Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The success of policies designed to develop this sector of the economy depends in large part on the knowledge and awareness policy makers and the small businesses have of one another . |
| 2 | They challenge two assumptions commonly made , either implicitly or explicitly , in conventional organisation theory : ( a ) that an institution adopts that form of organisation which best fits its technology , environment , and other contingent factors , the ‘ best fit ’ being in terms of that organisation structure most suited to co-ordinating the tasks performed by members of that institution ; ( b ) that members of the institution have entered freely into a contract with that institution to provide a service to that institution in return for reward , and that they accept as legitimate both the institutional goals and the means of co-ordination used to achieve those goals ( rational/legal authority ) . |
| 3 | Secondly , as the war became less lucrative ( with fewer expeditions into enemy territory ) and the needs of defence came to dominate military activity , so the glamour of war which had undoubtedly existed both in the previous century and under Henry V , began to diminish . |
| 4 | I propose simply to map out broad characteristics , though the analytical language of contrast tends to suggest categorical qualities which are unintended . |
| 5 | The seller will of course wish to restrict these conditions as far as possible and sometimes the conditions are restricted to events which fundamentally affect the business or value of the offeree and which can not be adequately compensated by an offer of financial or other compensation which the seller may be prepared to make . |
| 6 | I of course has to invent this ceremony and I did it in Latin as they do at Oxford |
| 7 | Indeed , it is ironic that the case of McCann was itself one of a series of cases intended to reduce sentencing levels on the part of lower courts . |
| 8 | The Labour governments of 1964 and 1966 expanded the scope of regional policy , both as regards the areas covered , the number of programmes designed to promote regional policy and the administrative machinery needed to implement it . |
| 9 | One further point of possible confusion : because venture capital from investors looking for capital gains is not available to co-operatives , they are likely to find it more difficult to raise the larger sums of money needed to start capital-intensive projects . |
| 10 | The point at issue is that both sets of disciplines tend to have different conceptions about the domain and status of proof in the pursuit of knowledge . |
| 11 | Detailed observation of the hand-made containers used in a South Asian village reveals a wide variety of forms designed to serve identical purposes , and a very loose relationship between form and fitness for function ( Miller 1985 : 51–74 ) . |
| 12 | Georgia 's President Zviad Gamsakhurdia continued to warn of the prospect of Gorbachev attempting to impose presidential rule , and he told the Georgian Supreme Soviet on Feb. 27 that he believed that Gorbachev was preparing to detach South Ossetia and the other troubled enclave of Abkhazia from Georgia if the republic persisted in refusing to sign the new Union Treaty . |
| 13 | A draft code of guidance designed to make public inquiries quicker , more efficient and cheaper has been issued by the Secretary of State for Scotland . |
| 14 | The list of parties needs to identify direct lines and home numbers and fax numbers and addresses as appropriate . |
| 15 | This line of reasoning appeared to excite more criticism abroad than it did in France . |
| 16 | Ironically , in the same way that the denial of the risk of harm associated with a possible preventive measure undermines the basis for performing a randomised trial designed to investigate the efficacy of that measure , the exaggeration of the risk of harm tends to undermine public health measures designed to introduce the preventive measure if it is shown to be effective . |
| 17 | One important finding is that people differ in the number of repetitions needed to establish this kind of learning . |
| 18 | Another factor considered in the Course Design was the introduction of units designed to meet local requirements and enhance the student 's career opportunities , eg Management Orientation , and Quality Control and Reliability . |
| 19 | The range of tactics used to keep catholic nationalists subordinate was quite comprehensive . |
| 20 | It should , however , be mentioned that the number of sessions needed to achieve adequate dilatation was significantly higher in the corrosive group . |
| 21 | Sixty per cent of secretaries want to develop another career but only 15 per cent feel opportunities exist . |
| 22 | The use of quantification in studies of crime tends to obscure this diversity . |
| 23 | Not only were heads of department required to produce departmental appraisals but other staff had to contribute towards pastoral and other sections of the report . |
| 24 | A third type of disruption helps to conceal particular parts of the body . |
| 25 | Do the assumptions of heads have to attach less weight than might be reasonable to , for instance , a colleague 's attitude of reluctance ? |
| 26 | Researchers without very much thought , continually try to manipulate non-experimental data so as to approximate as closely as possible to the kind of experiment held to epitomise natural science . |
| 27 | There is a straightforward relationship between the resolution of a particular type of screen and the amount of data need to support that resolution . |
| 28 | This programme of study begins to introduce young children to the concept of " the Past " . |
| 29 | While Poulantzas allows that the sort of research designed to sustain this view has some limited use 's he first of all objects that it does not bear out the factual claim that government officials and leading capitalists belong to an identifiable group . |
| 30 | Richard Hansard was then one of a group of northerners sent to restore royal authority in Hampshire . |