Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The document itself was not privileged and to that extent the other side was entitled to see part of the materials with the brief . |
| 2 | Pursuant to the Directives ' aim to promote comparability of the accounts of companies of the various member States , companies are required to adopt one of two prescribed formats for the balance sheet and one of four for the profit and loss account but in doing so they may use either the prescribed ‘ historical cost accounting rules ’ or the ‘ alternative accounting rules ’ which pay greater recognition to the impact of inflation by a type of current cost accounting . |
| 3 | It is to include research into the techniques of sustainable timber extraction and the pharmaceutical and genetic potential of the South American country 's forest resources , centred on a newly-established scientific reserve of 3,400 square kilometres , close to the Brazilian border . |
| 4 | In the end the police decided not to seek to ban the march but to police the route and to provide protection for the marchers against the violence which had been threatened by opposing factions . |
| 5 | There were also reports of clashes between troops and localized vigilante groups established to provide protection against the activities of Duvalierist supporters . |
| 6 | You have to accept responsibility for the fruits of your actions , in the scientific field as elsewhere . |
| 7 | The economic structure of the countryside near the line-of-rail , linking the mines with ports via South Africa , was transformed to provide labour for the miners on temporary labour contracts in which the miner 's family would stay behind on the family farm . |
| 8 | Organised in regular gangs or teams on the model of seasonal harvesters , led by an elected captain who negotiated terms and shared out the proceeds of the contract , poor peasants from Italy , Croatia or Ireland would criss-cross continents or even oceans to provide labour for the builders of towns , factories or railways . |
| 9 | ‘ We won the £25,000 contract in competitive bidding through the Overseas Development Agency as part of the UK Know-How fund which has been set up to provide assistance to the countries of Eastern Europe . |
| 10 | Pinochet , C.-in-C. of the Army , speaking before 1,500 officers at Santiago 's Military Academy on March 29 , described the report as having no " historical or legal validity " and opposed government plans to provide compensation for the families of the victims of repression . |
| 11 | Coupled with attempts to provide compensation for the victims of crime , they represent an attractive package to a public deeply concerned with crime . |
| 12 | When that day came , perhaps the tragic story of a love-sick young girl trying to find solace in the arms of her lover would be laid to rest forever . |
| 13 | His intention is to establish continuity between the issues of the Vietnam War and those of the recombinant-DNA controversy , especially a pervasive mood of doubt and suspicion about the social benefits of science and technology that were characteristic of the establishment thinking then . |
| 14 | 281 had added to the protected class a case in which vulnerable elderly parents had agreed to provide security for the debts of their adult son . |
| 15 | She was being asked to provide security for the debts of the company in order , as the bank knew , to advance her husband 's business interests . |
| 16 | A SCHEME which aims to provide respite for the parents of children who are on their summer holidays is being organised . |
| 17 | G M B pensioners were represented on the first delegation to visit the E E C in Brussels , in an effort to secure parity with the pensions in other European countries , and we also took part in the pensioners parliament in Luxembourg last year , to help to draw up a Pensioners ' Charter for Europe . |
| 18 | The research aims to provide evidence on the effects of the new guidelines . |
| 19 | Having the responsibility vested in them to provide education for the children in their areas , they were faced with two problems : teachers ' action and withdrawal of goodwill and a central Government elected with the mandate to restrict public spending . |
| 20 | The Calvinist vision of an earthly city in which pastor and politician work in harmony to exclude evil from the lives of all those within the city walls remains a religious outlook for a significant number of protestant loyalists . |
| 21 | This recommendation was not accepted , however , and the authorities still have to balance the need to provide access to the parks with the need to preserve them from the increased pressure that results . |
| 22 | Two or three of them who were on the main board solicited support from other board members ; they worked even harder to obtain commitment from the heads of the businesses , who would soon be board members . |
| 23 | This led to involvement in a wide range of speculative projects throughout Europe , North America , and the West Indies , and the huge resources at his disposal enabled him to embark on a vigorous attempt to secure control over the affairs of the East India Company . |
| 24 | ‘ As chief executive of a large local authority , I employ solicitors to provide advice to the departments on many matters including child care , planning law , and negotiating with building contractors . |
| 25 | This broader definition of community empowerment has been referred to as communities having equity and capacity to solve problems ( Naparstek et al , 1982 ) ; having abilities to identify their own problems and solutions ( Braithwaite and Lythcott , 1989 ) ; having increased participation in community activities ( Chavis and Wandersman , 1990 ) ; and enabling individuals and communities to increase control over the determinants of health ( Health Promotion , 1986 ) . |
| 26 | Miss Mason , the Assistant Inspector responsible for children boarded out under the auspices of the Poor Law during the late 1880s , was not in favour of working class women sitting on local , voluntary boarding-out committees because they would not be able to pass comment on the homes of their social equals . |
| 27 | He has said one of his main goals will be to encourage promotion of the benefits of membership . |
| 28 | There the European Court , consistently with the opinion of the Advocate General ( see p. 663 ) , declined to regulate the manner in which the national court should decide whether to grant interim relief following upon the European Court 's ruling on the main question concerned with the power of the national court to grant relief in the circumstances of the case . |
| 29 | These modules provide the opportunity to plan and undertake a health and fitness programme appropriate to individual and group needs and to increase awareness of the implications of health and fitness for personal development . |
| 30 | Participating and enjoying disability arts could then be seen as only a side-show in the drama of struggle for change , something to provide relief from the tensions of boring or stressful committee meetings . |