Example sentences of "[adj] and [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The State Council gave the armed groups an ultimatum to lay down their arms by March 30 and to open transport routes . |
| 2 | That homework should last approximately half an hour or whatever it consists of , erm reading , written work , finishing off drawing research whatever that homework should be handed in the next day , form teachers to remind classes of this and to co-ordinate delivery of the books , papers etcetera to the member of teaching staff and that the non production of homework is to be the concern of the member of of teaching staff and not the form teacher , although regular non producers will be the concern of us all . |
| 3 | A Central Management Committee was set up for the Government legal service and , as senior Government lawyer , it fell to Ware to be chairman of this and to become head of the parallel Legal Career Service . |
| 4 | Replacing the battery is n't difficult , although it is fiddly and to accomplish this and to gain access to the truss rod a circular plate on the back of the guitar has to be removed . |
| 5 | Right , halyards on the J/44 are best hauled just abaft the mast to keep the cockpit clear and to keep crew weight in the middle of the boat . |
| 6 | The well-drained , alkaline soil at Snowshill is greatly improved by the addition of compost , which helps both to keep the worm population high and to increase nutrient levels . |
| 7 | We have a range of initiatives which are designed to promote owner-occupation and to widen choice for tenants . |
| 8 | The 1983 Finance Act , however , permitted societies to issue certificates of deposit ( CDs ) for sums in excess of 50,000 and to pay interest gross on these as well as on time deposits of over 50,000 . |
| 9 | [ At a meeting of EC immigration ministers on June 13-14 Denmark announced that it had signed the convention , which was designed to deal with difficulties resulting from asylum seekers moving from one EC country to another and to give asylum seekers a guarantee that their application would be examined by one member country . |
| 10 | In my view the challenge to us all is to find adoptive families for those children for whom this is appropriate and to offer security to those new families and children for whom adoption is not appropriate , and to convince them . |
| 11 | Whichever way round it is , the task , complicated by the anthropologist 's limited mastery of the vernacular , is apt to be taxing and to require tact and patience of a high order . |
| 12 | The committee agreed to allow the developer to increase the number of homes from 44 to 47 and to change house types on ten plots . |
| 13 | It involves an act of imagination to see one 's society and culture through the eyes , as it were , of someone from a different culture , to whom the normal ways of living and acting in Western societies appear odd and to demand explanation . |
| 14 | It urged civil servants to be as helpful as possible and to withhold information only in the interests of national security and ‘ good government ’ . |
| 15 | It is necessary to find a way of transition as quickly as possible and to take action . |
| 16 | Although acquisition assistance may be less structured than normal corporate finance ( ie special ) work , it is important to impose a structure as early as possible and to maintain working papers in accordance with that structure . |
| 17 | During the city 's siege by Serbs , these people had a cause : to stay alive and to find food . |
| 18 | Congress , the C E C has asked me to accept motion three one four and composite eighteen to refer motions three one six and three one eight and to accept motion three one nine . |
| 19 | Colleagues the C E C is asking you to accept motion three one four and composite eighteen to refer motion three one six and three one eight and to accept motion three one nine . |
| 20 | As Mr Jarvis observed ‘ The old days of teachers being trusted to be professional and to show commitment have gone . ’ |
| 21 | And if you actually look at this paper , there 's quite a bit at the end of the day that the local authority will need to do , and I think we need to underline that and to get money . |
| 22 | The local police had told the sergeant that Marek cycled to school every morning to keep fit and to save money . |
| 23 | Most trainees will be emphatic about their ability to be impartial , unprejudiced , empathetic and to keep confidentiality , but a few hard-hitting video scenes can catch even the most ‘ broadminded ’ trainee off guard . |
| 24 | Now life 's full of challenges , the business person on this world , is challenge to work hard and to make wealth . |
| 25 | This is intended to remove confusion about what constitutes organic and to stop abuse of the word . |
| 26 | Property and other social relations are both enabling and constraining people 's instincts to be self-determined and to protect self and kin . |
| 27 | But they need to be reassured that in all countries results from research tend to be indirect and to take time before they come to fruition . |
| 28 | After several months ' work , during which time they lived in a caravan parked on the site , the owners , Mr and Mrs Bates were able to move into the future garage area of the building in August 1984 and to continue work on the upper-floor accommodation under the shelter of the reslated roof . |
| 29 | The surface is not subdivided in any way : cyclists are expected to keep to the left and to have consideration for walkers . |
| 30 | The Declaration of Rome signed by both sides at the conclusion of talks stressed the need for regular meetings at ministerial level to guarantee closer political contacts and in particular to establish mechanisms to control drug-trafficking and to combat terrorism . |