Example sentences of "[subord] [to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too often he had seen education serve no better purpose than to impose limits of caution and doubt on vision and imagination . |
| 2 | it is usually easier to give examples of individual words ( which distinguish dialects , styles , etc. ) , than to give examples of pronunciation , grammar and textual organisation ; |
| 3 | This extent will inevitably vary and , in consequence , it may prove wiser to provide for alternative approaches within a system than to force patterns of integration on insecure and bewildered teachers . |
| 4 | In Chapter 2 , I argued that it is very important to test the system as a whole as early as possible rather than to develop components in isolation . |
| 5 | Ukraine participated in a non-voting capacity , since its head of delegation had not been given plenary powers other than to sign agreements on co-operation in meteorology , environmental protection , and electricity production ( Ukraine did not in fact sign these agreements ) . |
| 6 | They argue that the protection of reliance fits into this corrective model of justice , whereas to award damages for harm to the expectation interest involves an inappropriate redistribution of wealth . |
| 7 | The main concern of the purchaser will be whether to rely on the sale and purchase contract as constituting the assignment between the purchaser and the vendor or whether to issue notices of assignment to each party to the contracts after completion and so achieve a statutory assignment rather than an equitable assignment . |
| 8 | Whilst paying lip service to the concepts , the CEGB remained unconvinced that it should bother seriously with either conservation or the renewable sources of energy , especially if it meant abandoning Hinkley C. It was up to the government to decide whether to provide incentives for energy efficiency , whilst the renewables must wait until pilot projects showed their worth . |
| 9 | for example , accurate information about future weather conditions will help the manager of a shop to determine whether to buy stocks of ice cream or stocks of soup . |
| 10 | While it is important to know when and where the injury occurred , as a wound which presents late may have major septic problems , the mechanism of the injury can also warn us whether to anticipate problems with healing . |
| 11 | But the strategy of working alongside is more likely to bring about significant change in professional thinking and classroom practice , because the partners have no alternative but to confront questions of planning and organization , and hence to explore each other 's ideas . |
| 12 | Schrager and Short may not go this far , but they are certainly right to stress that corporate crime should be conceptualized so as to include acts of omission as well as the more obvious acts of commission . |
| 13 | This technique , particularly associated with the Millward Brown research agency , involves a continuous survey with the results accumulated on a rolling four or eight-week basis , so as to relate changes in awareness and attitudes very precisely to changes in your own and competitive brands ' advertising activity . |
| 14 | The data in Table 7 can be rearranged so as to rank universities in order of the proportion of Scottish theses to theses as a whole , and develop what might be called a ‘ Parochiality Index ’ . |
| 15 | Though not so revolutionary as to require years of testing and modification ( and run the risk of ultimate rejection as in the case of the Advanced Passenger Train ) . |
| 16 | In particular , it was said that the employer was thereby saving on royalties payable to the patentee or licensee of alternative components ; the valve reduced processing costs and disposals of scrap ; output had increased ; and the frequency of employee injury had declined so as to reduce absences from work and claims for compensation . |
| 17 | Colin Urie , of the Operations Section , is looking at ways of increasing cooperation between SCOTVEC and centres so as to reduce delays in certification . |
| 18 | The tapestries and wall-paintings look slightly different to different people , in such a way as to foster thoughts of distrust and discord between them . |
| 19 | Edwards ( 1979 , 16 ) , for example , characterises the situation as one where for most of the twentieth century management have met ‘ chronic resistance to their effort to compel production ’ and consequently ‘ have attempted to organize production in such a way as to minimise opportunities for resistance and even to alter workers ’ perceptions of the desirability of opposition ’ . |
| 20 | Boniface made claims which were so large and so tactless as to produce enemies like dragon 's teeth , and the French king 's own ambitions eventually drove Boniface into Edward 's camp . |
| 21 | She was n't going so far as to make protestations of delight in Betty 's company . |
| 22 | The deaf community will soon be so small as to make considerations of BSL or signing irrelevant to education . |