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Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [noun sg] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	( 2 ) For the purposes of subsection ( 1 ) ( b ) above the requisite intent is an intent to cause a modification of the contents of any computer and by so doing — ( a ) to impair the operation of any computer ; ( b ) to prevent or hinder access to any program or data held in any computer ; or ( c ) to impair the operation of any such program or the reliability of any such data .
2	However , if one looks at section 3 it is — we do not need to decide the point — at least doubtful whether it would apply to the circumstances of the present case , because the requisite intent which has to be present before section 3 is breached is the intent under subsection ( 2 ) of section 3 , ‘ ( a ) to impair the operation of any computer ’ — that clearly does not apply to what the respondent did here — ‘ ( b ) to prevent or hinder access to any program or data held in any computer ’ — that again clearly does not apply to what the respondent did here — and ‘ ( c ) to impair the operation of any such program ’ — that does not apply here .
3	For example , some people define ‘ language ’ in such a way that only a system of intentional communication between conspecifics could count as language , and some regard abstract features such as syntactic structure or individuating reference to past events as necessary to ‘ language ’ .
4	The NHS could purchase services from the private sector in order to clear waiting lists for particular ailments or to obtain access to specialised equipment possibly not available in NHS hospitals .
5	Under item 4 , the Policyholder must be unable to engage in or give attention to ANY KIND of profession or occupation .
6	In coming to a conclusion on whether these proposals should be called in for his determination , my right hon. Friend will consider the proposals in terms of whether they raise issues of national or regional significance or give rise to substantial controversy .
7	15.1.2 neither completion of this Agreement nor publication of the Work will constitute or evidence any breach of any partnership or other contract or any breach of any contractual , fiduciary or other duty between the Authors ( or either of the two individuals together referred to as ‘ the Authors ’ ) or the Company or any third party ; or give rise to any other liability on the part of the Authors ( or either of the two individuals together referred to as ‘ the Authors ’ ) or the Company to any third party ; or give rise to any liability on the part of the Publisher to any third party .
8	They may be able to allay some of your fears or draw attention to further investigation needed .
9	Frequently , however , they also highlight aspects or draw attention to important details that might otherwise be missed .
10	It 's useful when you 've got to contact lots of staff or get information to many people at the same time and allows you to put detailed information down .
11	Wiring together the jaws of compulsive overeaters or performing surgical Operations to reduce the abdominal apron or reduce the length of the intestines , and hence reduce their capacity to absorb food , or inserting inflatable balloons through an endoscopic tube into the stomach , or performing liposuction to various parts of the body , all show no understanding of the primary spiritual nature Of addictive disease .
12	The central idea of ethnomethodology is that the orderliness of social life is not the result of people obeying social norms or giving way to social pressures , but rather that orderliness is attained by all those involved working to achieve it .
13	Permanent and total disablement ( other than by loss of limbs or sight ) which , after 104 weeks from the date of injury , prevents the Policyholder from following , engaging in or giving attention to ANY KIND of profession or occupation .
14	The other is that even if subsidiaries of large companies are attracted to a particular region , and the company decides to develop innovations in that location , there is always the possibility that the firm ( likely to be a multinational corporation ) will relocate its plant , or switch manufacturing to other plants , and the local/regional authority will be powerless to intervene .
15	In the case of the large professional partnership , Fama and Jensen argue that the shareholders in such a firm have enough knowledge about its activities to be able to protect their interests , without either the need to all be on the board , or to have recourse to external representatives .
16	The Department of the Environment has become involved in discussions as to whether a local authority was entitled to specify that a contractor for refuse collection must hire council vehicles , or to refuse permission to outside tenderers to use a council depot ( Hughes 1989:20 ) .
17	The unfortunate result is that farmers , angered by the attitude of the careless few , block footpaths or refuse access to such places as the dry valley of Gordale Beck to the many considerate walkers who respect not only the countryside but also the problems of the working community who for centuries have fought to make a living from the land .
18	In 1979 Mrs. Nancy O'Donnell also retired , having been for 23 years an indispensable part of School life — catering for numbers large or small , brewing tea and coffee , selling biscuits outside Room 18 , applying plasters to wounded knees or offering sympathy to wounded spirits .
19	Occasionally it will be necessary to decide to refuse or delay access to certain items of information .
20	The current division of powers between the central Board of Education and the 32 local boards encourages buck-passing ( problems can always be blamed on somebody else ) without either reducing bureaucracy ( the central board still employs almost 4,000 people ) or devolving power to individual schools .
21	When first developed in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries , it was designed — so it could be argued — to neutralize music 's potential political power , bracket off its critical threat in a ‘ utopian ’ enclave and confine negation to individual statement .
22	Increasing calls from both sides to end domestic feuding and make resistance to Japanese encroachments a priority were resisted by Chiang until 1936 , when he was kidnapped and briefly detained by Chinese troops from Manchuria in Xian .
23	Similarly , in the second case the defendant company in the national litigation had transferred its cargo loading and unloading business to another company , but the plaintiff employees refused to transfer to the new employers and were dismissed by the transferor .
24	In its various forms it could be used to finance private roads , regulate traffic on the M25 and bring order to inner-city roads .
25	They are blessed with good humour and bring luck to mortal miners by knocking at spots behind the seam faces where rich ore lodes may be found .
26	Where educational institutions work in partnership with other bodies , they add to the vitality of the region and bring energy to economic regeneration .
27	The major question , which can not be answered until treatment has been attempted , is whether success would only result in preserving what function remains or whether the epithelial cells could reconstitute and resore function to damaged areas of the lung and gut .
28	The courts , therefore , recognise as law and accord primacy to those measures which Parliament passes as Acts .
29	The second group has shorter seed longevity and rarer seeding , germination in the open in some or in the shade in others , trees living for 100–300 years and producing light to dark woods of medium weight .
30	Unisys has set in place its Colleagues developers programme , offering development and porting support to independent software vendors , plans to begin software distribution via compact disks during the second quarter , and will introduce network licensing software from Gradient Technologies Inc .