Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a [noun] towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drinks industry has made a gesture towards its concern about alcohol misuse by setting up the Portman group . |
| 2 | Sec. knows that he has made a step towards a quorum on the next occasion . |
| 3 | In the 1980s , the economic recession has produced a trend towards takeovers and mergers in the international record industry . |
| 4 | The World Bank board has approved a loan towards Chile 's Pangue dam project , even though the project has not received the full environmental assessment required under the bank 's operating guidelines . |
| 5 | Part of this new regulation has involved a shift towards central rather than local control . |
| 6 | Not entirely in line with the Waldegrave 's White Paper , the DTI has announced a shift towards exploiting existing technologies more fully at the expense of supporting new technologies . |
| 7 | Members of the European Commission [ EC ] have reached an agreement to control and reduce emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides and the UK has taken a step towards this with new legislation governing all industrial processes [ See page 5 ] . |
| 8 | He has to pay a £1,000 towards the costs of going to Spain , but because of training ca n't work full-time . |
| 9 | The EC has suspended a grant towards restocking the Pyrenees with eagles and vultures because of fears of the roads ' impact on the birds . |
| 10 | Other factors seemed to encourage a movement towards peace with which both kings appeared to sympathise . |
| 11 | Not that I 'd done a lot towards it even if she listened to me . |
| 12 | A gradual shift towards a broadly social democratic position is just what you would expect to accompany a move towards a mass system . |
| 13 | The family seemed to have a bias towards pink . |
| 14 | It should be noted that the possibility of trans-field comparison , which certainly operates to reduce subject insularity and promote transfer of good practice , also tends to impose a pressure towards uniformity . |
| 15 | Henry was going to add a chapter towards the end of The Complete History of Wimbledon in which he planned to deal with the failure of nerve he sensed in the place . |
| 16 | The Chairman of Aerospatiale , the French aerospace group , commented that the proposed merger ( together with that between Daimler Benz and Messerschmitt under consideration at the same time ) risked setting a trend towards diversified national groupings , which would make the task of creating a European aerospace industry , capable of competing with the US , more difficult . |
| 17 | She imagined he was going to make a move towards her , but what he did was to hitch the child closer to him until his face was almost pressed against his own and then he smiled a smile that widened his full lips but , as she had seen before , did not separate his teeth . |
| 18 | If you tackle it along the lines suggested in this booklet , you will have taken a step towards reducing the appalling costs the problem imposes on all of us . |
| 19 | They will have to move a bit towards each other but there is every indication that they will go through their married life fulfilling this role in their relationship . |
| 20 | Yes , I did go a bit towards the window and had a quick glance round . |
| 21 | They 've made a contribution towards |
| 22 | She had done a lot towards making that sale to the Americans . |
| 23 | Strapped on , the Teardrop is much more manageable although it does show a tendency towards neck heaviness . |
| 24 | If any of them had displayed a leaning towards the stage , Dinah would no doubt have encouraged it ; but they had neither the presence nor the voice , nor , she would think despairingly , looking round them all , the appearance ; every one was Paul over again . |
| 25 | He had taken a step towards her . |
| 26 | If you can spare any of the above , or if you would care to make a donation towards a further trip , please contact Rob on . |
| 27 | Former pupils and staff who wish to make a donation towards a gift for Mr Tovey should send contributions to The Rectory , Inveresk Road , Tilston , before July 20 . |
| 28 | Churchill hoped to make a start towards the reconciliation of these objectives with an already over-burdened economy by making cuts to the defence programme he had inherited from Labour . |
| 29 | They intend to introduce a shift towards preventative medicine and will bring back the free eye test and dental check ups axed by the Conservatives . |
| 30 | ‘ For the past several decades the majority of modern federations have shown a trend towards centralisation in connection with economic development and social problems ’ . |