Example sentences of "[to-vb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are people who are old enough to go to war , and I think that there is a difficulty , you know , a major amoral difficulty or ethical difficulty in attempting to continue to treat young people as if they were still living at home and were not young adults but were really children . |
| 2 | Because of the fact that permanent reduction of acid secretion can be achieved by a single course of H pylori eradication treatment , there seems little justification to continue to treat duodenal ulcer patients with repeated courses of expensive acid suppressive treatment . |
| 3 | The YCs often have difficulty in persuading their members to agree to perform administrative offices . |
| 4 | But for the first time , and not the last , Elizabeth had to agree to support Scottish rebels against their rightful queen ; it was a nightmare created in 1559 which was not to end until Mary 's death in 1587 . |
| 5 | These latter had to go to provide matching bricks for the new rooms and the space needed for the next stage in the expansion , a new Gymnasium beside the 1962 Pavilion . |
| 6 | There will be an ever-widening gap between maintained and private schools , and especially boarding schools , which will have to continue to provide extra-curricular activities , even if they have to pay extra to their staff to enable them to do so . |
| 7 | But a spokesman for Asda said confidence was brittle and retailers would have to continue to provide real value for money in the battle to win an important share of High Street custom . |
| 8 | Where the disability occurs during the period of employment every effort is made to continue to provide suitable employment with the provision of appropriate training . |
| 9 | So we have not let up in our determination to continue to provide additional services . |
| 10 | In today 's world nobody can be isolated from change and uncertainty , and the challenge for us is to continue to provide excellent services in these uncertain times . |
| 11 | Request earliest information whether approved policy is to despatch to SHAEF or to endeavour to secure direct return to Russians by Eighth Army negotiations . |
| 12 | It will be recalled that the Attorney-General always has standing to sue to vindicate public rights ( which includes a right that the criminal law be complied with ) . |
| 13 | We are determined to help Lanarkshire to diversify to attract new jobs all the time . |
| 14 | ‘ We obviously want to continue to encourage young people to buy a home of their own and feel it makes a lot of sense . ’ |
| 15 | Next , to make advances to seamen , at no interest , on the security of their wages and allotment notes ; also to endeavour to obtain reasonable hours and fair wages . |
| 16 | On these occasions , the hon. Member for Oldham , West is always quick to try to compare social security with the Inland Revenue 's processing of people 's tax returns . |
| 17 | His purpose is to try to target legal aid on individual need and he continues to seek ways — as we all must — to reduce the cost of litigation , both criminal and civil . |
| 18 | To try to preserve industrial peace and control wage inflation governments were forced to adopt a carrot-and-stick approach to the trade unions . |
| 19 | For President Saddam Hussein 's apparent move to clear the way towards peace , is being seen here as a cynical bid to try to dilute western opposition against him . |
| 20 | This year DFDS TRANSPORT implements an EDI pilot project with IBM , Denmark and expects in the years to come to establish online data communication with a number of national and international customers based on common standards ( EDI , EDIFACT ) . |
| 21 | One red herring that has been produced by increased language awareness among teachers has been to try to rewrite academic texts so that pupils can cope with them . |
| 22 | But they are all too far away and therefore too difficult to observe to provide conclusive evidence of black holes . |
| 23 | This is a temptation one should in general resist , as l regard it as a cardinal rule in developmental biology not to try to infer developmental mechanisms from final forms . |
| 24 | ‘ To try to provide good government to the people of Egypt is hardly to be a traitor . ’ |
| 25 | In addition , students must be warned not to try to write complete harmony simultaneously with the melody . |
| 26 | It is unwise for the average psychic to try to increase psychic ability . |
| 27 | Saunders is having to adapt its sales policy in order to reach its new customers : the company intends to run roadshow events all over the country to try to attract local buyers . |
| 28 | the right of education to adjust to meet individual needs |
| 29 | She shot him an angry look , but all she received in return was a derisively raised eyebrow , and , when Claudine came back to their table and pulled up a chair with the ease of a spoiled favourite , Alain gave her all his attention and left Jenna to try to pull Marguerite back into some sort of pleasure at this irritating treat . |
| 30 | However , the company has pledged to try to find alternative jobs for as many workers as possible . |