Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun] [be] [to-vb] [adv] the " in BNC.

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1 The second aim is to see how the above measures over the course of a school year .
2 The second purpose is to show how the beliefs and values which organize our society are produced by the history of the social formation .
3 A fourth method is to examine again the appropriateness of the rules restricting actions brought by groups of plaintiffs , which would mean that the costs were spread amongst a number of people .
4 it 's a very sad day for me with my last test flight , I started here in nineteen eighty three and my first job was to clean up the station after the air show
5 Doddy 's first job was to find out the extent of the Guinness brand 's availability .
6 By that date , he was an ailing man , and apart from his routine duties , his first tasks were to clear up the muddles of the last few years and re-establish an acceptable procedure for future episcopal elections , investitures , and acts of homage .
7 The first problem is to decide how the available packages should be evaluated and by whom .
8 The first problem was to work out the correct overall send and return levels , but with the Quad-FX 's input and master volume set on unity gain I found the processors worked at roughly the same settings anyway , so there was n't much need to tweak the levels .
9 The first step is to separate out the types of social episode in which a particular social action has a place , for example , the action of shaking hands .
10 The first step is to make up the templates of all the shaped parts of the chair .
11 His first task was to drive forward the strong but uncertain movement towards comprehensive schools .
12 The third aim is to pilot out the effectiveness od a co-operative group work curriculum as a means of enhancing inter-racial co-operation and attitudes to other ethnic groups .
13 Believing that artisans should be well housed , his last initiative was to set up the Society for the Promotion of Industrial Villages in 1884 .
14 The next move was to bring forward the draft of the new constitution : the first that the Secretary of State knew of this was when he read a report in The Times ( 20 May ) headed ‘ A Republic of Burma ’ .
15 My next move was to mask out the central picture area with a piece of paper , taped at its edges onto the existing strips of masking tape .
16 Reich thought that a third possibility was to live out the genital impulses with a partner , and that this was the healthiest outcome , for then people functioned well in work and social life as well as being physically healthier .
17 A possibility next year is to bring forward the Central Wales Line trip — assuming that we do n't try another line — to make a point about BR 's cancellation of the evening trains for the duration of the winter timetable .
18 If you find pegged tenons , the next stage is to drill out the pegs without damaging the surrounding wood .
19 When you have worked out how you can fit in knitting a garter stitch sweater , the next stage is to decide how the garment is to be knitted .
20 Then , having established a fairly exact area , the next step is to turn down the receiver volume so that you are able to pinpoint the precise spot where the receiver is immediately above the ferret .
21 Assuming that you have found land which is potentially viable , your next step is to find out the work , time , and cost involved in realizing that potential .
22 Having cowed the trade unions , we can see that the next step was to take on the local authorities and the poor .
23 Following on the next step was to wash down the tender tank , cab and boiler before waxing all the paintwork .
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