Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [noun] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leck was then an area of bare moorland with the occasional huddled hill farm , and in the true eighteenth-century manner of fashionable landscapers like Brown , Welch planted trees in clumps and woods to create the most beautiful park . |
| 2 | Next came talks with Hedlunds who agreed to do a turnkey operation , using a three-man team to erect the structure and local builders , plumbers , plasterers and electricians to complete the work . |
| 3 | In the occupational culture of Easton station most of these incidents are rendered afterwards into humorous stories , retold to new recruits and outsiders to demonstrate the ‘ funny side ’ of policing ; and the familiar RUC term ‘ all is regular ’ , used to signify that a call has been attended to , has obvious humorous connotations for one of the community welfare tasks described here . |
| 4 | Telecommunication standards significantly affect the ability of manufacturers and operators to access the telecommunication/information market , the size of the market and determine the extent to which users can have their needs met . |
| 5 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he next expects to meet representatives of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders to discuss the effects of the recession on the motor industry . |
| 6 | At worst , one could fall back on the immediate family of brothers and cousins to protect the individual , if only by helping to pay up to meet the demands of the tax collector . |
| 7 | In the following example the teacher has quite deliberately sought to initiate interest in the comparison of ages and heights , by arranging for older brothers and sisters to visit the group . |
| 8 | As a result , the Central Committee decided to write an open letter to WACC members and colleagues , urging journalists and broadcasters to use the mass media to promote peace , justice and international understanding ( a copy of their letter is enclosed with this issue 's Special Report ) . |
| 9 | The disproportionate population of samurai attracted vast numbers of retailers , craftsmen and servants to service the large and wealthy consumer market . |
| 10 | The plaintiff 's solicitors must make regular checks ( and it is a good idea for the defendant 's insurers and solicitors to do the same ) on the wage rates at regular intervals , and not only on the rates for the job that the plaintiff would have been doing but the rate for any job into which he might have been promoted but for the accident . |
| 11 | Unless the Government are prepared to provide a forum for funds and expertise to assist the defence industry to diversify into other products , the job losses and the decline in Britain 's economic performance will continue — but , then , the Secretary of State does not care . |
| 12 | Presentation of speakers and occasions to present the case are highlights of such work , but around all such events the public relations officer has an hourly job of relating to the media what is happening in the argument and what the various leaders are saying and thinking . |
| 13 | Bills promoted both by backbenchers and ministers to reform the law have been unsuccessful . |
| 14 | His squadron was too small to emulate Blake 's attack on Porto Farina , but he was able to negotiate a satisfactory peace with the Dey of Tunis in February 1658 , winning the right for English warships and merchantmen to use the facilities of Porto Farina , and ransoming English captives at a favourable rate . |
| 15 | This ceremony , called puja , involves the recitation of a long list of seers and gods to show the ‘ pedigree ’ of a mantra . |
| 16 | A solicitor can help sole traders and partnerships to maximise the various reliefs and exemptions , for example , rollover reliefs , and advise about offsetting losses . |
| 17 | An interesting package including Street Soccer with cars and fences to hit the ball against ! |
| 18 | The third consists of those mechanisms which channel pupils into a sexual division of labour : that boys are persuaded to take science and technology subjects and girls to take the arts . |
| 19 | The manufacturers of waste and soil fittings produce excellent catalogues with details of their various fittings and give advice and information on jointing methods and ways to design the system . |
| 20 | The Act puts a duty on designers and suppliers to consider the health , safety and welfare implications of the equipment and processes they create . |
| 21 | Rather than making the observations that were originally planned , the telescope has been trying out various options to see what is possible , and at the same time producing pictures and results to reassure the public that all is not lost . |
| 22 | Inability to raise local funds through savings and investment to reach the proportion required for projects prevented the disbursement of foreign aid committed to such projects , the World Bank estimating that USdollars 4,600 million was waiting to be disbursed . |
| 23 | ‘ It 'll take months and months to settle the estate . |
| 24 | He said directors at his firm , based in Kingston , Surrey , had decided that ‘ it is in the best interests of both their clients and company to sell the business to the PGL adventure group ’ . |
| 25 | Aside from the logistics of creating new books and materials to replace the present South African-produced materials , there will have to be a major push to upgrade and retrain teachers . |
| 26 | Walker , playing for the injured Thorstvedt , should have done better with two high centres which allowed Richardson , in the 19th minute , to reduce the arrears and Olney to head the equaliser on the half-hour . |
| 27 | The consultant may use thumbs , fingers , elbows and perhaps even knees and feet to apply the pressure . |
| 28 | £1 this comes at the same time as having to make fundamental changes to central corporate systems to address the issues of , on the one hand , the Local Government Act 1988 ( which contains the requirements of competition legislation ) and , on the other hand , attempting to identify and apportion expenditure to individual schools and colleges to meet the requirements of the Education Act 1988 . |
| 29 | The report makes recommendations on four areas which can only enhance the ability of schools and teachers to meet the needs of disruptive pupils . |
| 30 | Black artists , photographers , film makers and cultural critics have been in the forefront of demands and attempts to break the bounds of an aesthetic of ‘ positive images ’ . |