Example sentences of "[noun] to achieve " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words designers at DEC may have been able to make some process concessions to achieve a record clock rate that might not be appropriate for other architectures . |
| 2 | The claim is sometimes made that the capacity of British industry to achieve higher absolute levels of investment has been weakened by declining rates of profit [ Flemming et al. , 1976 ] . |
| 3 | I was pleased to be invited to contribute a foreword for this new journal on technology transfer , not least because its title — Competitive Edge — so aptly sums up what we all want British industry to achieve . |
| 4 | Both individually and collectively we are given many opportunities to achieve that part of the Association 's Dedication that announces ‘ We shall remember them . ’ |
| 5 | Ibrahim Bu Shanna , reaching maturity at a propitious time , had opportunities to achieve success in trade denied to his elder brother , who grew up during the war : the elder brother was a gardener , who lived subordinate in every way except the symbolic to Ibrahim , a successful wholesaler . |
| 6 | In anomie theory the impetus that pushes people into crime is that the ambitions for status and pecuniary success that they share with everyone else are thwarted by the restrictions on the opportunities to achieve them that result from low socio-economic status . |
| 7 | Traditionally , war had given men opportunities to achieve honour through individual acts of valour and courage . |
| 8 | Those students who fail to achieve some or all of the Compact goals during the fourth and fifth years , but who remain in education , may take advantage of further opportunities to achieve Compact goals . |
| 9 | Sport provides ideal opportunities to achieve these aims , and The Royal Bank of Scotland is a well-established supporter of a wide range of sporting activities at both senior and youth level . |
| 10 | Opportunities to achieve better or more cost-effective removal of contaminants from the aqueous waste due to the higher initial concentrations . |
| 11 | Apart from the victims are the accomplices , who — knowingly or unknowingly — help the hypocrite to achieve his goals . |
| 12 | In 1989-90 , Pipe utilised 149 horses to win those 224 races ; last season 179 horses were pressed into action to achieve the record . |
| 13 | It is here that techniques of various kinds are put into action to achieve practical learning outcomes . |
| 14 | What themes emerged in public argument against the slave trade and how do they relate to the basic concern with good order and the imperative of action to achieve it ? |
| 15 | In addition to the need for political action to achieve output , the most important role of politics is to introduce change ; to break into the rationality of the structure and introduce new ways of doing things . |
| 16 | We want the troops out — the point is how are we going to enter into some kind of united action to achieve that . |
| 17 | It follows that is not an objective number generated by considerations of overall balance in the labour market : its value turns critically on the political preferences of governments which are supposed to be in a position to define for themselves what unemployment rate will correspond to full employment and to be capable of action to achieve their newly defined objective . |
| 18 | A more adventurous statesman , or one less determined to hang on to power , might have acted more quickly or taken more radical steps to achieve the same goal . |
| 19 | Perhaps during social education discussions in schools , more emphasis could be put on the importance of considering the long-term supportiveness of a potential marriage partner , of thinking through one 's aspirations for work and children and taking positive steps to achieve one 's hopes rather than letting things ‘ just happen ’ . |
| 20 | The present procedure is in my opinion insufficient in these respects to achieve justice , and there is nothing in what I propose which would frustrate the apparent purpose of the legislation . |
| 21 | Pitted against it were the great princes , some with ambition to achieve political and legal independence of the crown . |
| 22 | Subjectivity and the need to forge a personal identity are aligned with an awareness of cultural context and an overriding ambition to achieve . |
| 23 | Many of the characteristics of the white colonialist sprang to life , from a crazy ambition to achieve what I wanted — success and applause . |
| 24 | We will reform corporation tax and the taxation of savings to achieve even treatment for different forms of savings . |
| 25 | These tactics are also used a great deal to achieve the user 's disguised objective . |
| 26 | The sight of the European Community 's civilised , like-minded nations bickering on about the pros and cons of more joint government , with ethnic war on their doorstep and a great deal to achieve across a newly opened continent , would seem absurd to any visiting Gulliver . |
| 27 | Any failure of the new deal to achieve its aspirations will be a failure not only of local management but of the management executive in not exercising effective and comprehensive data collection , monitoring , and implementation procedures . |
| 28 | A procedure can be viewed in systems terms , ie transforming inputs to outputs to achieve a desired end ( Fig 13.1 ) . |
| 29 | They should also offer easy ways to create clip-art images , ready-made shapes and symbols ; and let you edit and manipulate images to achieve something visually exciting . |
| 30 | The centre has implemented a policy which is non-discriminatory in terms of access to its provision and which ensures equal opportunities for all candidates to achieve awards . |