Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Mr Clinton will win plaudits from most economists if he carries through plans to cut the budget deficit . |
| 2 | On the proposal that the training contract should make it possible for employers to recover the cost of their investment in training , the difficulties to which the hon. Gentleman referred can be reflected in the contract . |
| 3 | Now if I , am I right in saying that B T is happy to continue er with the present framework of Trust Law , because within that framework you 've proposed to us er a er a body of ideas about the composition of the numbers of trustees and who they should represent , which would make it much more difficult for employers to raid the fund . |
| 4 | Just as it is important for employers to understand the system and language of education , so it is important for teachers and students to understand the needs and concerns of employers . |
| 5 | Second , it was open for employers to challenge the content of courses where they felt that it was irrelevant to industrial relations ( an option increasingly taken up by employers in the past five years ) . |
| 6 | In some cases we might be happy for courts to do the weighing exercise involved and , to the extent that we are , we could have a ‘ common law ’ of public law compensation . |
| 7 | The second key question was how far it was desirable ( or feasible ) for courts to control the exit from the marriage . |
| 8 | The high prevalence of resistance in our study highlights the need for policies to restrict the use of antibiotics to limit the spread of resistant strains and hence preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics in treating acne . |
| 9 | It is important for musicians to appreciate the difference between an ‘ income received ’ deal and an ‘ at source ’ deal . |
| 10 | Despite the desire to maintain secrecy , the entire operation was under the scrutiny of local citizens in the area , many of whom stayed for hours to witness the spectacle . |
| 11 | Hundreds of fans queued for hours to meet the man who became heavyweight champion of the world but in the process developed Parkinson 's Syndrome , a disorder of the nervous system . |
| 12 | In Capricorn Inks Pty Ltd v Lawter International ( Australasia ) Pty Ltd [ 1989 ] 1 Qd R 8 , the parties had settled the question of liability in their dispute and instructed a firm of accountants to act as experts to decide the amount of damages . |
| 13 | Motoring is already braced for taxes to recoup the cost of abolishing last November of the special tax on new cars . |
| 14 | It will be important for marketers to assess the experience of customers with their particular products in case it possesses some unsatisfactory performance or operating characteristic to which customers will eventually build up resistance . |
| 15 | The Government 's attitude has made it difficult for galleries to acquire the keynote works that they need . |
| 16 | Welsh and English farmers whose land borders the Dee between Holt and Worthenbury are concerned about proposals to designate the section of river as a Site of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSI ) . |
| 17 | In the light of a growing trend for shareholders to question the reappointment of their companies ' auditors , Coopers & Lybrand must be delighted by the robust defence put forward on its behalf by British Telecom . |
| 18 | The Prime Minister of Mauritius , Anerood Jugnauth , narrowly failed on Aug. 21 to secure the necessary 75 per cent support in the Legislative Assembly for proposals to change the country 's constitution by making it a republic within the Commonwealth . |
| 19 | 1978 ) and this also gives specific recommendations for programmes to encourage the use of vision in a range of tasks which tap different areas of visual activity . |
| 20 | The Miller , he states : and immediately before the tale commences he repeats the point : However doubtful we should be about attempts to associate the emergence of the medieval fabliau with any particular social class , it is significant that Chaucer wishes to represent the fabliau in precisely such terms . |
| 21 | These practices are highly significant for attempts to assess the way in which trusts were interpreted . |
| 22 | This is as true for attempts to change the nature of the management process itself as it is for the more obvious areas of change management . |
| 23 | After a politburo meeting on Aug. 2 , it was reported that 21 of its 26 members favoured abandoning the controversial proposals , preferring to see ZANU use its current huge parliamentary majority — it held 116 of the 150 seats — to push through policies to combat the country 's pressing economic problems . |
| 24 | It can be difficult for Westerners to appreciate the importance of weaving in the East . |
| 25 | This has been exacerbated by a continuing tendency for clients to reduce the size of their marketing departments . |
| 26 | A computermail database network has even been set up around the country for fans to debate the killer of Laura Palmer , the lovely blonde homecoming queen whose body mysteriously washes onto a river bank near a lumbermill in the fictional Pacific northwest town of Twin Peaks . |
| 27 | Within Compact they should be looking for opportunities to improve the curriculum offer to students and promote the professional development of members of the department . |
| 28 | He claimed that under the National Curriculum there would be sufficient flexibility , for example , for schools to merge the teaching of traditional subjects , or to abolish classes based primarily on age . |
| 29 | ‘ We did n't think , for instance , it should be necessary for umpires to inspect the ball every over in all levels of cricket — that would only waste time . |
| 30 | Fresh fruit has been dried for centuries to preserve the glut of a good harvest . |