Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] [coord] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I believe it 's the intention of the authorities to try and do some very detailed work over the coming months , then armed with that detailed assessment and hopefully armed with your recommendations they may aim to be pr proceed to the modification step of the structure plan in a way that which will lead to a speedy conclusion .
2 From 1899 , the intention of the clergy to assume and maintain absolute control of their schools led a number of them to refuse to appoint members of the Irish National Teachers ' Organization so as to avoid trade union interference .
3 But , given formal records management input , particularly to the list server and news group elements , and the matching input from the technologists to save and migrate those records , then archivists and historians could be entering a golden age .
4 The role of dreaming in all this was to provide a channel of communication for the gods to inform and warn those few mortals sufficiently significant to attract their attention , at critical moments in their lives .
5 Each option contract consists of the rights to buy or sell 1,000 of the underlying shares .
6 ‘ To those who compare Wokingham and Tredegar as if condemning Wokingham for daring to succeed , I say I want Tredegar and the valleys to understand and share more of Wokingham 's success . ’
7 Nevertheless , the possibility remains that , as Wallace argued , many of the sex differences in plumage and coloration ascribed by Darwin to the action of female choice may have evolved because they help the sexes to recognize or locate each other or because they improve male success in competitive interactions .
8 The PACE enables the police to stop and search any person whom they reasonably suspect of possessing stolen goods , an offensive weapon or items to be used in connection with a burglary or theft .
9 The revelation of such information could jeopardize sensitive investigations essential to the nation 's security , could place at risk the lives of those who had come forward with their suspicions to the police and could undermine the efforts of the police to prevent or detect serious crime .
10 We encouraged the women to notice and record these bulimic thoughts in a ‘ thought-diary ’ .
11 Here is a vision for the think-tanks to ponder and put some flesh on .
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