Example sentences of "[adj] and [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | All the political parties have accepted the fact that social security has got to change we 're spending over a third of public spending on social security and each political party is reviewing it to find way of making it more effective and to make saving . |
| 32 | The Irish attitude , in contrast , tends to be traditional and to regard rugby as a pastime and an international tour mainly adding to the flavour . |
| 33 | In the US there is a general call for dentists to become more holistic and to see dentistry as an integral part of health rather than treating patients as walking sets of teeth . |
| 34 | Decisions The conference : Called on the next Labour government to introduce retirement for both women and men at 60 on full pension , with the option of early retirement at 55 and to take emergency steps to restore cuts in young people 's benefits . |
| 35 | Mr Close accused the ‘ hear no evil , see no evil ’ brigade of guilt through silence and urged the whole community to stand united and to reject terrorism from whatever quarter it came . |
| 36 | Secondly , if it is not the rules of the sentence that enable us to be meaningful and to perceive meaning , then what is it ? |
| 37 | To determine and monitor working practices of the staff for which he/she is responsible and to ensure compliance with all policies and procedures . |
| 38 | The aim of the project is to spread information on issues concerning the less well-developed countries , to make educational resources easily available and to bring development education into the local schools . |
| 39 | In anticipation of the meeting of the Agriculture Council , will my right hon. Friend re-commit the Government to the search for an equitable basis on which to reduce farm prices within the European Community and worldwide and to reduce trade barriers as well ? |
| 40 | ‘ With the increasing emphasis on health promotion and screening we need to be more critical and to regard intervention with the same rigour that we use to examine a new drug in a clinical trial , ’ he says . |
| 41 | This means that the buyer of one contract ( the long ) is expecting to receive 25,000 and to make payment for this in US dollars . |
| 42 | She also had to bow to pressure from colleagues and permit Cabinet discussion of economic strategy in 1982 and to abandon Cabinet discussion in September 1982 of the paper from the Central Policy Review staff about the implications of the rising trend of public expenditure and its proposals for curbing welfare spending ( see above p. 213 ) . |
| 43 | Hence , sociological analyses of race relations , crime and the treatment of offenders , poverty and the like have helped to bring ‘ hot ’ issues out into the open and to clarify understanding of these areas . |
| 44 | We have to try to make ourselves more efficient and to accept change , but there are certain things we should hang on to . |
| 45 | Thalidomide , as many will recall , is a drug that was put on the market in 1958 to calm the anxious and to overcome morning sickness in pregnant women . |
| 46 | An Energy Saving Plan published in April 1990 aimed to reduce brown coal consumption by over one-third and to equip power stations with anti-pollutant technology . |
| 47 | The measures were intended to increase government income by L5,050,000 million and to reduce expenditure by L6,700,000 million . |
| 48 | Animal studies have shown dioxins to be carcinogenic and to cause birth defects in rats at very high doses . |
| 49 | Congress the C E C are asking you to support motions two six five , two six six and two six eight , and composite motions five and seven and to support motion sixty four , two six four with a qualification . |
| 50 | Observers noted the existence of a group within the Jatiya Party reportedly in favour of early legislative elections , with the participation of opposition parties , in order to legitimize the Ershad regime after the alleged rigged elections of March 1988 and to present evidence to foreign aid donors of a committed return to democracy . |
| 51 | It is able to move on to the next stage of the action if the various relevant conditions have been satisfied and to produce documentation for court or reminders for the debt recovery unit personnel to enable them to progress matters beyond the next stage . |
| 52 | If a person is faced with prosecution , he is entitled to remain silent and to avoid cross-examination . |
| 53 | In the end , it is down to a person 's individual choice whether to be bad and to commit crime . |
| 54 | When we plant new churches we will do well to give careful attention to both and to make room for both . |
| 55 | It must be possible to write sections of text to external files without change to the original and to insert text from external sources at any desired position . |
| 56 | Many women have learnt to be wary and to offer trust slowly . |
| 57 | Mr Goria wants banks to give the group a discount on interest payments for 1989 and 1990 and to forgo interest for 1991 . |