Example sentences of "[prep] order [verb] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | These are powerful controls , and Hartke recommend using them first in order to set up the initial sound . |
2 | In order to set out the Keynesian theory more formally , we must first make a number of assumptions . |
3 | And ten years later the Mantuan composer Alessandro Striggio ( c. 1535–c. 1595 ) , in order to hold together the forty parts of his four-choir motet ‘ Ecce beatam lucem ’ , devised a bassone or ‘ general bass ’ ‘ extracted from the lowest voices , to be played in the middle of the circle [ of performers ] by a trombone for the sustaining of the harmony with organ , lute and cembali or viols ’ . |
4 | Originally a three-year trained teacher , by 1976 he had successfully completed a part time B.Phil degree and subsequently had tried , unsuccessfully , to obtain the pastoral experience which he considered to be necessary in order to move up the comprehensive school hierarchy . |
5 | There are a number of fallacies which are frequently promulgated in order to explain away the low standard of living of the farm worker and which require a brisk dismissal at the outset . |
6 | They were both of them talking in these high and ceremonious terms , Cadfael suspected , in order to smooth away the first sore moments , and give Sub-Prior Herluin time to master his chagrin , and achieve a graceful retreat . |
7 | In order to seep up the fetid atmosphere of the New York streets , a hidden camera was used to track Dustin 's peregrinations . |
8 | Some people think that the law of judicial review can not be properly understood unless it is studied against the background of a particular area of governmental activity such as housing or immigration , in order to see how the general rules are use to deal with particular problems . |
9 | In 1985 there were 791 cataloguers , two administrators and 169 photographers ; in order to carry out the current drive the number of employees has been set at 4,463 . |
10 | He told the King that he would prefer MacDonald to remain in office in order to carry out the necessary programme of economies ; but that if he failed to carry enough of his colleagues with him , then the best alternative would be for MacDonald to head a National Government containing members of all three parties . |
11 | If the new democracies are denied markets for their goods , then they will be unable to obtain the hard currency they urgently need in order to carry out the far-reaching reforms that will modernise their economies . |
12 | It is my contention that ‘ time ’ is now under the control of such an individual , who manipulates it in order to do down the working man . |
13 | This can lead to a vicious circle , in which important communication is filtered out by power-seekers so that the structure ( which causes most of the problems ) is reinforced in order to flush out the filtered information , thereby making the filtering worse . |
14 | Reforming the tax system in order to reduce sharply the standard rate of tax is considered in Part IV . |
15 | It is therefore important to look into the basic analysis which the Scarman Report puts forward in order to understand how the political agenda has developed , in response to the riots , since 1980 . |
16 | The research seeks to quantify these changes at the local scale and assess their significance for population redistribution rates in order to gauge better the geographical implications of anticipated trends in population structure . |
17 | As every flat needs to have these service spaces , and such spaces occupy a fixed minimum area in a flat of any size , it made sense to maximise this internal accommodation in order to utilise fully the broad interior , and this was achieved by making the majority of flats one-bedroom or bedsitter units . |
18 | If we need each other in order to grow then the Christian pilgrimage is not about footing it alone . |
19 | We 're checking on every person who spent the night under this roof , in order to build up the fullest picture of events . |
20 | We have assumed that the product market provides very little by way of constraint in this case in order to bring out the important point that comparisons should be like-with-like . |
21 | Mankind as a whole , or much more probably a tribe or race more advanced than others , had reached the conclusion that some less harsh substitute for the laws of survival which produced the human body had to be found in order to bring about the necessary control . |
22 | Walking scenes at full length required stop-motion , and for this an exact replica , 2 feet ( 29cm ) tall , was constructed — twice the normal size of small-scale models because of the detail required in order to cut together the full-size and small-scale model shots . |
23 | In order to work properly the dominant forces in each of the three spheres have to monopolize the key resources for which there is great competition . |
24 | Mozart radically altered the structure of the opera while he was writing it : in a letter to his father he explained how he reconstructed the part of Osmin , the Pasha 's Moorish servant ( a negligible role in the original libretto ) in order to show off the magnificent bass voice of the singer , Karl Ludwig Fischer , and how the part of Constanze was developed to accommodate the ‘ flexible throat ’ of the brilliant Italian coloratura soprano Caterina Cavalieri . |
25 | It was evidence of Karajan 's genius or magic or whatever we care to call it that he took enormous pains with these simple chords in order to get just the right degree of string tone with an appropriately dark colour . |
26 | The nationalised industries ' borrowing as a whole had , in fact , become part of the public sector borrowing requirement and , in order to tighten up the monetary control , all new capital for the electricity industry ( and other public sector industries ) from 1956 was raised directly by the Treasury , and then lent by them to the industry . |
27 | Last year the Group cut its dividend for the first time since it became a quoted company in 1970 , but this year analysts expect the dividend to be held at last year 's figure , with Pilkington digging into reserves in order to fend off the resulting loss of confidence . |