Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Large political conflicts do take on informational overtones .
2 The EC customs union , however , was undoubtedly a major success and greater economic unity did have a beneficial social and political impact in Europe .
3 It may well be the case , however , that to some degree fear of political change does inhibit civil servants , so that in order to ensure continuity they will only promote policies which they judge both major parties will accept .
4 Chairman Roland Williams announced a competition for the best '40s-style stand to help broaden the interest of the event for a family day out and to attract people from outside the farming community .
5 Political immutables do mutate .
6 While you will find few Eastern European organisations listed there , conglomerates with a Eastern European presence do feature in the publication .
7 Sadly , the war years interrupted the programme , though a few short botanical notes did appear between 1939 and 1945 .
8 The labelling on the concentrated dip does include safety instructions .
9 ( At particular historical periods political ideology helped provide a unifying force for labour , instilling a sense of perspective and purpose beyond the mere rectification of current grievances . )
10 Joseph 's assured income helped persuade his bank to back him in staging a three-week , all-day jazz venue at this year 's Edinburgh Festival .
11 We will allow British Rail to proceed with a leasing scheme of 188 new Networker trains on the North Kent line — the first step in securing private investment to help modernise Britain 's railways and protect our environment .
12 The offer to close down the reactors was conditional on the receipt of economic aid to help modernize Bulgaria 's nuclear industry , which supplied over one-third of the country 's electricity requirements .
13 Nevertheless , it seemed that the weak force did obey the combined symmetry CP .
14 No specific complexes were observed when this oligonucleotide ( WT ) was incubated with HeLa extract ( data not shown ) , although several faint non specific complexes did occur .
15 As the overnight election results came in , the Bank of England activated a programme to sell more than £2 billion of gilt-edged stock to help fund the Government 's high public spending .
16 Goody , however , claims that if the processes of political scepticism do occur at all in non-literate societies , they must always be limited and individual .
17 Even to the extent that regional organizations do succeed in moderating the pursuit of purely national goals , as the EC has done , such organizations may themselves develop into power blocs which transpose international conflicts on to another level , in a manner which recalls the imperialist rivalries of the earlier part of this century .
18 Flounder are the principle species taken from this shallow venue although bass , eels , pout , rockling , plaice and the odd cod do show .
19 If a possible action does emerge from the evidence available an attempt will be made to put a monetary valuation on the injuries suffered by the plaintiff .
20 He subjected quantities of quartz crystal to pressures similar to those occurring in active fault zones in the Earth 's crust , and he found that the piezo-electric effect did induce visible ionisation of the surrounding air , just as Persinger predicted .
21 Whilst eschewing Cain 's plans to sell state-owned utilities to help fund the budget deficit of more than A$1,000 million , Kirner 's 1990-91 budget — unveiled at the end of the month — included tax increases of A$580 million , public spending cuts of A$508 million and some 8,000 public service redundancies .
22 The side stabilising units do add an extra support feature , but except for that , the Disc adds very little to the shoe .
23 However , emotional tension did occur in the camp on another front :
24 What you 're working towards here , is obviously to say that they were stopped and that this was the end of the flood , so it 's got to be something , something very major , and something like swirling currents Current , currents or raging waves does do that , I suppose .
25 Of course , political parties do provide an important element of continuity , much more so in some countries than in others , but everywhere they are very much open to the influence of changing economic conditions , changes in the composition of society in terms of classes , social strata and interest groups , and new cultural orientations .
26 Above all , it offers an exciting opportunity to help develop the primary UK renewable energy technology .
27 All the remaining public houses do bar meals and meals .
28 We will be printing a new cumulative index to help research into back issues of Women 's Art and some educational ‘ fact packs ’ .
29 Although French technique does seem awkward to begin with , it is the most efficient way of moving on easier angled terrain and is also the basis of resting on steeper ground .
30 For on 17 November 1558 — in the same month as the Scottish parliament did grant the crown matrimonial — Mary Tudor died .
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