Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The special session announced the creation of working groups to overhaul mass organizations and to strengthen participation in the municipal and provincial people 's power system of government ; and it proposed the National Assembly of People 's Power be upgraded to play a more dynamic role in assessing government performance . |
| 2 | The offensive was an attempt both to consolidate gains made over the previous two months and to wrest control of the main road and rail links to Thailand . |
| 3 | Through this it is possible to orient oneself amidst the various schools and to make sense of the anonymous drawings , which constitute the majority . ’ |
| 4 | In northern Ontario , railways that had originally been designed as ‘ colonization roads ’ to link any pioneering agricultural communities and to increase settlement in the ‘ clay belt ’ had become instead ‘ prospecting roads ’ in the remarkable scramble for the mineral riches of the area which developed in Edwardian times . |
| 5 | The main purpose of the meeting will be to review the procedures in light of this year 's experiences and to discuss development of the programme . |
| 6 | The SCSE promised to restore order , and to solve the food and housing problems , while " supporting private enterprise " , to honour the Soviet Union 's international obligations and to restore pride in the motherland . |
| 7 | A careful scrutiny of existing policies and their implicit and explicit assumptions should do two things ; it should enable choices to be made at the level of general strategies , as to what is most conducive to equity or equality , it should also enable individual teachers in individual schools to compare their circumstances with those of others and learn which innovations seem to suit what circumstances and to take heart from the struggles and successes of their colleagues . |
| 8 | In addition to this is the need to start expanding the mental horizons and to take interest in the endless intellectual sphere . |
| 9 | Further paragraphs deal with bells , gongs or sirens being used for theft prevention purposes or to summons help for the conductors , drivers and inspectors of large passenger carrying vehicles . |
| 10 | These modules provide the opportunity to plan and undertake a health and fitness programme appropriate to individual and group needs and to increase awareness of the implications of health and fitness for personal development . |
| 11 | One of our main objectives for the future is to make it easy for candidates , Centres and employers to get information about LCCI awards and to do business with the Board . |
| 12 | Meanwhile it has been necessary to delay most new grant announcements , and to achieve immediate savings elsewhere in other activities such as seminars and workshops and to freeze recruitment to the Council 's laboratories and to the Swindon office . |
| 13 | The main aim of these agencies , many of which are sponsored by established companies in the local community , is to encourage the growth of small businesses and to stimulate employment in the area . |
| 14 | Why has the Secretary of State failed effectively to tackle those problems and to take action against the excessive profits and unacceptable boardroom pay rises and perks ? |
| 15 | Thus he trains himself eventually to tackle larger problems and to gain insight into the underlying principles by which these limits may be synthesized . |
| 16 | The study says that recycling of nickel cadmium batteries is essential both to alleviate supply problems and to prevent contamination of the environment . |
| 17 | Prudential regulation is necessary to protect customers and to provide stability to the financial system , and one of its major functions is to deter financial institutions from taking on excessive levels of risk . |
| 18 | By sharing in this process the LEA is supporting the school in helping teachers to focus their aims and objectives and to keep quality on the agenda . |
| 19 | His successors eventually lost all authority , even in the town , and survived merely as puppets in the hands of ruthless , ambitious nobles who fought to overthrow their rivals and to gain control of the disintegrating kingdom . |
| 20 | They will write letters on behalf of their ‘ twin ’ to try and uncover their whereabouts and to draw attention to the plight of ‘ disappeared ’ people . |
| 21 | Many analysts agreed that the primary purpose of this was to place the FMLN on the same footing as the Army and that the primary purpose of the offensive was not to secure military objectives but to place pressure on the government and the Army to negotiate seriously in future peace talks . |
| 22 | As we have noted , Circular 11/77 asked Regional Advisory Councils to draw up plans for the training of full-time further education teachers and to report progress to the DES by September 1978 . |
| 23 | an efficiency system , Programme Analysis and Review , designed to examine critically longstanding policy commitments and to improve policy-making at the micro-level ; |
| 24 | These overseers were empowered to levy local rates , to set the poor on work , to apprentice poor children and to provide relief in the form of clothes , food , fuel and rents for the ‘ lame , impotent , old , blind , and such other among them being poor and not able to work ’ . |
| 25 | If this does happen , the only solution seems to be to disconnect the instruments and to pump air through the system to blow out the water and dry the tubing . |
| 26 | It is commonplace for the landlord to effect insurance for business premises and to seek reimbursement of the premium from the tenant . |
| 27 | Furthermore , it may be in Big 's interest to deliberately slow down the progress of an acquisition possibly to await the occurrence of certain events or to put pressure on the vendor . |
| 28 | How long will the country continue to lose jobs and to lose access to the great national asset of our coal , given that the Government want to sell off British Coal overnight at a cheap price , for the benefit of the Treasury ? |