Example sentences of "[noun pl] [unc] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spirit of true craftsmanship is , however , best seen in those items which , as far as is known , were unique in their time and which required all the craftsmen 's skills to achieve . |
| 2 | President Lee Teng-hui 's plan to reform Taiwan 's obsolete political system entered a crucial phase in December with elections to a new National Assembly . |
| 3 | It supported a resolution opposing war by ‘ organizing working-class action , including the general strike ’ and yet accepted a resolution committing it to a general reduction of armaments within the security of the League of Nations 's commitment to take action against aggressor states . |
| 4 | But the most damaging problem was the Scots ' inability to cope with the driving mauls of Gaul . |
| 5 | it was a dismal ending to David Sole 's and Iwan Tukalo 's distinguished careers but the Scots ' inability to withstand the Wallabies ' dominance in the set pieces and their slick attack saw them suffer two comprehensive losses . |
| 6 | Deductions are made from 52,000 Scots ' benefits to pay off fuel debts . |
| 7 | The Fijian captain , Waisale Serevi — whose side defeated the district of Suva 26-0 in the final — came to the Scots ' hotel to say ‘ thank-you , good-bye and good-luck , ’ to the teams who had ventured to Fiji 's first such tournament . |
| 8 | It is not proposed to deal with the law on these matters , save to outline the basics , but rather to dwell on whether or not it is in the insurers ' interest to make an interim payment in any given case . |
| 9 | The display of exotic animals in zoos was a public manifestation of the industrialized nations ' ability to dominate the world . |
| 10 | He criticised the G7 nations ' move to extend interest payments by 90 days . |
| 11 | The circuit starts on the fourth floor and spirals downward through three sections : 1933–39 covers the repression of the Jews ; 1939–45 describes the ghettoes , deportations and mass murders ; and 1945 to the present recounts survivors ' efforts to rebuild their lives and come to terms with the ineffable tragedy . |
| 12 | The opinion gained ground — an opinion with which Eric Ashby would evidently have had some sympathy — that the employment of a full-time tutor for the county , whether by the WEA or by the University Extra-Mural Board , placed constraints on branches ' freedom to choose subjects of study because of pressure to find a viable programme for the full-timer to teach . |
| 13 | The BEA engineers , in consultation with the boiler-makers , initially concentrated on alternative options for improving boiler reliability , and they had serious doubts about the manufacturers ' capacity to make reliable unit boilers with the higher postwar steam conditions , though gradually these were adopted after 1952 . |
| 14 | The value of dry foods in their various forms should not be overlooked as a great deal of ‘ state of the art ’ research has gone into the major manufacturers ' efforts to produce these high-quality nutritious foods . |
| 15 | It will act as a case study in how imports are facilitated by changing distribution patterns in the UK and how UK manufacturers ' ability to react is hampered by an inadequate information base . |
| 16 | Policy director Stephen Locke said : ‘ This confirms all our worst fears about the manufacturers ' desire to see the UK as a high-price , high-profit market . |
| 17 | Thus the criminal law defines only some types of avoidable killing as murder : it excludes , for example , deaths resulting from acts of negligence , such as employers ' failure to maintain safe working conditions in factories and mines ( Swartz 1975 ) ; or deaths resulting from an organization 's reluctance to maintain appropriate safety standards ( Erickson 1976 ) ; or deaths which result from governmental agencies ' giving environmental health risks a low priority ( Liazos 1972 ) ; or deaths resulting from drug manufacturers ' failure to conduct adequate research on new chemical compounds before embarking on aggressive marketing campaigns ( Silverman and Lee 1974 ) ; or deaths from a dangerous drug that was approved by health authorities on the strength of a bribe from a pharmaceutical company ( Braithwaite and Geis 1981 ) ; or deaths resulting from car manufacturers refusing to recall and repair thousands of known defective vehicles because they calculate that the costs of meeting civil damages will be less ( Swigert and Farrell 1981 ) ; and in most jurisdictions deaths resulting from drunken or reckless people driving cars with total indifference to the potential cost in terms of human lives are also excluded . |
| 18 | Local authorities of all political hues have opposed schools ' moves to opt out , and many head teachers believe they could no longer work with them . |
| 19 | In its response to draft Scottish Office regulations on information for parents , the church committee welcomes a significant improvement in schools ' willingness to respond to parents ' needs . |
| 20 | Co-ordination between subjects was lacking and the whole overloaded and exceptionally ambitious in scope requiring , moreover , a scale of expenditure well in excess of schools ' ability to pay for it . |
| 21 | We may think here of schools ' attempts to improve buildings and equipment in order to accommodate proposed changes in the content or process of teaching . |
| 22 | This will highlight some of the key issues raised during evaluation which relate to the effectiveness or otherwise of the schools ' attempts to achieve a practical realisation of their project proposals . |
| 23 | When Polish priests protested at these measures and at the attempt by schools ' inspectors to interfere in religious instruction , the government responded by arresting and exiling them . |
| 24 | The surveys report the significant finding that in interviews employers attached importance to candidates ' answers to open questions which invited them to express and develop ideas in a sustained way , and to their ability to engage in discussion and to exchange views . |
| 25 | The pressure group 's formation is the result of growing concern among certain sections of the party about women candidates ' failure to win key positions . |
| 26 | The telephone answering machine , and my clients ' willingness to talk to me at unusual hours of the day and night , kept me firmly in touch . |
| 27 | The reasons why this type of job has arisen in agencies are complex , and reflect weaknesses both in existing agency staffing and structure and in clients ' ability to brief their agencies in the right way . |
| 28 | At that stage most advisers wo n't even have thought about visiting their clients ' premises to discuss the audit programme for the year . |
| 29 | As professionals , committed to securing solutions to their clients ' briefs and aware of their social and environmental responsibilities , landscape architects can not be caricatured as a collection of irresponsible businessmen , intent on driving up clients ' budgets to serve their own greedy ends . |
| 30 | THE TUC cleared the way yesterday for the rebel electricians ' union to return to the fold . |