Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] the [noun] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | For those who see in this the loss of an opportunity to remould the world more nearly to their hearts ' desire , that must be the overwhelming pity . |
| 2 | These are supplementary aids to the legs and hands and can be used for correction and help to teach the horse to answer the aids more readily . |
| 3 | The collection of historical Archives , including photographic archives , requires urgent conservation action , to be followed by action to make the material more widely available in a secure way . |
| 4 | Assurances were given about the number of lesson visits on which judgments about teachers ' competence would be based , and an attempt to make the procedure more ‘ egalitarian ’ , or ‘ fraternal ’ was blocked . |
| 5 | In an attempt to make the RUC more acceptable to the minority , its leadership structure was radically altered , outsiders were brought in to train and lead it , and the B Special Constabulary was disbanded to be replaced by the Ulster Defence Regiment under army command . |
| 6 | Those who had perhaps drawn back after much involvement came out of retirement to lead the church more effectively than ever before . |
| 7 | I have , therefore , taken advantage of your absence on academic business to give the matter more thought and I feel it might be best if I set out the various considerations involved in written form . |
| 8 | There was little in the report to offer investors any incentive to assess the company more favouarbly . |
| 9 | In Australia the need to make the material more accessible to a widely scattered clientele has been met in part by the adoption of a centre for every state and territory , each of which holds a replicate collection of teaching materials . |
| 10 | You would still need to take some Travel Scrabble to make the walk more interesting . |
| 11 | In its annual report on the French economy published in early June 1991 the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) praised the government for the tenor and success of its macroeconomic policy while urging structural reform to make the economy more flexible , responsive and competitive . |
| 12 | Mahoney wandered off to another part of the room , leaving Donna to study the canvas more closely . |
| 13 | Any clause containing the right for the landlord to vary the lease more substantially should be resisted strongly and the footnote to this clause contains the suggestion that in such circumstances the tenant should insist on a provision that no variation be made which would , eg reduce the area of the premises or affect their use or increase the tenant 's liability under the lease . |
| 14 | Many people doing boring or repetitive jobs deliberately introduce a certain amount of stress to make the routine more exciting . |
| 15 | They allow people with different areas of expertise to question the candidate more closely than one general interviewer . |
| 16 | But both Davis and Hendry can put more convincing cases , with the latter 's hunger to regain the crown more persuasive even than Davis 's six wins . |
| 17 | Later on in life those same children may be expected to regard that Bible with such reverence , that the placing of a hand on a copy of it automatically makes their obligation to tell the truth more compelling . |
| 18 | In its aftermath Mrs Thatcher apparently took greater care to consult the Cabinet more fully and was overruled by it on the proposed sale of British Leyland to the US-based General Motors . |
| 19 | it has the potential to clean the subsurface more thoroughly than other schemes , because the microorganisms may be in intimate contact with all parts of the aquifer , both solid and liquid . |
| 20 | In preparation for the Congress , the standing parliament , the Supreme Soviet , demanded that constitutional changes be made by the Congress to allow the legislature more control over the government , since President Boris Yeltsin 's emergency powers , granted by the fifth ( extraordinary ) Congress in October 1991 [ see p. 38537 ] , which gave him the right to appoint the government , were due to expire . |
| 21 | Dr Douglas Greer , ex Berkeley and now at the European Computer Research Centre in Munich , said that in the early days of Unix CSRG did a lot to make the system more modern and usable . |
| 22 | Reshuffling its North America operations is , ZDS officials say , ‘ part of an effort to make the firm more responsive to the personal computer Unix-based market worldwide … the company had to start at the heart of the problem the bureaucracy in the company . ’ |
| 23 | In an effort to make the bill more acceptable , its Democratic sponsors included a provision which specifically prohibited the establishment of quotas , defined by its supporters as the hiring of a fixed proportion of minority workers regardless of their qualifications . |
| 24 | In keeping with Ackoff 's principle ( 1988 ) that ‘ It is better to plan for oneself , no matter how badly , than to be planned for by others , no matter how well' ’ , individuals who have contributed to the policy-making process are likely to be in a position to serve the organisation more effectively . |
| 25 | An element in a number of such cases is a tendency to apply the tests more strictly when the application is made by the plaintiff , after he had selected the forum , especially where the application concerns his own evidence . |
| 26 | The implication is that lenders have a myopic outlook with a tendency to discount the future more heavily . |
| 27 | It does not for the moment wish to take on additional responsibilities in respect of criminal legal aid , means assessments and determinations and taxations of costs , given that it is not at present in a position to do the work more effectively . |
| 28 | It will also often be counterproductive to go to your second-choice expert simply because they may be in a position to do the report more quickly . |
| 29 | 7.2 Landlord to insure The Landlord covenants with the Tenant to insure the Premises and the Retained Parts [ subject to the Tenant paying the Insurance Rent ] unless such insurance shall be vitiated by any act of the Tenant or by anyone at the Premises expressly or by implication with the Tenant 's authority [ and under the Tenant 's control ] While it would be preferable for the insurance to be in the joint names of the landlord and the tenant in order to give the tenant more control over the insurance and to avoid the problem of subrogation referred to below , landlords tend to resist this , presumably on the basis that they wish to retain absolute control and not rely on the tenant in any way as regards the insurance cover . |
| 30 | The following sections look at the outreach work that is taking place around the country to make the CAB more accessible to groups who could not otherwise easily reach a bureau . |