Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] them [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the development of modern phonetics in the present century it was for a long time hoped that scientific study of intonation would make it possible to state what the function of each different aspect of intonation was , and that foreign learners could then be taught rules to enable them to use intonation in the way that native speakers use it . |
| 2 | The hon. Gentleman will know that we have recently announced a £10 million programme to provide grants to local authorities to enable them to give priority to buses through the construction of bus lanes and by giving priority to buses at traffic lights . |
| 3 | The 1977 white paper , Policy for the Inner Cities ( HMSO , 1977 ) , argued that additional powers should be granted to local authorities to enable them to assist industry . |
| 4 | Starting from Oct. 1 , vouchers with a value of 10,000 roubles each would be issued to all Russians to enable them to buy shares in privatized state property . |
| 5 | It is able to move on to the next stage of the action if the various relevant conditions have been satisfied and to produce documentation for court or reminders for the debt recovery unit personnel to enable them to progress matters beyond the next stage . |
| 6 | The parents mouth the little larvae out of their shells to move them to clean site . |
| 7 | This necessitated approaching their parents to ask them to donate blood for DNA extraction . |
| 8 | Indeed , two of the three are offering a consultancy service to local authorities to help them to retain control of the service . |
| 9 | By the allocation of resources is meant the kinds and quantities of goods produced , the production methods used and the distribution of income to individuals to enable them to consume output . |
| 10 | Two methods used by the smuggling firms are bribing local officials to allow them to dump waste in landfills and offering to build ( often low-quality ) incineration and energy-producing plants in destination countries in exchange for permission to burn their toxic waste there . |
| 11 | ECGD does not lend money to companies but does offer a number of schemes to banks to allow them to finance exports at interest rates which are often significantly below prevailing market rates . |
| 12 | By the end of September 1990 , the network of IDS Advisers on Enterprise and Education had undertaken a cumulative total of 5,534 visits to employers to persuade them to offer work experience to school pupils and appropriate short-term placements for teachers . |
| 13 | On top of that , no other adviser had told Alan about the provision in the 1990 Social Security Act for schemes with sufficient surpluses to use them to increase member benefits . |
| 14 | They could find it easier to come to an agreement to support each other during a lock-out for example , because they would have sufficient financial resources to enable them to survive periods of inactivity . |
| 15 | Second , the same act makes provision for ‘ environmentally sensitive areas ’ ( ESAs ) where annual grants are payable by this ministry to farmers to enable them to follow farming practices which will achieve conservation objectives . |
| 16 | Lack of employment prospects for the part-time family and lack of income potential on the family farm had led the sons/daughters to use training as a means of expanding their skills to allow them to undertake contract work . |
| 17 | Marketing for Directors — a two-day programme specifically designed for managing directors , CEOs and executive board members to enable them to set marketing in its corporate perspective . |
| 18 | Design Changes ( DCs ) are the authorisation which LIFESPAN gives to its users to allow them to update modules . |
| 19 | The Crown Prosecution Service should be obliged to inform victims when dropping or lowering charges to allow them to make representations , he said . |
| 20 | Four southern African states have agreed on measures to enable them to resume trading in ivory . |
| 21 | These , together with the new independent Crown Prosecution Service and the introduction of tape recording of suspects ' statements , are intended to balance the increased powers given to the police to enable them to investigate crime more effectively . |
| 22 | On June 11 the Supreme Soviet passed mass privatization legislation under which vouchers worth between 5,000 and 10,000 roubles would be distributed to all citizens to enable them to purchase shares in state property . |
| 23 | It is not a master plan for member states or for the development of Europe , but it will provide a useful reference for member states and others to enable them to take decisions with due regard to the European dimension . |
| 24 | Agents of the various private canal companies would visit landowners and offer incentives to persuade them to buy company shares and to sell parts of their land . |
| 25 | In several studies of small groups , Bales and his colleagues were able to generate a list of frequent behaviour categories to enable them to observe behaviour in a way that was relevant and consistent . |
| 26 | The proposed temporary arrangements were explained and authority was given for the advance of £200 or £300 in temporary loans to some of the workmen to enable them to replace tools destroyed . |
| 27 | Certainly vouchers may be provided to consumers to enable them to consume goods at no charge . |
| 28 | RCA , in particular , using a non-laser disc system , found that linear movies on disc were simply not sufficiently attractive to consumers to encourage them to buy hardware systems that could do nothing else than playback such movies . |