Example sentences of "[coord] [to-vb] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , the lack of precision and the subtlety of the overall vision of the city development strategy , as Holford outlined , was not all that easy to articulate either , or to communicate to others with conviction ( Cherry and Penny , 1986 ) . |
| 2 | In view of the importance of the stipulation to pay 75 per cent of the price , and the failure of the defenders to pay or to respond to demands for payment , the pursuers were entitled to infer that the defenders did not intend to fulfil their obligations and pursuers were entitled to rescind . |
| 3 | In any event , the education welfare service is frequently too busy and inadequately staffed to exercise the kind of supervision which enables the causes of truancy to be explored fully ( nor to work with schools in order to develop links with parents , as advocated by the Better Schools White Paper in 1985 ) . |
| 4 | Members of the House of Lords appear on the Electoral Register for local and European electoral purposes only : they are allowed neither to vote in parliamentary elections nor to serve as Members of Parliament . |
| 5 | Educational establishments , through partnerships need to research into supportive evaluative procedures , to simplify lines of accountability and to attend to issues of quality in education . |
| 6 | This afforded the opportunity for him both to become familiar with other music , and to come to grips with concerto movement forms unhampered by the need to create the thematic and harmonic material as well . |
| 7 | You would be expected to provide the committee with legal advice and to rule on matters of procedure in accordance with the authority 's standing orders . |
| 8 | In order to preserve confidence in the appraisal and promotion system , the management role and to guard against accusations of favouritism , you will not normally work in the same reporting line as a relative or someone with whom you have a close personal relationship . |
| 9 | For these to be useful to schools , teachers need to find economical ways of distinguishing authorised from unauthorised absence , of distinguishing ‘ real ’ from condoned absence and to look for patterns of absence taking actual pupils as the starting point rather than a more generalised attendance rate . |
| 10 | and to deal with problems of substance abuse , unemployment , illiteracy , rather than things which are fashionable and to my mind highly like opera and the ballet which is n't to say that I do n't love them both , but I think that you have to have a sense of complete reality about the social issues . |
| 11 | This allows the Registry to meet requests from student societies for lists and labels in support of membership activities , and to respond to requests from project students for assistance with questionnaire sampling and distribution . |
| 12 | The holistic approach of phrenology taught them to look at the body-mind dichotomy and to think in terms of prevention rather than quick cures that were often spurious . |
| 13 | Much better as women to put our energies elsewhere and to think in terms of guerilla action — to redistribute resources to women wherever possible ; to asset-strip men 's buildings of their space and facilities and resources on behalf of women ; to expose male hypocrisy , corruption and oppression wherever it appears ; to reserve loyalty for principles and for women not for institutions ; and to concentrate on the subversion of men 's ideas about themselves and about women by behaving badly and with irreverence to their rules . |
| 14 | Banks were able to bid aggressively for wholesale deposits and to take in funds in return for the issue of certificates of deposit . |
| 15 | To be aware of how our past can affect our present and to pray with others for healing can be vital . |
| 16 | Scientists themselves have always been able to work in laboratories during the week , and to pray in places of worship at the week-end , by accepting the separation of the domains . |
| 17 | He moved to Birmingham for his early clinical experience and to research on aspects of hypertension in diabetes which formed his MD thesis . |
| 18 | Their intention is not to drink , but to dance for hours on end . |