Example sentences of "or [verb] [noun sg] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , some people define ‘ language ’ in such a way that only a system of intentional communication between conspecifics could count as language , and some regard abstract features such as syntactic structure or individuating reference to past events as necessary to ‘ language ’ . |
| 2 | The NHS could purchase services from the private sector in order to clear waiting lists for particular ailments or to obtain access to specialised equipment possibly not available in NHS hospitals . |
| 3 | In coming to a conclusion on whether these proposals should be called in for his determination , my right hon. Friend will consider the proposals in terms of whether they raise issues of national or regional significance or give rise to substantial controversy . |
| 4 | Frequently , however , they also highlight aspects or draw attention to important details that might otherwise be missed . |
| 5 | Wiring together the jaws of compulsive overeaters or performing surgical Operations to reduce the abdominal apron or reduce the length of the intestines , and hence reduce their capacity to absorb food , or inserting inflatable balloons through an endoscopic tube into the stomach , or performing liposuction to various parts of the body , all show no understanding of the primary spiritual nature Of addictive disease . |
| 6 | The central idea of ethnomethodology is that the orderliness of social life is not the result of people obeying social norms or giving way to social pressures , but rather that orderliness is attained by all those involved working to achieve it . |
| 7 | The other is that even if subsidiaries of large companies are attracted to a particular region , and the company decides to develop innovations in that location , there is always the possibility that the firm ( likely to be a multinational corporation ) will relocate its plant , or switch manufacturing to other plants , and the local/regional authority will be powerless to intervene . |
| 8 | In the case of the large professional partnership , Fama and Jensen argue that the shareholders in such a firm have enough knowledge about its activities to be able to protect their interests , without either the need to all be on the board , or to have recourse to external representatives . |
| 9 | The Department of the Environment has become involved in discussions as to whether a local authority was entitled to specify that a contractor for refuse collection must hire council vehicles , or to refuse permission to outside tenderers to use a council depot ( Hughes 1989:20 ) . |
| 10 | In 1979 Mrs. Nancy O'Donnell also retired , having been for 23 years an indispensable part of School life — catering for numbers large or small , brewing tea and coffee , selling biscuits outside Room 18 , applying plasters to wounded knees or offering sympathy to wounded spirits . |
| 11 | Occasionally it will be necessary to decide to refuse or delay access to certain items of information . |
| 12 | The current division of powers between the central Board of Education and the 32 local boards encourages buck-passing ( problems can always be blamed on somebody else ) without either reducing bureaucracy ( the central board still employs almost 4,000 people ) or devolving power to individual schools . |