Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perceived discrepancy between behaviour and standard triggers change designed to reduce such discrepancy . |
| 2 | The language that has developed to express these ideas is becoming increasingly more difficult for those outside the immediate discussion to understand . |
| 3 | This approach emphasises that abuse is rare simply because the idea of a fiduciary relationship ( a relationship where there is a special duty of trust and care ) , and the consequent fiduciary law that has developed to protect this sort of relationship , would neither have evolved nor survived until today . |
| 4 | A law of international organisations has developed to make effective the actions of international organisations , and has displaced the classic rule of treaties and third parties in this context . |
| 5 | Parliament has intervened to give special protection to press reports of statements made on significant public occasions , and there are hints — no more — that in certain cases the courts may be prepared to extend protection of qualified privilege to media investigations of major public scandals . |
| 6 | The Committee is sensitive to the concerns of local residents about the disruption they experience when major events take place at the stadium , and has undertaken to pursue all possible steps to maximise the use of public transport to take crowds to and from matches . |
| 7 | John Alderdice , the Alliance leader , today said : ‘ It should be possible for the Government to bring forward the propositions which Sir Patrick has undertaken to make available to us and start bilateral talks . |
| 8 | Perhaps the one piece of good news is that ‘ Kent R Allen , chief financial officer of the company , has resigned to pursue other interests ’ : put most diplomatically . |
| 9 | In Johannesburg , in South Africa , the white-run council has voted to allow all races to live together in the city . |
| 10 | A meeting of the Chinese State Council has voted to impose severe measures on those who destroy wildlife . |
| 11 | Britain 's biggest teaching union , the NUT , has voted to boycott this year 's new curriculum schools tests . |
| 12 | " Dr McNab has omitted to mention certain post mortem appearances which refute his view of cholera and support mine , " cried Dr Dunstaple waving his arms violently in his excitement and making thrusting gestures as if about to spear a particularly fine pig . |
| 13 | Strangely , in writing off pop programmes as a lost cause , British TV seems to have ignored the example of MTV , which has come to define that genre across much of the world . |
| 14 | The voyage of HMS Beagle has come to eclipse those of the series of scientific voyages to which it belonged , because of the eminence of its naturalist-passenger . |
| 15 | It is , however , suggested that where a new basis for constitutionality has come to enjoy universal acknowledgment or sufficiently widespread acquiescence , the judge 's obligation to uphold the law points in the direction of endorsing charge rather than blindly ignoring it . |
| 16 | This modern view has come about not as a result of any further substantial constitutional developments — perhaps strangely , or perhaps significantly , the issue has never been seriously tested — rather , it has come to enjoy widespread , although not universal acquiescence largely because Dicey ( following Stephen and an equivocating Blackstone ) posited it as a central feature of the English constitution and because it has a deceptively simple logical appeal . |
| 17 | The importance of ensuring a high turnout amongst E C nationals surely warrants something more than the complacency and drift that has come to characterise this government 's whole policy towards the European community . |
| 18 | The time has come to kick fast food . |
| 19 | ‘ I think the time has come to call this assignment over , ’ she said quietly . |
| 20 | Perhaps also the time has come to abandon content free systems and move towards the development of a knowledge-based program , using grid method but specifically designed to enhance the perception and appreciation of art . |
| 21 | But with the glorification of competition by capitalism it has come to seem natural to think of ourselves as fundamentally egoistic . |
| 22 | But , besides the fact that the details of his method can not be read into many of the advances made in the sciences , his promise of certainty has come to seem inappropriate . |
| 23 | Officials said he would have the same message for all — the time has come to revive direct Arab-Israeli negotiations . |
| 24 | Yes , the chicken and egg syndrome is interesting because and I agree it is a viscious circle , but in fact you do n't make new omelettes unless you do break some eggs , and I think the time has come to break some eggs and I think that 's what I 'm advocating is that it will come from the teacher because the teacher is the guiding light of what happens in the classroom , and if the teacher has it in the back of their mind there will be no science , then there will be no science . |
| 25 | Yes , the chicken and egg syndrome is interesting because and I agree it is a vicious circle , but in fact you do n't make new omelettes unless you do break some eggs , and I think the time has come to break some eggs and I think that 's what I 'm advocating is that it will come from the teacher because the teacher is the guiding light of what happens in the classroom , and if the teacher has it in the back of their mind there will be no science , then there will be no science . |
| 26 | When the doctor confirms that it is important to provide care , or when too much anxiety is felt in leaving an elderly person alone , the time has come to consider alternative options . |
| 27 | And I think the time has come to consider extra reward financially for your loyalty . |
| 28 | Art Deco has come to mean brilliant colours , curved upholstery and angular , geometric designs . |
| 29 | It was not even ‘ love of life ’ — that is more like it , but the phrase has come to mean many things that could ( happily ) not be predicated of her . |
| 30 | The problem is that just like the ‘ moral treatments ’ of the nineteenth century , normalization has come to mean different things to different people , and professionals who have espoused the concept of ‘ normalization ’ often proselytize their views with a religious fervour which , though often motivating to fellow staff , can be alienating to those who are unfamiliar with the concept . |