Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [prep] a [noun] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To provide everyone with a voucher that can be used instead of money to purchase a minimum amount of that particular service . |
| 2 | Associative and cognitive theories present two major examples of different approaches to the study of learning , and although they differ in very many respects it is possible to synthesise them in a way that offers guidance for teachers . |
| 3 | The Divisional objectives are twofold , one to establish ourselves in a market that only two years ago was completely new to Rentokil , and the other to help our customers and prospects through the current minefield of legislation related to water and air systems . |
| 4 | In 1980 , the owner approached a local architect , John Wharton , to provide him with a design that could be easily executed by direct labour and it was immediately apparent that exploitation of the high volume of the main east-west wing of the building would be the best way of obtaining the maximum accommodation . |
| 5 | But he drew back , and taking her hand , forced her to caress him in a way that revolted her . |
| 6 | Indeed , the identification of meaning with the material form of language ( words , sentences , speech ) is a precondition of ordinary language use ; to use language is to trust it as a tool that expresses meaning . |
| 7 | When the studio system collapsed , many of the directors who had flourished within it found themselves unable to impose themselves on a process that too easily slipped out of their control . |
| 8 | So Alfred had laced his own brandy and taken it to the little hut which had youthful associations , there to kill himself in a manner that was almost ceremonial . |
| 9 | My hon. Friend knows that our policy on interest rates is to set them in a way that is compatible with our commitment to the pound 's band within the exchange rate mechanism and to bear down on inflation . |
| 10 | However , it is difficult to think without obsession , and it is impossible to create something without a foundation that is rigorous , incontrovertible and in fact , to some degree repetitive . |
| 11 | However , these plans were falling out of favour and a clear opportunity existed to replace it with a product that offers a capital guarantee . |
| 12 | Wish she 'd come and tell me how to set ours for a film that 's on about |
| 13 | Indeed , Picasso 's admiration for various complementary , at times even formally opposed categories of tribal sculpture is indicative of the instinctive pull which he was feeling between an increased interest in solid , sculptural forms and an awareness of the need to depict them in a manner that did not violate the flat , two-dimensional plane on which he was working . |
| 14 | ‘ He wanted to swop her for a guarantee that he would not be arrested ’ |
| 15 | This is your day and we will endeavour to organise it in a way that reflects your needs and requirements . |
| 16 | This great designer has an uncanny ability to capture the prevailing mood of the moment and to rework it in a way that can suddenly seem understandable , even wearable , and invariably highly influential . |
| 17 | Having arrived at a suitable total for local authority expenditure , the next problem is how to express it in a way that allows comparisons to be made either with other contemporary expenditures or with local authority expenditure over time . |
| 18 | When people are buying , another example of their purchasing power would be to say ‘ well , now I want this particular policy and I want to combine it with a power that 's available to me in that policy ’ . |
| 19 | JUDGES must take into account public opinion when sentencing offenders and aim to leave everyone with a feeling that justice has been done , England 's Lord Chief Justice , Lord Taylor , declared yesterday . |
| 20 | If girls deviate , they tend to do it in a way that causes far less disruption than boys , such as pretending to write when they are bored . |
| 21 | I try to do it in a way that is n't too threatening and allows the opportunity to discuss things . ’ |
| 22 | Although truth criteria and the rules of discourse vary across disciplines , members are obliged to speak the truth as they see it , to put it in a form that other members of the discipline will comprehend , and to mean what they say . |
| 23 | I have become much more aware of the workings of my body and have begun to use it in a way that is much more economical . |
| 24 | I think it 's unscientific , prejudicial and subjective to use it in a term that carries any kind of recommendation or erm disapprobation and er I think , I think one has to exercise caution in erm in the way you use tha tha that , that term , perhaps it 's better not to , not to use it at all . |
| 25 | ‘ Obviously we have to move fast , so I want you to accompany me to a dinner that the developers are giving tonight . |
| 26 | ‘ I am presently endeavouring to protect you from a race that considers all human life to be a dangerous , parasitic infection . |
| 27 | By the end of 1978 renewed demonstrations in Isfahan and Tehran ( and elsewhere ) had demoralized both the Shah 's government and the Americans , who were busy trying to salvage something from a situation that was clearly going badly wrong . |
| 28 | Fran tried to step past him , but he just stood where he was , making no attempt to get out of her way while he continued to study her in a way that made her suddenly self-conscious . |
| 29 | The doctor was concerned enough about him to trail him on a journey that Thomas then made to London Airport . |
| 30 | Five Thirty have managed to harness themselves into a sound that nods towards the '60s but keeps its arse firmly placed on a '90s seat and its head ensconced in a pretty rock 'n' roll street attitude . |