Example sentences of "[to-vb] [coord] [verb] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My own line is studying the effect of lasers on chemical reactions to see if lasers can be used to stimulate or generate new novel types of chemical process . |
| 2 | In November 1990 , the Government conceded that the Immigration ( Carriers Liability ) Act and associated visa requirements ‘ do indeed prevent some asylum seekers from coming to the UK ’ , but further stated that it ‘ has no obligation to encourage or assist would-be asylum seekers … to come here and enter our procedures ’ . |
| 3 | HARDCOPY VERIFIER Once the user has decided whether to accept or reject hard copy volumes , this interactive program , HCVERIFY.EXE , is run to inform the hard copy system of the decision . |
| 4 | For decades the main aim of every enterprise was to meet or exceed government-set output targets rather than to improve production methods . |
| 5 | Throttle control is n't enough on its own to do this and riders play a treacherous and delicate juggling act , weighting the footrests , shifting body weight and manipulating the throttle to increase or decrease rear tyre grip as required . |
| 6 | There are no longer legal immunities for industrial action aiming to establish or maintain closed shop practices , nor for employer coercion tactics compelling workers to unionize . |
| 7 | It is proposed to give the Directors the authority to alter the schemes to take account of or comply with any changes in any proposed or existing legislation affecting the schemes , or to take account of any take-over or reconstruction of the Company or to obtain or maintain favourable taxation treatment of the Company , any subsidiary or any participant , in each case excluding any changes which affect the basic structure of the schemes or the limits on the number of shares which may be subscribed for under the schemes . |
| 8 | It did n't show too badly when he finished the race with several layers of clothing on to try and retain some body heat in the cold driving rain . |
| 9 | It is best to try and group all mains-voltage components into one area rather than disperse them around the board . |
| 10 | Time which might have been devoted to instructing deaf children in the acquisition of English grammar , arithmetic and other school subjects was , in the view of many leading deaf people including deaf businessmen like A.J.Wilson and George Edward , being curtailed in order to try and give deaf children speech training . |
| 11 | The purpose of the present chapter is to note some of the practical difficulties of managing book provision programmes , to try and suggest minimum system requirements for effective management and finally to outline briefly the important features of existing management systems . |
| 12 | Two hours later we were ready to start fishing so we baited the cat rods with squid and cast these out at varying distances to try and locate any patrol routes that were being used . |
| 13 | Are we going to try and get some work sheets ? |
| 14 | Well the only encouraging initiative that I can speak of for West Sussex is the establishment of the Rural Options Land Bank and er I 've undertaken to try and get some county commitment to this and that means some land . |
| 15 | From the point of view of the environmental impact of mining , if the state was prepared to allow the mining companies to export their profits tax-free , it certainly was not going to try and impose expensive pollution control , environmental and reclamation regulations on their operations . |
| 16 | This enables the Company to manage and control activity levels , to attract and retain top quality staff and to use experience gained in one area in other parts of the world . |
| 17 | His dedication to the subject was complete and he continued to write and give high quality papers at various conferences . |
| 18 | This , in turn , relieves the software houses of the problem of having to write and test numerous device drivers . |
| 19 | How to Write and Produce Effective User Documentation |
| 20 | More specifically the roles of the ACPCs are to establish and review local interagency guidelines about procedures ; tackle significant issues that arise , and establish good practice ; offer expert advice about the handling of cases in general ; make policy and review progress about prevention ; and oversee interagency training . |
| 21 | In addition , the social imperialists held that empire was the means to secure and enhance working-class living standards and employment in the metropolitan country , and so deflect revolution . |
| 22 | The region has won a £3 million contract awarded by Birmingham City Council to repair and redecorate 7078 council homes . |
| 23 | They have been heard to scream and leave frantic claw marks . |
| 24 | The mission would also examine the feasibility of an " arms for food " exchange programme , the need for security forces to escort and protect humanitarian aid activities , and the role of the UN in assisting the re-establishment of local police forces . |
| 25 | The self interest of the senior managers has promoted the interest in the Trust application and not to a commitment to provide and maintain high quality care . |
| 26 | Now he has announced that the UK 's 15 CTCs will be able to train and award qualified teacher status to staff employed as licensed teachers . |
| 27 | The importance of corpora to workers in linguistics is that they provide real instances of the language ( as opposed to interesting phrases that a linguist may conceive ) and may be used to train and test natural language systems . |
| 28 | My father used to train and breed English Springer spaniels as a hobby . |
| 29 | The projects are partially funded by the European Community 's Trade EDI Systems , TEDIS , programme , which is intended to encourage and promote increased EDI usage within the European Economic Area , covering the European Free Trade Association countries as well as the European Community . |
| 30 | I am delighted to be able to tell the hon. Gentleman that our policy on capital expenditure is to encourage and enable higher education institutions to invest , as they need to do , to accommodate the dramatic increase in student numbers as well as provide facilities for the research of remarkable quality which takes place in so many of our universities . |