Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj -est] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When pasting your template on the piece of veneer selected for the outline — usually a dark wood — try to arrange for the thinnest parts of the design to run along the grain . |
| 2 | The incentives to seek and follow advice , to think long-term rather than short , and to work for the best results at 16+ are all clearly set out . |
| 3 | It would appear that there was some increase in the marriage rates among those in their early twenties during the early 1920s , perhaps because of the delays caused by the First World War , and after 1934 , when the domestic economy began to revive from the worst excesses of the slump . |
| 4 | In the afternoons there was little to see other than the skateboarders who came to clatter back and forth in the bowl-shaped space under the Festival Hall , making a sound that was somewhere between a roller derby and a kendo match ; but as evening came on , bags and boxes would start to appear in the best-lighted spots under the concrete . |
| 5 | Erm by saying it 's a priority we 're not saying it 's our only priority , we have a number of priorities and it 's it 's up to us to in debate with the housing corporation er , to come to the best agreements for Harlow . |
| 6 | Its aim , according to Vice-President Al Gore , is to " ensure that environmental considerations are brought to bear at the earliest stages in the development of economic policy " . |
| 7 | The spy-glass , though splendidly gimballed to deal with the worst vagaries of pitching and rolling , was quite incapable of coping with even the mildest vibration which , more often than not , produced a very fuzzy photograph indeed . |
| 8 | High oxygen levels permit life to extend to the deepest parts of both Ness and Morar . |
| 9 | He liked to take ideas gently , to get time to meditate on the best modes of expressing truth . |
| 10 | A covered platform to keep off the worst excesses of the monsoon rain , a ticket office , and a large , bare waiting-room or shed with a stand-pipe outside were all that were provided . |
| 11 | Freud writes , for example , of the ego 's ‘ wish to sleep ’ , although while asleep it stays on duty' to protect against the worst emanations of the unconscious , ‘ guarding ’ the sleep of the dreamer … |
| 12 | Indeed it is a credit to Wilko that the board have been confident enough in him to compete at the highest levels in the transfer market . |
| 13 | They ca n't ever understand that if your desire is to go to the furthest limits of yourself then the actual form your art takes does n't seem important to you . |
| 14 | Though the Swan was more sophisticated than the Queen 's Head , it was only a matter of minutes before servants , ostlers and maids were scampering all over the large and comfortable hotel to see to the minutest needs of the ‘ Honourable Member of Parliament ’ , ‘ brother to an Earl ’ , who had landed on them at an unexpectedly late hour and naturally — ‘ a Colonel as well ’ — demanded the best of everything both for himself and for his ( temporary — ‘ from Keswick ’ ) servant and his ( ‘ pale-looking ’ ) daughter . |
| 15 | Between the death of Jane Austen and the appearance of Sketches by Boz the emphasis does however begin to shift from the greatest houses to those below them . |
| 16 | The concerns that have been expressed outside the park committees need to be fully voiced within them if the committees are to decide in the best interests of the parks and their purposes , and if they are to be seen to do so . |
| 17 | IF YOU WANT to live in the dampest homes in England , rent a house or flat privately . |
| 18 | You may find it useful to refer to the latest issues of the following manuals if you want more detailed information about using LIFESPAN . |
| 19 | You may find it useful to refer to the latest issues of the following manuals if you want more detailed information about using LIFESPAN . |
| 20 | The members of the Board have to decide on the best methods of bringing work and money into the region . |
| 21 | Its sole aim is to set you thinking along constructive lines , to indicate what is possible , to advise on the best sources of information and to help you avoid the pitfalls that can trap the unwary . |
| 22 | Much of our present activity is directed towards building upon these solid foundations — the ultimate aim always being to strive for the best interests of the general public concerned . |
| 23 | I was interested to read what you had to say about the safest types of bedding for babies on the Solutions page in your August issue . |
| 24 | There may be occasions , however , when in order to act in the best interests of the Company , the Directors will need the flexibility to finance business opportunities as they arise by the issue of ordinary shares without a pre-VXKVK offer to existing shareholders . |
| 25 | This means that directors are under a duty to act in the best interests of the shareholders . |
| 26 | Secondly , directors are treated as fiduciaries required to act in the best interests of the shareholders . |
| 27 | Thus the law insists that a director who wishes to enter into a transaction where there is any possibility of a conflict between his own interest and his duty to act in the best interests of the company must disclose the transaction to the shareholders in general meeting and obtain their consent to it . |
| 28 | Thus even if we accept that the duty of directors to act in the best interests of shareholders can be equated with a duty to maximize profits this does not provide us with any real assurance that the wishes of the shareholders are being executed by the directors or that we have a satisfactory way of controlling the discretion accorded to directors in the name of the Rule of Law . |
| 29 | At the more concrete level of legal rules , we find that many of the difficulties which the law has faced in defining the duties of directors to act in the best interests of the company stem from a conflict between the traditional contractual model of the company and the corporatist countervision . |
| 30 | In effect the duty is merely an amalgam of fiduciary duties at common law requiring an agent to act in the best interests of his principal . |