Example sentences of "[verb] to [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had already been given an operation for biliary atresia which is designed to unblock or bypass the blockage leaving scar tissue which is more likely to bleed . |
| 2 | Everything the young baby does is designed to interest and attract the attention of others , especially those who are in closest proximity . |
| 3 | Each article was designed to interest and entertain both the serious reader and the ‘ dip in ’ readers . |
| 4 | Dick Cracknell moved to left-half and Hamilton came in at centre-half for a the stern test against the 1st Division side . |
| 5 | Ali Hassan Diria was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs , exchanging portfolios with Benjamin Mkapa , who thus moved to Information and Broadcasting . |
| 6 | Secretary for Mobilization and Social Welfare Huudu Yahaya moved to Trade and Tourism , to be replaced by his former deputy , D. S. Boateng . |
| 7 | They repeated the experiment and obtained variable able results : often the ethylene decomposed to carbon and hydrogen . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , despite all the necessary caveats regarding Nizan 's possible disenchantment with the reality of the Soviet experiment , and the difficulty he experienced in making the transition from sectarian to popular front tactics , Nizan remained fully committed to communism and the PCF between 1935 and 1939 . |
| 9 | Given the substantial resource committed to education and the consistent government policy of the last 10 years of shifting the balance of power from local authorities to individuals , this is not in any way surprising . |
| 10 | I believe there needs to be research into the development of hybrid organisations committed to education and training , yet distinct from the present notion of the school . |
| 11 | Many people found this a strange attitude from a government committed to law and order . |
| 12 | It is truly amazing that in a civilized country with a government staunchly committed to law and order , or so they say , that the tax payer , you Mr President , you fellow delegates , me , and my members , our members , are left to pick up a bill amounting to millions of pounds as a result of actions by certain employers , which are , without doubt , criminal , but not against the law . |
| 13 | Here he finds organizations like the Liberty and property Defence League ( LPDL ) and The British Constitutional Association ( BCA ) , and individuals like Lord Wemyss , Herbert Spencer , A. V. Dicey , and Ernest Benn , all committed to individualism and all found supporting the political right . |
| 14 | A specially prepared Project Focus type folder telling the story of a project or organisation we are committed to funding and stating what £1,000 will pay for . |
| 15 | Those committed to self-report and victimization surveys do not start off asking the most important question of all : ‘ what is serious crime ? ’ |
| 16 | All countries that are committed to non-proliferation and all the signatories to the treaty must be prepared both for greater resources to go into the inspection process and to submit to greater surveillance . |
| 17 | As Coote himself protested , both men were privately committed to legislation but believed they could not involve the government on the issue . |
| 18 | As the cooperative movement expanded , so would widen the net of an electorate committed to cooperation or , in the absence of cooperative candidates , to Labour . |
| 19 | Instead , the experience of nationalization under a government committed to free-marketism and opposed to subsidies , has been one of restructuring and run-down . |
| 20 | WITH the Mantes operation committed to specialist and innovative products , it made sense to move the OPP pilot line to France from Bridgwater in the UK . |
| 21 | In an arena where music is married to a mixing desk , committed to computer and performed through basic PAs , Whyte still toil with bass and drums . |
| 22 | In some ways most striking of all , the perception of the Soviet Union as a closed , aggressive society had been largely replaced by one of a changing and liberalising system genuinely committed to peace and headed by a dynamic , Kennedyesque leader and his personable wife . |
| 23 | He was trusted , according to opinion polls , rather more in Western Europe than his American counterpart , and the regime he headed was seen as more seriously committed to peace and disarmament . |
| 24 | We would finally like to assure our friends that we , Palestinian women are committed to peace and our acceptance of a Palestinian state proves beyond doubt our sincere intentions in achieving peace . |
| 25 | Milton Keynes is committed to recycling and spent five million pounds on this recycling plant opening in November . |
| 26 | SmithKline Beecham is a world-leading , research-based pharmaceuticals company committed to innovation and standards of excellence in all that is does . |
| 27 | Kriel described the force as being committed to impartiality but warned that it would " never be crippled to the point where the SAP is scared to act against unrest " . |
| 28 | Basically he said that although Sun and SunSoft are committed to Unix and Sparc if the ground shifts under them and the market moves to different hardware or software they 'll make the business decision to cut bait . |
| 29 | Jack Jones himself remained poised , perhaps torn , between his traditional stance as a union negotiator committed to autonomy and his wider view of the need to recast an adversarial industrial-relations system . |
| 30 | The left coalition appears more committed to moderation and compromise , yet it is unlikely to be rewarded with the electorate 's gratitude . |