Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [art] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under Mr Ciampi , the Bank of Italy failed to curb the politicians ' profligacy , but it never gave up trying . |
| 2 | The emphasis in agreements was therefore placed upon procedural , rather than substantive , rules designed to uphold the employers ' right to manage in the face of attempted unilateral imposition of working rules by craft unions . |
| 3 | Almost immediately , Martin Trench fired home Mayo 's goal and three points from Joe Henry helped to consolidate the westerners ' effort . |
| 4 | It should be designed to meet the readers ' needs and to solve their problems . |
| 5 | He once tried to found a citizens ' police under the ‘ Fifth Estate ’ to monitor the doings of the FBI and the Central Intelligence Agency . |
| 6 | The other side to the critique , again a common one in the UK , is that public agencies by no means serve the public interest alone but instead indulge in many other activities which appear to benefit the regulators ' Interests rather more . |
| 7 | The lender wants to know the business ' present resources , the quality of management , marketing awareness and evidence of promotional skills . |
| 8 | The austerity measures designed to eliminate the islands ' large budget deficits and to take into account the reduction in earnings from the petroleum and financial sectors , were to be maintained . |
| 9 | At nearby Newgate Bank we disembarked to inspect a gallows ' stone . |
| 10 | Macaulay has vividly described how huge crowds knelt to receive the Bishops ' blessings on their way to the Tower , and how when they were acquitted of sedition by a jury a week later even the King 's troops cheered . |
| 11 | A week 's filming at a sandpit near Leighton Buzzard , in Bedfordshire , where the Victors tried to destroy the Bats ' car , was beset with difficulties when strong winds constantly filled actors ' and technicians ' eyes with sand , but the scenes were eventually completed to everyone 's satisfaction . |
| 12 | An experimental manipulation will also be included to enhance the participants ' awareness of the role of language in intergroup relations and thereby examine situational changes in language attitudes . |
| 13 | On top of that a percentage is added to cover the chemists ' overheads and profit . |
| 14 | For this reason schools will not emphasise failure to meet Compact goals , particularly in documents such as records of achievement , testimonials and references which are designed to aid the students ' transition to the adult world of work . |
| 15 | My missus has to buy the kids ' clothes down the jumble sale and if she wants a pair of nylons they come off the Green Shield stamps . |
| 16 | The Tories had also come to steal the Whigs ' former following amongst the petty craftsmen and mechanic tradesmen . |
| 17 | The event — which last year raised over £68000 for the benefit of young people who are disabled , unemployed on probation or from ethnic minorities — consisted of numerous tests , designed to challenge the lads ' teamwork , communication , leadership and ingenuity . |
| 18 | Gloria said , ‘ If you want to use the Smiths ' swimming pool , ’ — for Nutty had told her quite plainly that she did — ‘ friday night is your night . |
| 19 | Both government and unions stepped back and set up an arbitration process to try to resolve the cleaners ' claim for a minimum monthly salary of 80,000 pesetas ( £450 ) . |
| 20 | In any case , he has to notify the Drivers ' Medical Branch of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre if he has any kind of disability when he resumes driving . |
| 21 | Later she helped to run a girls ' club in Whitechapel . |
| 22 | The next step is in the hands of the hotel 's owners , a construction firm from Halesowen , which wants to build an old-peoples ' home on the site . |
| 23 | Britain , West Germany and the Netherlands want to reduce the scientists ' pay by 4½ per cent over the next three years . |
| 24 | In West Germany , every residential facility has to have a residents ' committee by law — this may not work in every case , but it speaks of a different attitude to the residents themselves . |
| 25 | as colleagues who are involved will know is just about the only industry in the building materials sector that has n't made some kind of pay offer in this current round it 's very much bringing up the rear and we 're determined to use what industrial strength we have to change the employer 's stance otherwise we 're very concerned that the national negotiation missionary , this will be his death knell since we 'll have to resort to local pay bargaining , so the short answer is E C C er , will be balloted as far as the G M B is concerned union and , er , T & G are balloting in for industrial action to try to change the employers ' position . |
| 26 | Since ocean carriers must now verify prior to accepting NVOCC shipments to or from the United States that FMC bonding and tariff filing requirements have been met , the registration feature is designed to facilitate the carriers ' verification and to gain a standing for the NVOCC bill equal to that of its European counterpart , the FIATA bill of lading . |
| 27 | It said it would also seek to ban the fungicides ' use on tomatoes , potatoes and bananas . |
| 28 | Trevino admitted last year that he could not wait to become a Seniors ' Tour player and , as he predicted , the lack of similar calibre players has allowed him to dominate , winning almost $300,000 more than Mike Hill , second on the money list . |
| 29 | The Conservative selection board was designed to bring the candidates ' list into the latter half of the twentieth century by including more industrialists , more women , more representatives of ethnic minorities , and reducing the number of barristers looking for a congenial second career . |
| 30 | Kinnock dismissed the proposed Charter on July 23 as " an election gimmick " designed to boost the Conservatives ' electoral ratings rather than tackle the relevant issues , and said that it was an implicit admission that the government had allowed the quality of public services to decline during its years in office . |