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

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1 More elaborate designs might use pin headers and sockets so that flying leads can be plugged into the board , making it easy to disconnect them to remove the board for servicing or repair .
2 B and K claimed that the Board should give them sufficient information to enable them to answer the case against them .
3 It will also help if the players can hit the iron shots a little higher than usual to enable them to stop the ball on the firm greens .
4 The sellers gave the buyers a delivery note to enable them to collect the spirit from X. However , the buyers chose to keep it at X 's and did not come to remove it for some months by which time it had deteriorated .
5 And er that had to be regulated , regulated as far as fairness and response to er any claim that our members may make in respect of fairness you know , er and it , to enable them to reach the target bonus .
6 The government is now devising methods to enable them to use the welfare state to control people and make them tow the line .
7 During the summer of 1979 Mr. and Mrs. Hammond had made arrangements with Argyle Building Society , now known as Norwich and Peterborough Building Society , to borrow £15,000 on the security of the property in order to enable them to purchase the property for £24,500 from Mr. Steed .
8 SCOTVEC is always interested to hear from people who feel that they have the subject expertise and commitment to National Certificate to enable them to undertake the job of subject assessor .
9 These costs include the re-filling of fire extinguishers or damage caused by the fire brigade to a building to enable them to put the fire out and would be covered under the fire section .
10 These times were long enough to enable them to study the behaviour of the plasma and its response to the magnetic forces , necessary first steps along the way to controlled thermonuclear fusion .
11 Students will be given support to enable them to identify the type of work they would prefer and the tutor will undertake the placement organisation with some contribution from the student .
12 the usual practice for liners in the vicinity of ice in clear waters was ‘ to keep course , to maintain the speed and to trust a sharp look–out to enable them to avoid the danger
13 Here knowledge of material practices and social understanding combine to enable them to read the text in specific ways .
14 The newer , smaller , spontaneous groups — of parents with mentally handicapped children , for example must be voluntary and self-help to retain their independence and to enable them to build the self-respect of their members .
15 The purpose of the narthex was to accommodate those , such as penitents , who were not permitted to enter the church , and to enable them to hear the service .
16 Finally , some teachers did not return the questionnaire because they had not been in the school at the time of the review and felt that their knowledge of SSE as a general notion was too limited even to enable them to complete the section on general attitudes .
17 All the way back I hoped they would still have the odd one to enable me to complete the suit and happily luck was with me .
18 At the end of his judgment he said , at p. 356 , that mandamus would not lie to direct the benchers of Gray 's Inn to compel them to call the applicant , who was a student member of the Inn , to the degree of a barrister-at-law and added that , if there was a ground for mandamus , the party must take the ancient course of applying to the 12 judges .
19 How would the caring services react if we knew that our performance was being evaluated by the people we were serving , and if disabled people were always involved in deciding : which issues they felt were most important ; how the money should be spent ; and who they wanted to employ to support them to get the job done .
20 They have now called on councillors to meet them to discuss the future of the maisonettes and will present a petition to them today .
21 He criticised the MPs for ‘ their absolute lack of understanding of the conflict here ’ but said he would be willing to meet them to discuss the letter and other issues .
22 If the Minister holds meetings on the poultry industry , why does not his hon. Friend the Member for Penrith and The Border ( Mr. Maclean ) , the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food , agree to meet me to discuss the case of my constituent Mr. Johnston , a duck producer from Sharnidubs , who has been shabbily treated by the Ministry ?
23 ‘ And we will be offering incentives to encourage them to make the change . ’
24 Will representations to other Governments be as strong as possible to encourage them to make the sort of contributions to the know-how fund and to know-how activity that is absolutely crucial for the developing economies in central and eastern Europe , and without which they will never develop democratic politics as well ?
25 A spokeswoman for Mersey Docks and Harbour Company said : ’ They are now quite old and have not been in regular use in recent years so it was decided to dismantle them to improve the appearance of the area .
26 How , I wondered , was I going to find someone to judge the merit of this work objectively ?
27 They also want your reliability — they want to rely on you being there and to trust you to get the job done .
28 Your neighbour really likes the tree and wants to know how much it would take to compensate you to leave the tree at its current size .
29 A risk-averse individual would only be indifferent between transacting on the forward market and transacting on the future spot market if the terms he expects on the uncertain future spot market were sufficiently more favourable than the forward market to encourage him to take the risk .
30 A meeting at Bristol Guildhall on 17 November was called to congratulate the king on his escape , but attracted as well a large group who wished to implore him to end the war .
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