Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are capable of moving rapidly across the battlefield in a very short time , either to intercept enemy or to harass static war machines . |
| 2 | There has been no need to supplement the Chair 's VDU with printers or copiers or to provide expensive video projection or multiple large-screen monitors to allow the whole Committee to view such data . |
| 3 | Decisions to award generous executive bonuses or to provide plush executive dining rooms and executive parking places tell the old story of entrepreneurial heroism . |
| 4 | Borland has no plans to downgrade its Dbase and Paradox database efforts or to encourage these database users to migrate to InterBase . |
| 5 | Grants can be made to assist members in cases of illness or convalescence , to provide money for necessary holidays , to tide over temporary financial difficulties , or to meet other emergency situations . |
| 6 | You may want to replace the cold water system either to convert a direct system into an indirect one or to replace old lead piping ( or a rusting galvanised cistern ) with more modern copper or plastic . |
| 7 | This might be to speed the job up to earn a larger bonus or to create some leisure time during the working shift , or to slow the job down so that an impression of busy-ness is created and he is not given further work . |
| 8 | Many systems allow completely unrestricted programmability , in the sense that it is possible to call up any other application or to execute any system command . |
| 9 | Kuwait also protested about Iraq 's failure to release Kuwaitis and members of other nationalities who had been imprisoned since the Gulf crisis , or to allow Red Cross representatives to visit prisoners . |
| 10 | This , Paula soon discovered , was the way of the fashion world — a constant frantic rush against the clock , to have collections ready on time or to complete individual couture garments for customers who always considered their order more urgent , more important , than that of anyone else . |
| 11 | Large logging operations for the export of timber , or to supply local plywood pulp and construction industries , frequently do not bear the costs of ensuring sustainable yields and often ‘ mine ’ the natural biotic resources of areas and then upon their exhaustion , move on ( see Ch. 8 ) . |
| 12 | For example , poor-country governments may have an incentive to report GDP as low as possible to qualify for soft loans from international financial institutions , or to get favourable trade treatment . |
| 13 | the main , or one of the main , reasons for the business ' structure was to avoid registration ( not , say , due to the partial exemption rules or to get limited liability protection or facilitate a part sale ) ; |
| 14 | In 1985 , France introduced a levy on all 400 combustion plants larger than 50 MW with the proceeds being used for investment subsidies to reduce emissions in the plants concerned or to develop new pollution control technologies . |
| 15 | Above all , you should be aware that he is not under an obligation to promote a settlement that is ‘ fair ’ or to explain unfair dismissal law to you in great detail . |
| 16 | When the IWC was established in 1946 , its purpose was to work for the resuscitation of an industry that was declining because stocks had been over-exploited during the previous decades , rather than to conserve existing whale stocks . |
| 17 | Not more of the same — a narrowing down of what it is to be British , and a belief that to promote good race relations you have to keep black people out . |
| 18 | The feeling that the centre only wanted financial and technical control to check every detail of their action , rather than to stimulate responsible management decentralisation , inevitably increased . |
| 19 | Production was now centralized at Pinewood Studios , with Davis 's former personal assistant Earl St John , a one-time exhibitor , put in charge of making ‘ inexpensive films without artistic pretensions , films that had no other object than to provide good family entertainment and show a profit . ’ |
| 20 | 7.7.5 not to obstruct the access to any fire equipment or the means of escape from the Premises nor to lock any fire door while the Premises are occupied This is reasonable and advisable . |
| 21 | Normally the best way forward is to create a stable environment and to cut corporation tax so that businesses can make their own investment decisions , rather than to distort those investment decisions . |
| 22 | The DRA 's objective is to see the technology succeed rather than to generate short term income — and Robertson believes the chances are high . |
| 23 | The Thai plan is based on calculations which show that it is cheaper to improve the electricity efficiency than to build new power stations . |
| 24 | ‘ Sackholders ’ which look like dustbins but lack proper handles which can be grasped are INADEQUATE for loose refuse and MUST NOT be used except to hold tied plastic sacks . |
| 25 | five or ten minutes late , it 's cheaper for me to put ten P in than to pay twelve pound ticket |
| 26 | It became obvious that to insert any metal object into a hole containing explosive was highly dangerous . |
| 27 | It is small wonder that Dr Underwood finds it a ‘ little disconcerting ’ as the inference of the inquiry , as far as it has gone at present , would appear to be that it is better for a child to stay in East London sleeping irregular hours in ill ventilated shelters and eating fish and chips than to have fresh air conditions in one of our Camps with regular hours of sleep and plenty of well prepared wholesome food ( in which vegetables fresh from the garden play a large part ) forming a diet balanced in accordance with the best advice obtainable from the Board of Education and others … |
| 28 | The main limitations to the use of Pitot tubes are their size and the slowness of their response ; they can not be used in flows of very small length scale , nor to measure rapid velocity fluctuations . |
| 29 | One view of the system is that although formally an international agreement , it serves more to allow governments a way of countering internal pressures on trade than to regulate international trade relations . |
| 30 | While few would disagree with such a statement it is probable that to achieve this goal education spending per pupil should be increased in real terms during the period of a decline cohort of young people . |