Example sentences of "[vb -s] [noun] [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 " The government has plans to reverse the process by reforestation and investment in projects of sustained development . "
2 Folkman has plans to test the factor on tumours in animals .
3 AT&T says it has plans to expand the service to nine European countries in 1994 and plans to invest $350m over five years to deliver the services but may spend less if it can form ventures .
4 As regards these latter matters , it will be assumed for the remainder of the chapter , unless the contrary is stated , that a company has capacity to grant the security and that the directors were not acting in breach of their duty to the company or exceeding their authority .
5 If and when Britain wants sterling to re-enter the mechanism , the British will not be able to dictate terms .
6 Mr Goria wants banks to give the group a discount on interest payments for 1989 and 1990 and to forgo interest for 1991 .
7 At a more modest level , we can say that legislation on restrictive practices has eliminated many cases of blatant anti-competitive behaviour and that the Director-General of Fair Trading now has powers to promote the provision of better consumer information ( e.g. the Trade Descriptions Act ) and to monitor general company behaviour .
8 In addition to these the Court of Appeal has powers to order the retrial of a case tried before a judge alone in the following cases :
9 It is this view of the experience produced by literature that causes Richards to emphasize the role of the reader rather than the author or the text .
10 The government wants SSDs to boost the provision of private and voluntary domiciliary care services .
11 He has authority to settle the dispute , for they agreed to abide by his decision .
12 Avoid the faceless approach and write to a named executive who has authority to approve the account for payment ; have the letter signed by the person whose printed name and title appears as the sender of the letter .
13 The campaign wants legislation to stop the use of upper age limits in recruitment advertising .
14 The strategy emphasises measures to improve the quality of existing urban areas .
15 If , by virtue of the above , proceedings may be commenced in either court , the choice of court will be influenced by the following considerations : ( 1 ) where the case is eventually to be tried , ie whether in the High Court or in the county court — separate rules for each , set out below , apply ; ( 2 ) whether the county court has jurisdiction to grant the relief being sought ( see Chapter 2 ) ; ( 3 ) whether the county court has jurisdiction to enforce the judgment to be obtained ( see Chapter 2 ) ; and ( 4 ) the risk of being struck out or penalised in disallowance of costs if proceedings which are clearly suitable for one court are brought instead in the other ( see below ) .
16 It is clear that the court has jurisdiction to quantify the amount recoverable both under its inherent jurisdiction as well as pursuant to such statutory provisions and rules as may apply to a particular case .
17 If , by virtue of the above , proceedings may be commenced in either court , the choice of court will be influenced by the following considerations : ( 1 ) where the case is eventually to be tried , ie whether in the High Court or in the county court — separate rules for each , set out below , apply ; ( 2 ) whether the county court has jurisdiction to grant the relief being sought ( see Chapter 2 ) ; ( 3 ) whether the county court has jurisdiction to enforce the judgment to be obtained ( see Chapter 2 ) ; and ( 4 ) the risk of being struck out or penalised in disallowance of costs if proceedings which are clearly suitable for one court are brought instead in the other ( see below ) .
18 It shows that the court can and will inquire whether the visitor has jurisdiction to determine the question , i.e. , to enter into the matter .
19 Most proceedings may be commenced in either court , though they may be transferred to the other court in due course ; of the rest , there are some which should always be commenced in the county court and others which should always be commenced in the High Court ( notwithstanding that the county court has jurisdiction to hear the case ) .
20 If the occupier has reason to anticipate the presence of a child trespasser he would do well to erect an obstacle to entry that is not in itself dangerous .
21 But , as a multinational state with restless minorities and a multinational empire with resentful subjects , the CPSU has reason to confront the prospect of major war with apprehension and a long war with dread .
22 While the street now has subtitles to explain the meaning of the dole
23 Make his life as easy as possible when he first starts school to avoid the problem occurring in the first place .
24 She said : ‘ The play scheme needs helpers to plan the summer holiday event and to take part during the four weeks .
25 It does not matter if the opponent steps out as long as your technique strikes home before the referee has time to stop the bout .
26 A teaching plan may be devised for the patient and the information needed may be given in short sessions so that the patient has time to absorb the information and ask questions .
27 He therefore has power to enjoy the income of the company within the meaning of s739(1) and s742(2) ( b ) .
28 In such a case the court has power to stop the prosecution in its tracks .
29 The question of principle raised by this appeal is whether , and if so on what grounds , the court has power to overrule the refusal by W. to undergo certain medical treatment .
30 A unilateral right to require a dispute about the rent to be referred to arbitration is " an agreement to refer future disputes to arbitration " ( Arbitration Act 1950 , s27 ; Pitallis v Sherefettin [ 1986 ] QB 868 ) and the court has power to extend the time for service of a counternotice if undue hardship would otherwise result ( ibid ) .
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