Example sentences of "[art] system that [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 We do not want any disincentives in the system that would prevent people doing post-basic training and becoming nurse prescribers .
2 WGFP were approached by main electrical contractor Hutcheon Electrical to provide a system that would meet very strict criteria .
3 It is a system that would lend itself to any sizeable district general hospital .
4 The aim was to use the wealth from one natural resource , to fund a system that would return Mexico to self-sufficiency in basic foods .
5 The Secondary Examinations Council , established in 1984 to introduce the new-style exam , set out in its published General Criteria ( 1985 ) its commitment to this philosophy , to a system that would demonstrate what candidates ‘ know , understand and can do ’ .
6 Not necessarily — the expert fishkeeper could design a system that would take the best of all possible filtration methods and effectively combine them into a very good system .
7 Harris accuses Cole of ‘ stepping away from a system that must face up to the hypocrisy behind pretending to give a helping hand ’ and ignoring the way this system ‘ ( ab ) uses the South … and , in the words of Eduardo Galeano , ‘ spreads the haemorrage to cure the anaemia' ’ .
8 While men have been destroying life , women have been building up a system that will diminish suffering and save life .
9 iii ) A system that will make possible the integration of economic , social and environmental data thereby adding greatly to the value of each component data element .
10 The contract , which Ribas expects to sign by the end of June , is to provide a system that will enable Telefonica to provide itemised billing .
11 Electronic Data Systems Corp has agreement in principle with Telefonica de Espana SA to provide ‘ substantial systems integration services in the billing area , ’ says Xavier Ribas , EDS director of marketing for southern Europe : the contract , which Ribas expects to sign by the end of June , would provide a system that will enable Telefonica to provide itemised billing ; although an exact figure was not available , Ribas says it would be ‘ probably one of largest software and services contracts ever signed by Telefonica — ‘ There is a lot of public pressure on Telefonica for better service , especially in this area ; our piece is part of a more complex modernisation programme being undertaken by Telefonica , including the installation of digital lines ’ ; the planned system will be installed gradually , according to geographic areas , he added .
12 Instead of the council tax and the unclear proposals , it would be far better to introduce a system that will work .
13 The Government 's view has been that , if we are to have a system that will work and last in Northern Ireland , it must be a system on which agreement can be obtained around the table , and on which the endorsement and the thumbprints of all involved in constitutional politics in the Province can be secured .
14 Would it be worthwhile for each discipline to set up think tanks — if one does not already exist — of their most imaginative scientists , engineers etc , with , perhaps , three remits : ( i ) to identify major problems for which current and foreseeable knowledge offers no solution ; ( ii ) to pinpoint what basic knowledge is needed , what would be the characteristics of the ideal chemical or other material , together with the relevant techniques for using them ; ( iii ) recognising that what is being considered may be so far out of sight as to be beyond worthwhile research based on existing knowledge and know-how , to organise a system that will recognise the first appearance of the new knowledge and then steer research in the right direction without delay .
15 For example , a system that can compute convexity may be in principle incapable of computing spatial connectedness ( Rosenblatt 1958 ) .
16 Omron has already developed a system that it can use on its own Luna Unix workstations , and the joint development effort involves development of a system that can use inference based on vague concepts in a wide range of applications .
17 When bread was a shilling a loaf and men earned less than ten shillings from a long week 's work , his father or some other relation was among the most bitterly rebellious against a system that could tolerate such things .
18 But it was not a system that could survive unchanged in an industrial society .
19 On the areas worst hit , John Williams , northern divisional director of Welsh Water , said : ‘ There 's no system that can cope with that . ’
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