Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [be] [verb] to [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the purpose of reporting assessment , we also believe that the profile components should have equal weighting at key stages 1 to 3 , but that in key stage 4 heavier weighting should be given to reading and writing — in the ratio of approximately 40:40:20 for Reading , Writing , Speaking and listening respectively ( see chapter 14 ) . |
| 2 | Because of its particular importance to the overall organization of discourse , the next chapter will be devoted to discussing word order at length from a purely textual point of view . |
| 3 | The remainder of this chapter will be devoted to examining how the potential provided by the two versions of the infinitive is actually used by speakers of English in contexts where the infinitive occurs after full verbs . |
| 4 | Tom 's pay rise or his leaving the company are events , and attributes of the entity EMPLOYEE will be referred to following these events . |
| 5 | The direction in which management will be pushed need not be a more efficient one ( for example , more money might be allocated to controlling conspicuous waste than is justified economically ) , but the potency of the control is fairly obvious . |
| 6 | " Candidates do need firmer guidance and practice in examination techniques as fundamental as reading carefully the examination questions , noting the emphasis given by the wording generally to any particular word or phrase and deciding what particular response the question invites , so that a more discerning and discriminating attitude may be adopted to shaping the material to hand to meet the needs of specific questions . " |
| 7 | This session will be devoted to understanding the fight and flight response and the effects of stress on our body , mind and emotions . |
| 8 | of this , it says t a report detailing what assistance can be given to keeping the airfield open . |
| 9 | If this works correctly , all is well and attention may be given to building the receiver . |
| 10 | Your whole attention must be directed to balancing the need to produce the best result which you could personally produce , and the one which gives the subordinate a chance to learn through practical experience . |
| 11 | Rather , attention must be directed to ensuring that doctors who care for the dying understand and use the medicines and techniques now available . |
| 12 | A lot of importance should be attached to looking at what sources of information are needed to measure the social and economic performance of the development agencies . |
| 13 | Urgent attention should be given to developing British Standards for all types of closure so that legislation can be brought into force . |
| 14 | Particular attention should be given to finding and identifying the larger epiphyses as these are more likely to be preserved . |
| 15 | Proper attention should be given to ensuring that the conditions for the interview are as relaxed as possible . |
| 16 | The recommendation following from this diagnosis is that more attention should be directed to developing these kinds of competence in initial training , not least with regard to teachers spending more time on becoming more skilled and knowledgeable in their own subject specialisms . |
| 17 | In submissions to the Department of the Environment and the Office of Water Services , the industry regulator , the council opposes water metering , which carries serious health consequences , and says attention should be paid to leaking mains , responsible for water losses of up to 38 per cent in some areas . |
| 18 | Particular attention should be paid to facilitating communication between the partners , especially in the treatment sessions . |
| 19 | Particular attention will be given to ensuring that schemes promoted under the Roads and Transport Capital Budget block allocations for Road Safety will be given priorities associated with their contribution to road safety . |
| 20 | Attention will be paid to studying communication problems in situations which are as natural as possible . |
| 21 | particular importance will be attached to providing good methods of displaying results . |
| 22 | Great importance will be attached to disseminating the results of the Centre 's work , with emphasis on their implications for practice and policy development . |
| 23 | Those failing to take themselves through such graded stress inoculation may be reduced to falling back on an all-or-none defence mechanism in which awareness of the stressful event is completely blocked out , or is experienced in overwhelming intensity . |
| 24 | He understood that heaven and hell were here on earth , and that little by little heaven would drive out hell , and that the efforts of men of intelligence and goodwill should be dedicated to hastening that process ; and that even the word ‘ should ’ , with its implication of duty and overtones of guilt , was in this brave and newly discovered world , inappropriate . |
| 25 | Instead , increased emphasis will be given to strengthening protection and management of Javan rhinos in Ujung Kulon National Park , including increased efforts to monitor the rhino population . |
| 26 | Temporary Christmas card shops in London , Belfast , Cardiff , Bristol , Manchester and Croydon are being set up by 4C , and 82 per cent of the retail price will be given to leading charitable organisations . |
| 27 | Given the protests against inserting the principle of " juste retour " into the EC budget , much greater emphasis can be given to relating national payments to relative GNPs . |
| 28 | The backswing can be compared to chopping down a tree with and axe ; power and speed come from the distance the axe is swung back . |
| 29 | Her role may be restricted to advising the carers on how to treat the patient , and she may only visit the family once . |
| 30 | Alternatively the method may be changed to soaking if practicable . |