Example sentences of "[to-vb] [det] [noun] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The challenge now for the egg industry is to communicate this message to consumers ; to look forward to the 1990s with confidence in the knowledge that its product is the best in the world — not to waste time and money on the constant examination of its collective navel and on cries of ‘ not fair ’ . |
| 2 | As we will see , the ability to explain consists of both cognitive and linguistic components : the ability to understand a phenomenon ; and the ability to communicate this understanding to others , usually , but not always , by using terms such as because and so . |
| 3 | Health information was broadcast by a much-loved Radio Doctor , whose down-to-earth advice always seemed to contain some reference to bowels . |
| 4 | Revision courses are also offered for students studying privately for the Institute of Housing qualification and it is hoped to provide some help to tenants ' groups in the area . |
| 5 | Therefore , any form of report which by virtue of the qualifications of the reporter was intended to provide some comfort to readers of accounts would be regarded as a quasi audit report . |
| 6 | It is free to members of the public and had proved popular with other organisations wanting to provide this information to women . |
| 7 | It was past midnight , so this was the start of Sunday , and Sundays in Taiwan were not going to bear much resemblance to Sundays in the countries she had known so far . |
| 8 | It is difficult as yet to relate these views to changes in the map of factory employment in Britain ( critical as they are in political economy ) . |
| 9 | The alternative and desired emphasis of policy would be to provide more resources to parents caring for their children at home so that they could do their job better , and to reunite with their parents , wherever possible , those children who have been removed . |
| 10 | In 1987 , the staff at Orsay realised the need to provide more help to visitors to ‘ see better the works we were proposing for their viewing , ’ said Francoise LeCoz , director of the multimedia workshop . |
| 11 | ‘ It would be an absurd nonsense for Chelmsford cathedral not to be allowed to sell these items to visitors to the cathedral . ’ |
| 12 | Whatever the causes , the resultant disillusionment with employment leads to a reappraisal , a conscious or unconscious decision to allocate less energy to careers and to concentrate on comfort and relationship goals at work , and/or to satisfy the autonomy , recognition or power goals outside of employment . |
| 13 | But I , and many others like me , take great care not to cause any danger to others or cause damage to any ground , turf or shrubbery etc . |
| 14 | Alternatively a pupil might know that the height of most adults is between five and six feet but fail to apply this knowledge to estimates of other lengths or heights . |
| 15 | Ohmann goes on to apply this technique to passages regard ed as characteristic of other authors : Hemingway , James , and Lawrence . |
| 16 | What an economy needs is shareholders who have both a long-term interest in the companies they own and the desire and ability to apply some discipline to managers . |
| 17 | The members ' rights of ownership entitle them not only to make decisions personally about how their property is to be used , but also to delegate that power to others , and they are free to stipulate what degree of control they require over the discretion ceded by them . |
| 18 | We may take it that the utilitarian in him could accept with Ricardo 's labour theory of value his hostility to landlords , who might be regarded as unproductive and bone-idle , and share with him a reluctance to extend that hostility to master-manufacturers . |
| 19 | Overall , Siemens AG was able to give little cheer to shareholders , and the shares were off 2.30 marks at 663.10 early yesterday after the company warned that it would be counted a success if 1992-93 profits were stable with last year — incoming orders in the first five months of this fiscal fell 2% , although it looks for a 4.7% rise for the full year ; group sales in the first five months rose 3% to the equivalent of about $18,500m . |
| 20 | as Purchasing and Contract Department Quality manager Owen Edis explains , ‘ we encourage our managers to give recognition for a job well done , so it was natural to extend this recognition to suppliers . |
| 21 | Ukraine , Moldova , Byelarus , Georgia , Azerbaijan and Armenia had refused to supply conscripts to forces outside their territory ; the Central Asian states , and some republics and regions within Russia , had agreed to submit some conscripts to CIS strategic forces . |
| 22 | When he 'd switched the plates he 'd have to give some thought to ways of raising a little cash to live on . |
| 23 | Glaxo Group Research runs a child minding service managed by the company to give some support to mothers returning to work . |
| 24 | This informal group was started up by an NCT member in 1986 to give some support to mums who were at work , or thinking about going back . |
| 25 | The way forward , if it 's the desire of the community to find more low cost houses for people to live in , in villages , I think the way is to give some incentive to farmers and landowners to give er or to make land available . |
| 26 | It attempts to give some meaning to notions of relative autonomy at local level and encourages the consideration of actual political processes in determining what is possible . |
| 27 | And the descriptions of the two men have been too varied to give much help to detectives . |
| 28 | He was willing to submit these terms to arbitrators to vary as they thought fit , but only on condition that he was to retain full power and jurisdiction . |
| 29 | Margaret denied herself , dressing in modest clothes and eating plain food , in order to be able to give more help to others . |
| 30 | In the Sunday Express he said that goal judges ‘ must come ’ to give more help to referees in avoiding errors of judgement . |