Example sentences of "in order [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laurentius discussed the problem with his dentist Mr van Hugten and together they experimented with various methods of X-ray photography and beta-radiography in order to record the structure of the laid paper accurately , without interference from the ink . |
| 2 | In order to record the brain 's activity at the scalp at least two electrodes are required . |
| 3 | The rear end of the console can be detached in order to transform the two individual rear seats into a bench accommodating three . |
| 4 | It campaigned for free universal state pensions for everyone over the age of 65 , in order to combat the poverty created by the rejection of older workers by employers on the grounds of age . |
| 5 | It was only the unnatural methods they used in order to combat the problem which were wrong . |
| 6 | Mark : In order to combat the spread of AIDS among gay men specifically there 's a need for more communication , and a greater amount of closeness and explicitness about issues between us . |
| 7 | Immediately after the election , however , the party in government will find it necessary and politically safe to raise unemployment in order to combat the inflation that was itself set in train by the politically engineered pre-election boom . |
| 8 | In order to combat the growing deficit the IMF had insisted on cuts in government spending and liberalization measures for trade and investment , demands which were rejected by the Congress . |
| 9 | The essence of Buchanan 's position was the belief that US conservatism was isolationist by nature , and that this stance had been abandoned after 1945 only in order to combat the menace of international communism . |
| 10 | In it he attempted to invoke the spirit of the " Desert Storm " Gulf war campaign in order to combat the current economic recession . |
| 11 | Some widows who have been moderate social drinkers begin to drink more during bereavement , in order to take the edge off their emotional pain ; but this of course creates more problems than it ever solves , so you should never encourage your elderly parent to start taking ‘ tonic ’ wine for her ‘ nerves ’ or a tot of whisky at night to help her to sleep , for you may be helping her to establish a habit that can easily get out of control and become very hard to break . |
| 12 | Aggressive people , on the other hand , may deny the error and argue or criticize back in order to take the attention away from themselves . |
| 13 | In the fast moving travel and tourism industry , it is vital to be informed of significant changes in order to take the right business decisions . |
| 14 | It is , indeed , doubtful how much help Gloucester could have commanded explicitly in order to take the throne : some , almost certainly , but much ( if not most ) of the backing he enjoyed was given to the protector for the maintenance of stability — a distinction of which Gloucester himself seems not to have been fully conscious . |
| 15 | Gohlke has written thoughtfully about the way in which photographs can appear to embrace features of the past , the present and the future : " Projecting oneself into the future so that one can view the present with more apparent dispassion , and projecting an image of the past onto the future in order to take the measure of the present are different strategies . |
| 16 | You checked out , or even ran away without paying your bill for all I know , in order to take the train . |
| 17 | He suggested that in order to take the decision , organizations could most usefully be categorized in one of three different ways : |
| 18 | Answer guide : This question needs to be split up into its constituent parts in order to take the student through the progression logically . |
| 19 | It is , indeed , doubtful how much help Gloucester could have commanded explicitly in order to take the throne : some , almost certainly , but much ( if not most ) of the backing he enjoyed was given to the protector for the maintenance of stability — a distinction of which Gloucester himself seems not to have been fully conscious . |
| 20 | He was held not guilty of robbery because the threats were not made in order to take the money . |
| 21 | Students intending to resit an examination will normally return to the centre where they originally studied in order to take the resit examination . |
| 22 | Measures to correct this imbalance largely consisted of a manipulation of interest rates upwards in order to take the steam out of the economy and stem consumer spending ( largely on imported consumer durables ) . |
| 23 | It is now commonplace to say that the Thatcher governments have had to be highly interventionist in order to extend the market , increase the rights of consumers , and reduce producer power . |
| 24 | In 1983 , in order to extend the international scope of our work , a survey questionnaire that had been pre-tested with social work educators from Australia , India , Israel , and the United States was mailed to all member colleges , universities , and national affiliate associations of the International Association of Schools of Social Work and to a list of individuals who had been identified as experts on paraprofessional social welfare personnel in their own countries or internationally . |
| 25 | In order to extend the discussion beyond the sphere we must introduce a definition of curvature valid for any such surface . |
| 26 | A staff development interview often reveals that the teacher , once settled in , wants to do more in order to extend the interest and the responsibility of teaching . |
| 27 | My bill falls into two parts , one which deals with the need for a full franchise it is sometimes mistakenly believed that we already have a full franchise in this country , but whereas legislation was passed in the past in order to extend the franchise , in recent years we have let matters slip considerably on the methods that are used for registration and no longer can we claim to have that full franchise . |
| 28 | In order to extend the open reading frame 3' to the POU domain , first strand cDNA was prepared from P3/NS-1/1-Ag-4.1 cells and Oct-11 cDNA sequences amplified according to the RACE procedure ( 31 ) . |
| 29 | Nevertheless they should have no place in pure classical ballets because they are largely acrobatic , and as such have a place only in certain modern works which discard the old conventions in order to display the athleticism and freedom of movement that today 's choreographers use as part of their material . |
| 30 | Surely a far more significant gesture by the government towards Britain 's immigrant community would be a hefty grant for the proposed Indian museum in Bradford , which the V&A wants to create in order to display the nation 's holdings of Indian art , mostly in store since the closure of the Indian Museum in 1947 . |