Example sentences of "[prep] order to [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He smiled without humour when Frankie sucked at the soap-filled cloth in order to sluice the taste of rancid beck-water from his mouth . |
| 2 | Geologist Bill Ward , of Griffith University in Brisbane , and colleagues from CSIRO were collecting samples in order to date the formation of the island 's sand ridges . |
| 3 | For analysing the way in which theological terms like ‘ faith ’ , ‘ grace ’ and ‘ revelation ’ are used in order to undergird the ‘ meaning ’ theist position , and for a more general discussion of the issues , there is a useful collection edited by Basil Mitchell called Faith and Logic . |
| 4 | Shortly before signing the non-aggression accord , however , the two sides announced that they would hold a meeting at Panmunjom on Dec. 26 , in order to discus the issue of nuclear weapons within the Korean peninsula . |
| 5 | It seems reasonable to suggest that the natural theme we is omitted in the second sentence in order to foreground the rheme . |