Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another result is that firms make ‘ supernormal ’ profits ( profits in excess of those necessary to induce them to remain in the industry ) at consumers ' expense . |
| 2 | The large campsites always have large refreshment marquees with discos to enable everyone to unwind after a day 's racing . |
| 3 | The aims were to give families reproductive choice in future pregnancies ; to enable them to plan for the future with a child with a disability ; to avoid the experience of a prolonged diagnosis ; and to identify a presymptomatic cohort who may benefit from future treatments . |
| 4 | As Pathfinders they had the extra advantage of being able to use all the latest radar equipment to enable them to see through the layers of cloud , and when they were talking to Met Officers we would hear mysterious references to ‘ Gee ’ and ‘ H2S ’ . |
| 5 | This level of provision represents a very substantial commitment of resources to the enterprise bodies and it should be sufficient to enable them to carry through the wide range of tasks expected of them and to build on their excellent first year of operation . |
| 6 | Cut a slice off the bottom of each pear to enable them to sit in a dish without falling over , and place in an ovenproof dish well spaced out . |
| 7 | As one jaundiced critic put it in 1733 : " A set of brocaded tradesmen cloathed in purple and fine linen , and faring sumptuously every day , raising to themselves immense wealth , so as to marry their daughters to the first rank , and leave their sons such estates as to enable them to live in the same degree . |
| 8 | I have just received notice via our agent , Mr John Popham , whom I believe you know , that Newport Borough Council and Gwent County Council are preparing to apply to the Secretary of State for Wales for an Order under the above Act to enable them to proceed with the construction of a barrage across the river Usk . |
| 9 | But irrespective of how they construe the common sense which is the policeman or woman 's working knowledge , seniors are agreed that new recruits need experience of life to enable them to deal with the range of situations and people they encounter in their work . |
| 10 | We have provided an access fund to the institutions to enable them to deal with the few cases of hardship that genuinely occur . |
| 11 | However , it is clear that some people will want to consider seeking an assessment to enable them to move into a residential or nursing home . |
| 12 | The public library has lost its soul because it has been absorbed into the modern semi-literate culture and because it did not have the knowledge and experience gained across generations that the old private libraries had to enable them to cope with the world of mass circulation popular fiction , for example , rather than the People 's University that Hoggart remembers from his youth in the Hunslet district of Leeds . |
| 13 | Some of the details are nicely done such as the antiquated ceramic water bottle offered by the porter to enable them to cope with the freezing bedrooms . |
| 14 | There was a great yearning among lay people to understand in terms of their own vernacular this inner experience of the faith , which , through the institutional influence of the Church , formally governed the structure of their lives , although their education may not have been such as to enable them to cope with the official language of the Church or highly intellectual theological exposition . |
| 15 | Although barbel are so stupid when they are feeding ravenously , they are not so stupid they can not learn a few tricks of their own to enable them to feed in the face of apparent danger . |
| 16 | THE Hampshire Playing Fields Association have just launched a £250,000 public appeal to enable them to respond to the ever-increasing demands for support of sport and recreational projects throughout the county . |
| 17 | Additionally the following measures were agreed : ( i ) that a joint working party would be set up , charged with defining " political offences in the South African situation " and with advising on " mechanisms for dealing with the release of political prisoners and the granting of immunity " ; ( ii ) that " temporary immunity from prosecution for political offences " would be considered as a matter of urgency for the ANC 's NEC members and others , to enable them to return to the country without fear of prosecution ; ( iii ) that the government would " review existing security legislation to bring it into line with the new dynamic situation developing in South Africa in order to ensure normal and free political activities " ; ( iv ) that the government would work towards the lifting of the state of emergency ; ( v ) that efficient channels of communication between the government and the ANC would be set up in order to curb violence and intimidation from whatever quarter . |
| 18 | Prior to enrolment at the start of their first year , the University will send to all EC students forms to enable them to apply for a mandatory award . |
| 19 | They want our tied estate and ‘ English heritage ’ beers to enable them to compete with the five major national tied estate brewers . |
| 20 | However , recently they can be issued for maturities for as little as 7 days to enable them to compete with the sterling commercial paper market . |
| 21 | Pavel Penkin is the strike leader , what farmers want he says is a massive injection of state investment to enable them to compete in the new free market and improve their lot . |
| 22 | It has a peculiarly romantic ring about it and refers to ‘ special protection , opportunities and facilities to enable them to develop in a healthy and normal manner in freedom and dignity ’ , to ‘ special treatment , education and care ’ and ‘ love and understanding and an atmosphere of affection and security ’ . |
| 23 | The pelagic animals generally try to achieve ‘ neutral buoyancy ’ , to enable them to stay at the required depth without effort ; and many have devices to alter buoyancy . |
| 24 | To provide advice and guidance to businesses to enable them to comply with the requirements of the legislation enforced . |
| 25 | 1985 ) expectation of seeing appropriate training and support being available to all teachers to enable them to cater for the linguistic needs of pupils in a linguistically diverse Britain ( para. 2.17 ) still needs serious consideration . |
| 26 | Frog eggs are about one to two millimetres in diameter and , like the chick , have enough yolk to enable them to grow to a stage when they can feed themselves . |
| 27 | In contrast , the few policies aimed at older workers have been positively intended to encourage them to withdraw from the labour market . |
| 28 | They are likely to stay for a long time with one organisation , and indeed many organisations seek to bind them to them by offering fringe benefits , particularly in the form of " loyalty bonuses " to encourage them to return at the start of each new banqueting season . |
| 29 | This galvanised the National Agent , R. T. Windle , into making plans for an individual membership campaign early in 1944 ; and it led to the executive summoning a conference of trade union officers so as to encourage them to contribute to a general election fund and to increase the proportion of their contracting-in membership — which was much less than half the total membership they reported to the Trades Union Congress . |
| 30 | It is an offence to organise , to participate in or to incite someone to participate in a banned march . |