Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [coord] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The failure of these traditional local economic strategies to stimulate and sustain local economic growth in all but a minority of places has led to the development of new forms of policy . |
| 2 | However , even the most well-meaning attempts to induce and promote local enterprise may sometimes result in little in terms of quantifiable gains to the community at large . |
| 3 | As Keith Evans rightly reminded us , some attempts to stimulate and support resource-based learning resulted in " magnificently equipped Resource Centres with highly trained stall , from which teachers retreat , their confidence undermined ! " |
| 4 | I know that he appreciates the importance of infrastructure improvements to stimulate and encourage inward investment . |
| 5 | Also , if the government is serious about developing decent employment opportunities for women , the training and educational agencies will have to look to broadening their remits to include and promote non-traditional areas of work for women . |
| 6 | There are various clinics and self-help groups to support and encourage those wanting to kick the habit ; but a lot of determination will be needed to get through the first difficult weeks or months . |
| 7 | Further , the failure of the police and courts to prosecute and convict more than a small proportion of rapists means that there is little effective legal deterrent . |
| 8 | I stood by the window staring out into the foggy darkness , taking deep breaths to try and stifle some hollow feeling of new disease . |
| 9 | Mrs Jordan has organised two public hustings to try and meet more of the electorate on Sunday at 1.30pm and Monday , 7.30pm , at the St Mary 's Centre , Corporation Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 10 | Education in schools , colleges and youth projects to try and prevent young people from sniffing may help to reduce casualties . |
| 11 | I believe it 's the intention of the authorities to try and do some very detailed work over the coming months , then armed with that detailed assessment and hopefully armed with your recommendations they may aim to be pr proceed to the modification step of the structure plan in a way that which will lead to a speedy conclusion . |
| 12 | ( These might be available from a museum loan service or there might be opportunities to see and handle these during a museum visit . ) |
| 13 | The research examines to what extent this is the case and what , ( if any ) strategies are being adopted by British clothing manufacturers to restore or maintain international competitiveness . |
| 14 | The New Nursery was opened on 26th August this year and has been designed to offer children opportunities to enjoy and develop all types of play and decision-making , and to gain increased independence within a safe and secure environment . |
| 15 | After polypectomy , patients were followed for 24 months and underwent complete colonoscopy every 6 months to detect and remove any metachronous lesions . |
| 16 | To unravel the complex mycobacteriology of chronic enteritis , investigators have developed sensitive methods to detect and characterise relevant pathogenic strains . |
| 17 | Displays of three-dimensional materials can give opportunities to handle and explore interesting objects which pupils would not otherwise have the chance to examine , as well as more commonly found ones . |
| 18 | Eventually things got cool enough for the protons and neutrons to fuse and form atomic nuclei ; later still it was possible for electrons to cling to the nuclei , thus creating atoms . |
| 19 | Traditional options are contracts written by stock exchange market makers entitling their clients to buy or sell quoted shares in some stock in the future at a price fixed at the time the option contract is purchased . |
| 20 | From 1899 , the intention of the clergy to assume and maintain absolute control of their schools led a number of them to refuse to appoint members of the Irish National Teachers ' Organization so as to avoid trade union interference . |
| 21 | The £2,000 will provide sufficient funds to buy and train one guide dog . |
| 22 | In preparing the financial statements , the directors have assumed that their negotiations with the banks and third parties to restructure and release certain debts and to stabilise the position will be successful . |
| 23 | Opted-out hospitals will return to local health authority control and will there will be new incentive funds to reward and encourage those health authorities who can raise standards in health provision . |
| 24 | During the meeting , participants issued a strong call to governments and churches in Africa to take urgent steps to protect and uphold human rights . |
| 25 | In general the Paris negotiators were keen to emphasise solutions to the national minority problem of eastern Europe , rather than reveal that their main aim was the creation and resurrection of neighbour-states to control and limit German power and influence . |
| 26 | High levels of public violence eventually forced the US ‘ occupying forces to take the necessary steps to control and remedy such a deplorable situation ’ ( Yamamoto 1981 p.30 ) . |
| 27 | 2:11 , 16 ) and positively that they should recognise that they belong to one another and take active steps to welcome and support one another ( Rom. 15:7 ) . |
| 28 | WASL continues positively to seek funds to develop and maintain all aspects of the organisation . |
| 29 | Plans by backbenchers to reactivate and expand Parliamentary Labour CND , which has been deliberately inactive in the election run-up , will be a severe embarrassment to the Labour leadership . |
| 30 | Whitehead Mann 's prominence shows that it is not necessary to wholly own a large number of overseas offices to gain and handle top assignments successfully ; its membership of the Ward Howell Group covers its international search needs without incurring the capital expenditure and risk that the Big Four have undertaken . |