Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] [noun sg] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report side-steps such questions as whether the council will have the resources to protect threatened sites of special scientific interest ( SSSIs ) or to promote conservation in the countryside as a whole ( see p 7 ) . |
| 2 | The conduct of the polls was peaceful , but the first round failed to resolve the political and constitutional crisis or to revive confidence in the economy . |
| 3 | Dulles believed the Russian leaders wanted détente for selfish reasons , to help install themselves in power after Stalin 's death , or to sow division in the West . |
| 4 | It may be suggested that to limit compensation in the way proposed will work unfairly in certain cases . |
| 5 | The workshop was part of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers ' ( MechE ) first year of Tribology Action , a campaign to create awareness and to stimulate action in the area of lubrication and wear . |
| 6 | The main aim of these agencies , many of which are sponsored by established companies in the local community , is to encourage the growth of small businesses and to stimulate employment in the area . |
| 7 | The SCSE promised to restore order , and to solve the food and housing problems , while " supporting private enterprise " , to honour the Soviet Union 's international obligations and to restore pride in the motherland . |
| 8 | In northern Ontario , railways that had originally been designed as ‘ colonization roads ’ to link any pioneering agricultural communities and to increase settlement in the ‘ clay belt ’ had become instead ‘ prospecting roads ’ in the remarkable scramble for the mineral riches of the area which developed in Edwardian times . |
| 9 | The aim of its theme , " Deaf Pride " , was to boost the morale of the membership and to encourage self-confidence in the deaf community . |
| 10 | The aims of the Centre are to provide teaching and research on any aspect of South Asia within the University of Edinburgh and to encourage interest in the area among the community at large . |
| 11 | In the earth sciences this has resulted in decisions to reduce the number of departments offering Ph D degrees , and to concentrate funding in the remaining centres , which are thought to be centres of excellence . |
| 12 | My original purpose in writing this was to warn of the dangers of censorship and to provoke debate in the lesbian and gay communities . |
| 13 | These overseers were empowered to levy local rates , to set the poor on work , to apprentice poor children and to provide relief in the form of clothes , food , fuel and rents for the ‘ lame , impotent , old , blind , and such other among them being poor and not able to work ’ . |
| 14 | There are exercises to check comprehension and to provide practice in the most relevant lexical and grammatical areas . |
| 15 | The Coordinator needs to provide clear leadership and to inspire confidence in the ability of the school team to achieve its goals . |
| 16 | The extremists of the left were anxious to ensure that there was a violent ‘ confrontation ’ with the police , and to organise opposition in the city on class lines . |
| 17 | The special session announced the creation of working groups to overhaul mass organizations and to strengthen participation in the municipal and provincial people 's power system of government ; and it proposed the National Assembly of People 's Power be upgraded to play a more dynamic role in assessing government performance . |
| 18 | For although Red Rum went on to win two more Grand Nationals in 1974 and 1977 ( and to finish second in the intervening years of 1975 and 1976 ) , and although Crisp beat Red Rum easily the next time they met , there has never been a big race which a beaten horse so deserved to win . |
| 19 | The intentions were to give the adolescents a ‘ character training ’ ; to produce more efficient workers ; and to educate youth in the duties of citizenship . |
| 20 | To my surprise , a 30-year-old ex-mental-hospital detainee , Mr H , had flown from Japan to visit MIND in London and to seek asylum in the UK . |
| 21 | The imaginatively cynical Soviet political strategy had been devised , Nizan concluded , in order to defend the revolutionary-Soviet state and to defeat fascism in the long term . |
| 22 | of one year 's world military expenditure would pay for all the farm equipment needed to increase food production and to approach self-sufficiency in the food-deficit , low-income countries by 1990 . |
| 23 | This would give a current account surplus of $9 billion a year , enough to finance a capital outflow of $6 billion a year and to improve confidence in the dollar by reducing liabilities to central banks by $3 billion a year . |
| 24 | I am grateful both to the Education spokespersons who put a great deal of time in , in order to carry out erm their preparations towards this report and to and to take part in the consultation exercises and to my own colleagues . |
| 25 | In addition to this is the need to start expanding the mental horizons and to take interest in the endless intellectual sphere . |
| 26 | A candidate for the degree of MPhil is required to investigate and evaluate satisfactorily a chosen topic or topics , and to show lucidity in the presentation of the thesis and an understanding of the context and significance of the work . |
| 27 | The Corporation had ordered fifteen new cars to replace them and to make space in the depôts , took the B.E.T . |
| 28 | I hope that the Government 's policies will persuade Glaswegians to think carefully about whether to vote Conservative in the next general election . |
| 29 | Chelsea will decide whether to sign Szewczyk in the next 48 hours as they look for a replacement for injured Paul Elliott . |
| 30 | It can also be a tool of social and economic policies to help the aged , the homeless , single-parent families and the handicapped to obtain housing , as well as to provide flexibility in the attraction of key workers . |