Example sentences of "and the [noun sg] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to academic qualifications they will expect you to demonstrate that you have the intelligence to understand the demands of their businesses , the fluency to communicate ideas to others and the flexibility to develop other people 's ideas . |
| 2 | Public authorities have the right and the obligation to issue proportionate punishment including the death penalty . ’ |
| 3 | After further discussion it was agreed that , due to the complexities of the regulations surrounding financial transactions , and the obligation to make regular returns to the headquarters about financial matters , investigation of the FI category seemed to offer the most potential for improvement . |
| 4 | Since adherents of this first school regard college as primarily an intellectual training ground , they stress the inherent educational value of such subjects as classical languages ( Greek and Latin ) , political philosophy or English literature , all of which encourage the development of sensitivity , subtle and flexible reasoning , intellectual ingenuity and the willingness to see all sides of an argument . |
| 5 | This was backed by developments in selling techniques , the growing use of computer equipment to improve efficiency , and the willingness to explore new business opportunities . |
| 6 | But its flexibility depends upon the levels of aggregation adopted and the willingness to provide different views of the same information . |
| 7 | In addition to the above rights , and those which the tenant would be advised to require as a result of the nature of the premises and the centre to cover such matters as access , stairs and passages , lifts , sanitary facilities and car parking , the tenant should also consider amending the lease to include the following right : |
| 8 | . We have actually erm got a number of leaflets and brochures on play equipment but erm as was mentioned at the last meeting I was going to get together with David and the clerk to discuss future plans for play equipment but we have n't actually had a meeting yet cos we 're still getting information from various reps and playground equipment companies and erm we 'll leave that item for now . |
| 9 | There were occasional episodes during Desert Storm in which — as in many wars — Allied forces were fired upon by their fellows , arousing an understandable combination of dismay and the concern to avoid any repetition . |
| 10 | In conclusion I believe it is in the best interests of the Council and the public to notify individual Bandings as part of the canvas exercise . |
| 11 | A parallel is drawn between the direction of a Japanese company 's collective effort against outside competitors , and the ability to mobilize national effort . |
| 12 | These Acts extended the powers of secondary picketing and the ability to negotiate closed shop agreements , and limited the grounds on which individuals could refuse to join a trade union . |
| 13 | Level IV demands specialist or technical expertise and the ability to undertake professional work : |
| 14 | And the ability to open several applications at once can confuse the inexperienced . |
| 15 | Hence workers in plants using the most advanced technology have both the awareness and the ability to mount revolutionary demands , and , moreover , suggests Mallet , their activities will act as a model and inspiration for the wider working class . |
| 16 | Another utility , Shell , is an improved version of the File Manager , with more use of icons , and the ability to design composite filters for selecting the files that you view , such as after a certain date , as well as starting with B or with an extension of . |
| 17 | As might be expected , it is the possibility of this absolute otherness , and the ability to excise all violence in the relation with it , which Derrida questions in the first of his discussions of Levinas . |
| 18 | Peter Davenport ( striker ) : The ex-England international striker has loads of experience , and the ability to score cracking goals , as he proved in the derby game against Middlesbrough . |
| 19 | Here it is pointed out that there is a difference between knowledge of language and the ability to access that knowledge effectively in different contexts of use . |
| 20 | The contrast between work experience schemes and informal work experience lies in the fact that the latter is taken by employers as evidence of initiative , an interest in earning money and the ability to sustain regular work discipline ( getting up early , etc . ) . |
| 21 | The aim of the examination is to test high-level ability to understand , write and variously process the general and special varieties of English used in business , and the ability to use appropriate formats ( and , in the case of candidates whose mother tongue is not English , to confirm a parallel ability to speak English at an equivalent level ) . |
| 22 | You lose 18 inches of height , and the ability to use small footholds . |
| 23 | • Your role as a mother involves patience , tolerance , sensitivity to the needs of others and the ability to put other people first . |
| 24 | Working as a team we will have the skills to draw up relevant programmes for individual children and the ability to keep these programmes regularly updated . |
| 25 | A flexible approach and the ability to master new techniques quickly is essential and research experience would be an advantage . |
| 26 | As we will see , the ability to explain consists of both cognitive and linguistic components : the ability to understand a phenomenon ; and the ability to communicate this understanding to others , usually , but not always , by using terms such as because and so . |
| 27 | The confidence that often comes with maturity can help us to voice our sexual preferences to our partners in a way which we may have been inhibited about in the past , and the ability to communicate sexual needs gives a good foundation for a satisfying relationship . |
| 28 | We increased the amount and introduced the automaticity principle — the lack of need to make a claim — and the ability to forecast cold weather in advance and the ability to pay in advance . |
| 29 | Sequent believes the long term success of NT hinges on its support for client/server protocols and the ability to bring personal computer users on to the network . |
| 30 | They 'll also get more local capability to off-load host processing , including a new Motif-run VT320 emulator , a local host chooser client , a local command shell and the ability to run local processes and display them on remote X displays . |