Example sentences of "continues [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The City continues to treat the Royal Yacht , Britannia , as its own . |
| 2 | The Energy Efficiency Office in my Department continues to promote the wider use of the technology under its best practice programme . |
| 3 | So Iran continues to uphold the territorial integrity of its old enemy at the same time as bombing it . |
| 4 | It is the marker of ‘ force ’ and hence continues to sustain the continuing paradox of ‘ police force — police service ’ which remains unresolved , on which I will say more later in relation to the role of women police officers . |
| 5 | The Greek-Cypriot administration continues to observe the 1960 Constitution , although provisions for the participation in government of Turkish-Cypriots are in abeyance . |
| 6 | Strangely enough , it is the selfless focus on sex which continues to provide the ultimate satisfaction in a pure and simple way even after thirty , forty and fifty years of marriage , while the self-centred focus not only fails to produce what it promises but often leaves the participants in bondage . |
| 7 | The successful Management Training Scheme continues to provide the main source of management recruitment . |
| 8 | ‘ Our computerised systems have definitely played a big part in the fact that our guests keep on returning to Hallery House ; the hotel continues to provide the same level of efficient , friendly service ( whether or not we are there in person ourselves ) at all times . |
| 9 | The Plan warns , however , that the inflation rate of book and manuscript prices continues to outpace the general rate of inflation and this year 's increase in Purchase Grant . |
| 10 | But this does not explain the state 's overall function , ; for even when it is controlled by officials drawn from other classes , it continues to serve the political interest of the hegemonic fraction . |
| 11 | It is possible to see faint remnants of the city/ savage confrontation in the later plays , and Carol Smith continues to track the ritual elements in these , but the feeling in them seems to me increasingly one of whimsy and , eventually , gentle pastoral . |
| 12 | Shakespeare Fever continues to grip the entire region , with King Lear at the Unity ; Measure For Measure opening at Chester Gateway this Friday ; Twelfth Night at the Playhouse from November 17 , and a presentation of the Sonnets at the Unity on November 17 and 18 . |
| 13 | The S-class is a car of unique on-road presence and refinement that continues to define the luxury motoring experience . |
| 14 | In today 's intensely competitive and fast-moving world of brewing the ethic which continues to inspire the great brewery is the proven legacy of Arthur Guinness himself — the flexibility to change , no compromise on quality , and forward-looking entrepreneurship . |
| 15 | It is essential for our own peace and security that Russia continues to play the positive role on which President Gorbachev embarked and which President Yeltsin is set to continue and to develop . |
| 16 | Washington continues to challenge the scientific claim that global warming is in part caused by emissions of carbon dioxide . |
| 17 | The General Accounting Office continues to cover the Federal Government ; the FASB sets standards for non-governmental , non-profit organizations ; and the GASB deals with state and local government and governmental non-profit organizations . |
| 18 | Those policyholders without index-linked policies have had to frequently increase their sum insured so that it keeps pace with inflation and continues to cover the full cost of rebuilding their homes . |
| 19 | So whilst membership continues to grow the average donation has decreased … |
| 20 | News concerning the development in style took a little time to percolate through to the country ; a sculptor carving a resurrection scene on a 1707 headstone outside the south door of Uffington church , Oxfordshire , continues to depict the gable-lidded coffin . |
| 21 | In other words , Sartre 's attempt to combine Marxism with existentialist subjectivity can not resolve its difficulties through a shift from economism to history , for history implicitly continues to fulfil the same function anyway . |
| 22 | We will be tracing its pervasive effects below , firstly in relation to the largely untrammelled sentencing powers that have traditionally been enjoyed by the courts in England , and secondly in inhibiting policy initiatives that have sought to substitute an element of strategic planning for the policy vacuum that continues to characterize the English sentencing system . |
| 23 | Although it is the traditional culture which continues to manage the western world , Snow argued , only science can feed that world , create wealth , provide hope for the poor and the sick , and forge the essential links between intellect and practicality which make for a proper wisdom and awareness of moral and social issues . |
| 24 | Even if an officer is working on a pollution problem requiring repeated visits , he continues to do the unpredictable wherever possible to provide the polluter with few opportunities to organize his activities so as to create a spurious impression that things are under control . |
| 25 | ‘ Sufficient maintenance and supervisory staff will be kept in place to ensure the plant continues to match the strict safety criteria currently in place . ’ |
| 26 | Newcastle continues to probe the abundant seams of its rich artistic past . |
| 27 | While society continues to idealize the two-parent family and regard it as the norm , there is a danger that remarriage will be seen as the solution to the individual and social problems associated with widowhood , marital separation and single parenthood . |
| 28 | Davenport continues to run the Royal Oak , while the other hotels are run by salaried managers , who report directly to him . |
| 29 | Keynesians-at least that branch of the family which continues to read the General Theory — will also be profoundly disturbed that the concept of full employment has become the object of unwelcome normative inroads . |
| 30 | As AIDS continues to spread the 80 per cent mortality rate underlines the need for a greater understanding of its root cause . |