Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would both worsen the recession already under way in America and , by forcing inflation higher , make it harder for the Federal Reserve to continue easing monetary policy . |
| 2 | If the drugs do not appear in the stool as planned , or if symptoms of intoxication develop , the smuggler may present to a casualty department , fearing a package has burst , fabricating a story to try to avoid criminal proceedings . |
| 3 | This might , he appreciated , mean putting sections of the house ‘ under wraps ’ , but would I bring all my experience and expertise to bear to ensure such losses were kept to a minimum ? |
| 4 | In order to continue to monitor the developments in the English vocabulary from day to day and from year to year , it is essential for the Dictionary Department to continue to collect such quotations . |
| 5 | It remained an integral part of a government department but with an attempt to try to introduce accountable management and run it in a businesslike fashion . |
| 6 | THE English soccer authorities have moved with uncharacteristic speed to try to minimise possible fall-out from the World Cup meeting of England and Holland , the European teams whose supporters are most associated with hooliganism , in the Sardinian capital of Cagliari next summer . |
| 7 | She opened her mouth to try to put this fact into words , but he intervened again . |
| 8 | The President must offer the three main party leaders in turn a three-day mandate to try to form another government based on the present parliament . |
| 9 | Approach barman to try to sell some tickets in pub . |
| 10 | I came across a number of cases where , in an attempt to increase their chances of employment , people had returned to college to try to get better qualifications . |
| 11 | They may also depend upon getting people from within the department to work to change old policies which have hitherto been regarded as quite satisfactory . |
| 12 | Characterised by confusion over aims and changes of membership , the panel made a number of false starts and fresh starts with the injection of new blood to try to give more direction to its work . |
| 13 | For President Saddam Hussein 's apparent move to clear the way towards peace , is being seen here as a cynical bid to try to dilute western opposition against him . |
| 14 | Carter authorized the State Department to try to find another asylum . |
| 15 | On the authority of the President , the letter was distributed to immigration adjudicators , with a copy of the decision and a briefing to counsel defending such applications for judicial review . |
| 16 | At Level Three the student will identify personal and social development goals in relation to community involvement and arrange a programme to help achieve these goals , working independently . |
| 17 | The charity 's director David Bryer says by cutting Third World aid to help reduce public spending , the Government would be cutting off it 's nose to spite it 's face . |
| 18 | At that time , however , in the face of Senate opposition , Gates withdrew after the opening round of confirmation hearings , in what was generally considered to be an attempt to avoid answering detailed questions concerning his involvement in the Iran-contra scandal [ see p. 35187 ] . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm frightened of horses — but I was aware of all the rumours about me being ‘ difficult ’ to work with , so I got on the horse to avoid causing any problems . |
| 20 | It has long been our practice to avoid performing diagnostic dilatation and curettage in young women if possible . |
| 21 | The Maltese parliamentary secretary for the environment , Dr Stanley Zammit , has met with members of the country 's shooters ' and trappers ' association to discuss transferring government-owned woodland to association members . |
| 22 | Sometimes it can make sense to borrow short term to avoid unlocking well-placed savings or investments . |
| 23 | These results suggest , first , that simultaneous 24 hour ambulatory oesophageal and gastric pH monitoring is helpful in patients with Barrett 's columnar lined lower oesophagus to help identify those patients at greater risk of developing complications . |
| 24 | The Queen is believed to have offered concessions in a bid to ease mounting public concern over the royals — in particular the behaviour of the younger family members . |
| 25 | Before the 1930s , when formal rules and regulations were introduced , contestants would get into a ring to fight wearing crude boxing gloves made of hemp . |
| 26 | It seems to me entirely up to him , if he so wished , and his group , if they felt there needed to be more money spent on highways structural maintenance to have moved other bids up to priority order when discussing the capital budget . |
| 27 | Worse still , in their programmes of records , of which there are many , it is common practice to have to endure several minutes of discussion on the item to be played . |
| 28 | BOTH these books deal with the question of whether low-level exposure to lead has important effects on behaviour and intelligence , and both come to a rather positive conclusion . |
| 29 | So we have not let up in our determination to continue to provide additional services . |
| 30 | It is not an abuse to process to assert private law rights by a private action even if the action raises or turns on public law issues . |