes and brings me my soup , followed by potatoes , onion and a fried egg . |
| 13 | It is possible that in the past any Zuwayi would have felt free to continue personally the feud with Zliten if he could allege that the peace was unsatisfactory or incomplete . |
| 14 | They believe the council , aware of its weak case in favour of the barrage , is trying to wear down the opposition by attrition . |
| 15 | Japan has announced that it intends to scale down the use of driftnets in the run-up to the UN ban which takes effect at the end of the year [ see ED 53/54 ] . |
| 16 | Prices and incomes policies have been justified historically on the grounds that , if successful , they serve directly to scale down the rates of increase of money wages and absolute prices while minimizing the rise in unemployment which a policy of demand restriction would entail . |
| 17 | In order to work successfully the notion of Partnership through Compact must involve all the personnel in the participating organisations including trade unions . |
| 18 | She said well , tell Grant , she said he can have a reprieve , she said it 's May the eighth and , and she says , she probably heard me say it was Friday and that 's when I thought it was this Friday , so I had to phone erm the receptionist at daddy 's works , so she was going to pass on the message to daddy just to tell him just to work late as usual , Grant , rather than come in at teatime and then go back to work again . |
| 19 | Liz , from Northern Ireland , was visiting the Wirral to pass on the art of storytelling to librarians , who had travelled from all over the country Picture : FRAZER BIRD |
| 20 | Even if an effective way could be found to pass on the costs of rubbish disposal to the average household , an awkward fact would remain . |
| 21 | ‘ The idea was to pass on the information from generation to generation , so children traditionally played a very important part , ’ said a spokeswoman for the Open Spaces Society . |
| 22 | It was argued that the government 's policy towards Austin Rover could be viewed as an attempt to slim down the company through rationalisation and privatise parts as they became profitable ( eg Jaguar ) , finishing up with an unprofitable rump which had very little chance of long-term viability on its own . |
| 23 | Paradoxically the paid specialist therefore adds support to the voluntary ethos of the CAB by enabling the volunteer to meet better the demands of advice work . |
| 24 | And to accept only the minimum of information necessary for you to complete the task ’ . |
| 25 | If it were decided to increase greatly the provision of group care in day nurseries , then a big investment would have to be made in buildings and staff training . |
| 26 | When the index is computerised it will be practicable to increase greatly the number of names on the index . |
| 27 | From there we had to shuffle down the underground to Davenports Magic Shop , where Paul had been lured in order to buy an ancient Chinese trick , hence the coolie gear . |
| 28 | Students may by now feel competent to generalise , and they should be encouraged to write down the number of patterns in a 4 × 2 grid , and test their answer by drawing . |
| 29 | In the 1950s , the elderly were described as ‘ passengers ’ , threatening to pull down the standard of living enjoyed by society as a whole ; they were a regressive element , dampening the ‘ initiative of youth ’ , and playing a conservative role in social and political life . |
| 30 | Concerning basic rationales for aid , they stressed the need to review the definition of ODA and to adjust further the orientation of aid flows , notably " to assist developing countries to participate constructively in the solution of common global problems " . |