Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It was , partly , against this background that the government decided to launch a state-sponsored newspaper to act as a unifying factor in the nation , and help in the effort to improve the quality of print journalism in the country , besides helping to bring government policy and other activities to the awareness of all citizens .
2 It was , partly , against this background that the government decided to launch a state-sponsored newspaper to act as a unifying factor in the nation , and help in the effort to improve the quality of print journalism in the country , besides helping to bring government policy and other activities to the awareness of all citizens .
3 Moreover , the section of the work-force most given to strike action showed every sign of increasing its weight both in relative and absolute terms .
4 However , children who are doing badly tend to expect failure and criticism , since it may have little effect on them except to confirm their worst beliefs about themselves and reduce their efforts .
5 It is that sentence the club will most want to see cut .
6 The issue of standards of evidence arises now because of a case just argued before the US Supreme Court over whether data do or do not support the allegation that a drug called Bendectin , once widely prescribed to prevent morning sickness in pregnant women , causes limb deformities in newborn babies .
7 We have seen that recognised SROs are not expressly given rulemaking power by the FSA .
8 Furthermore , legislation expressly intended to give effect to the first stage of Economic and Monetary Union has already been enacted , following the decision of the European Council in Madrid in June 1989 that that stage should begin on 1 July 1990 .
9 By making the income and capital gains from investing in such trusts free of tax , up to a maximum amount of 6,000 a year ( 1992 ) , it is hoped that such savings will be encouraged , thereby helping to channel investment into UK industry .
10 Secondly , to stimulate employer alliances for purposes of market regulation , especially in those industries with competitive product markets as a means of regulating wages and thereby helping to stabilise market conditions .
11 The timing of when to do the turn is particularly important in anything other than in dead flat water , since the slope of even the smallest wave can be used to bank off , thereby helping to maintain speed .
12 This information should be widely publicised to raise awareness among nurse managers and others of the current position and as preparation fur the inevitable adjustments which will follow in subsequent operational plans .
13 Until recently it also supplied M & N Norman Timber , but this company has since stopped taking mahogany from Maginco on environmental grounds .
14 Both poems would require little change to make sense at any time between AD 600 and now .
15 The new party aimed to present a viable alternative to the existing groupings but was widely expected to take part with the BNP in forming an anti-Awami League alliance .
16 Group leaders are not ‘ mission-committed ’ to the group 's success , but rather want to maximize membership and the achievement of collective benefits for members because it expands their own patronage , power and prestige .
17 He developed a strategy skilfully designed to establish intelligentsia leadership over this revolt .
18 From the middle of the 18th century writers and then artists had visited the ‘ Lakes ’ in a steadily increasing stream and jointly they slowly helped to transform public opinion from one of ‘ Salvatorian ’ horror , described by the earlier visitors , to a passionate romantic appreciation .
19 If parents are dissatisfied , they are presumably expected to exert pressure on the teacher , the school or the LEA to obtain better results , or to seek to place the child in another school .
20 Most patients rarely report experiencing pain during the act of cutting .
21 This technique will help your youngster ( and , indeed , yourself ) to become more sensitive to ‘ explosive ’ situations where he or she will most need to exercise self-control .
22 Similarly , Article 13 is expressly designed to allow service by post unless the law of the state of destination contains what the commentary describes as a ‘ positive prohibition ’ of such service , a requirement which is quite unrealistic in the context of the legal tradition of many countries which would actually take grave exception to such service .
23 The first , with which we are not primarily concerned , is by undertaking jurisdictional , procedural and administrative reforms , as recommended by the Civil Justice Review , which are expressly designed to reduce delay , cost and complexity .
24 The company most committed to deliver cocoa to the market is Sucres et Denrees , the French commodity trading house .
25 The Nation ( Bangkok ) reported on Jan. 30 that " two leading Western narcotics experts based in Thailand " had commented that these claims seemed exaggerated and that the military government had been doing little to try to reduce opium production since it seized power in 1988 .
26 Large slabs are conveniently etched ( and stained , if required ) in plastic photographic developing trays ; the cut face preferably being uppermost in the solution unless the sample is too large , in which case the face is held downwards and gently swirled to remove bubble trains .
27 In the profession I would much prefer to see work generated by the directors , and the casting directors taking more trouble to go round and see the actor at work , taking people on the basis of work they had already seen .
28 so hedownstair go plenty upstair .
29 In the barracks she apparently agreed to have sex with one man but then was surrounded by paratroopers chanting : ‘ Get them down , you Zulu warrior .
30 Whilst I worked only daring to place sexism at centre stage , it was difficult to give racism its rightful place in our considerations .
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