Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 An issue that typically divides them — and caused the largest opposition group , the Democratic Party , to split at its congress last month — is whether to compromise with the Communists or to work for their complete removal .
2 The removal of this will mean that thousands of residents will be unable to obtain the legal assistance in matters like arranging family visits or to look into their own circumstances .
3 Both plans were designed to assist your parents and to help on your dear sister , but above all to build up your own name and reputation in the world .
4 they provide an opportunity for students to explain their intentions and values and to comment on their own performance , thus contributing to the collaborative nature of the assessment procedure .
5 This approach however is not without problems and to cope with them sophisticated administration systems are needed exercising controls in five main areas :
6 But we will endeavour to represent our members and to push for their ordinary rights , their just rights more than just rights they , are earned rights and should be afforded to them .
7 This time the losers , including the cities of New York , Los Angeles , Chicago and Houston , and the US Conference of Mayors , have taken the bureau to court to try to make it agree to change its initial 1990 findings and to add in its estimated under-count .
8 It was hardly surprising that kings wanted solemn oaths from their servants , the bishops , that they looked upon bishoprics as income and that , in line with the symbolic ceremonies of society , they expected to " invest " their appointees and to receive from them solemn oaths of fidelity .
9 The second issue , and it is closely related to the first , is whether the succession of images — and they succeed each other with alarming frequency — enables us not only to remember past events but to learn from our past mistakes .
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