Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] and [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For variety and to make a longer walk you can try the three circular walks which leave the towpath at various points . |
| 2 | In 1992 , the Board of the Scottish Council for Research in Education , which contains nominees from a wide range of Scottish bodies with an interest in education , agreed to consider priority areas for research and to prepare a brief paper each year . |
| 3 | Adenauer in 1955 proceeded to set up a Ministry of Defence and to create a new Bundeswehr , whose first members joined up in November . |
| 4 | High level sales are forecast to produce a pay-off of £160k and to have a probability of 0·2 of being achieved . |
| 5 | High level sales are forecast to produce a pay-off of £160k and to have a probability of 0.2 of being achieved . |
| 6 | Changes in the structure of the work-force ( greater concentration into single industries and decline of artisanal activity , especially after the First World War ) also tended to reduce the relevance of anarchism and to leave a vacuum for Marxist ideas . |
| 7 | Arising out of this the Archbishop of Canterbury sought a solution by asking the king to avoid the use of force and to summon a parliament to consider the grievances of the Lancastrian party . |
| 8 | To turn back now from the monastic life , however it had been approached , was to turn back to a world of uncertainty and to face a future in which only damnation was assured . |
| 9 | 1883 began in crisis , for Hamilton was taken seriously ill , and the Governors had to make special arrangements , both to have the School opened for the beginning of term and to arrange a substitute master . |
| 10 | They help to overcome the inherent problems of sectoralisation and to promote a more integrated development strategy . |
| 11 | Differences stemmed also from reports that Bhutto was seeking to erode the influence of the Army in the formulation of the country 's policy towards Afghanistan and to adopt a more conciliatory approach to the resolution of the Kashmir problem . |
| 12 | Another way of extending everyone 's view of a school and of diminishing the opposition to change within it , is to acknowledge one of the less fashionable aspects of management and to make a virtue of it . |
| 13 | I see them as women wanting lone motherhood as a gesture of independence and to augment a feminist argument that men are useful but disposable . |
| 14 | In a town where the politics of two great interests clashed , it was essential to make the best possible use of any means of influence and to have a deputy functioning in the regality court in a way which would make friends for the duke 's interest rather than enemies . |
| 15 | The aim of the Challenge Day is to encourage people of all ages to experience the fun of exercise and to incorporate a daily exercise routine into their lifestyle . |
| 16 | To hitch hike right round the coast of Ireland and to write a book about his experiences . |
| 17 | Henry was allowed to assume the title of Earl of Lancaster and to receive a great part of the Lancaster inheritance , but the Lacy earldom of Lincoln , which Earl Thomas had held in right of his wife , was not fully recovered until 1348 . |
| 18 | to establish the right to a pension after reasonable length of service and to fix a suitable scale ; |
| 19 | The long-term effect was to damage severely the profitability of the county 's coastal trade , to raise the levels of taxation and to cause a lengthy period of economic decline . |
| 20 | Whatever the cause of division , there must be opportunities for the parties involved to air their grievances , to talk through the areas of conflict and to find a satisfactory resolution . |
| 21 | In addition there are plans to improve the lighting of the works of art and to clean a number of paintings , including The Garden of Love by Rubens . |
| 22 | The sign ( - ) used to join two words together , to join separated syllables of words broken at the end of a line of writing and to divide a word into parts or to represent hesitant speech , eg b-b-but . |
| 23 | On April 5 , in a move to calm financial markets , to halt an outflow of capital and to avoid a devaluation , the government announced public-sector expenditure cuts of FM10,000 million , equivalent to about 2 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) , to be made in 1993 . |
| 24 | On the death of Pope Pius XII he wrote : ‘ One of my favourite phrases brings me great comfort : we are not on earth as museum-keepers , but to cultivate a flourishing garden of life and to prepare a glorious future ’ ( Capovilla , 1978a , p. 481 ) . |
| 25 | Though Louis had had plenty of time to gain experience of ruling and to form a court of his own in the subkingdom of Aquitaine ( he had been king there since the age of three ) , he had had to wait a long time for his father 's inheritance . |
| 26 | The answer here is to cut out the offending piece of pipe and to insert a new piece . |
| 27 | The parliament met in Luxembourg to establish a European pressure group for the rights of pensioners and to set a common standard pensioners could use to lobby their own governments . |
| 28 | They defended the entitlement of teachers , by virtue of their education and training if not their professional standing , to shape the learning experience of pupils and to devise a curriculum suited to the characteristics of their own pupils . |
| 29 | They were , nonetheless , a sociable and solidary regiment of some strength and purpose , able to evolve a view of issues and to maintain a consensus . |
| 30 | To undertake buildings of hospitals , the complete management of hospitals and to retail a full range of health service products . |