Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [vb pp] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 They challenge two assumptions commonly made , either implicitly or explicitly , in conventional organisation theory : ( a ) that an institution adopts that form of organisation which best fits its technology , environment , and other contingent factors , the ‘ best fit ’ being in terms of that organisation structure most suited to co-ordinating the tasks performed by members of that institution ; ( b ) that members of the institution have entered freely into a contract with that institution to provide a service to that institution in return for reward , and that they accept as legitimate both the institutional goals and the means of co-ordination used to achieve those goals ( rational/legal authority ) .
2 While Poulantzas allows that the sort of research designed to sustain this view has some limited use 's he first of all objects that it does not bear out the factual claim that government officials and leading capitalists belong to an identifiable group .
3 The amount of work required to obtain this information may be inferred from knowing that this project will run for 9 years and cost 100 million US dollars .
4 Luckily , many scientists have started to make the leaps of imagination required to answer these questions .
5 5 Find the least area of cardboard needed to make this box of soap powder .
6 The extent to which the history of science has been shaped by modern concerns is evident from the fact that only in recent years has the origin of ecology begun to attract much attention .
7 We measured circulating gastrin to determine the concentrations of gastrin required to produce half maximal acid secretion .
8 Graph search terminology allows us to give a breakdown of the minimum requirements of the sort of mechanism required to search this space , regardless of ( i ) how information about valid paths is retrieved , ( ii ) how the search space is constructed and stored , and ( iii ) the specific strategies used for searching that space .
9 4 Find the area of glass needed to make this open topped fish tank ( Hint : change cm to m first . )
10 Figure 2.5 shows the types of decision , figure 2.6 examples of the decisions , Figure 2.7 the types of information required to support this decision-making , and figure 2.8 examples of such information .
11 The amount of time required to sort all the cards without actually considering the value of the card was calculated to be approximately 25 msecs .
12 Since subjects are instructed to read and understand the passage , the varying times which elapse between presentation of one part of a passage and the subject 's pressing of the button give an indication of the amount of time needed to comprehend that part of the passage .
13 Indeed Robert Hathaway suggests that the universalist wording of the Truman Doctrine was in part designed to disarm those who suspected a British manoeuvre at America 's expense .
14 Then he remembered something and knew he was in duty bound to take that risk .
15 I then zealous to understand I I er , er , erm sought it Statutes , Volume thirty-three nineteen ninety three edition and studied most carefully pages six hundred and seventy-five to six hundred and seventy-seven and there I found an account of what has happened to Sections two and three and also for the first time light was shed upon Section two A. My Lords , I have from time to time ventured to express some doubt as to whether our legislative procedures were as excellent , as I 'm sure Your Lordships would wish them to be and when I recently suggested in the most mild terms to Her Majesty 's Government that they might consider some form of enquiry into our legislative procedures to see whether as they were as high class as they should be , erm I was given a very negative reply the clear influence of which was that the our legislative procedures could not possibly be improved and My Lords I do really think with respect that that is a proposition which is open to doubt .
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