Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Continuity in subcontracting allows parent companies to diversify the risks of specialization and promotes the exchange of technological information so that the quality of inputs is ensured and delivery schedules guaranteed .
2 Continuity in subcontracting allows parent companies to diversify the risks of specialization and promotes the exchange of technological information so that the quality of inputs is ensured and delivery schedules guaranteed .
3 And through it all were shafts of golden splendour , shooting down from above to burnish the leaves with brilliance .
4 Now we have to accommodate the tastes of partners of immediate family as well as our own offspring , so choice is careful indeed .
5 But the French had not managed to divert or to accommodate the forces of nationalism .
6 One thrust of this revolt displayed itself in a widespread attachment to the established church of the pre-1625 period , with its more relaxed doctrinal approach that was able to accommodate the beliefs of Richard Hooker as well as those of the compilers of the Lambeth Articles ; the other took the form of the ‘ left-wing Arminianism ’ of radical groups such as the General Baptists and Quakers , who rejected the rigidities of predestination in favour of the belief that all could attain salvation , and who , it is argued , won much popular support as a consequence .
7 Those who stress reversal see the process as one that has been led from the top , using the need to accommodate the reforms to Japan 's particular social system in order to legitimate the changes .
8 Gaps can be left to accommodate the areas of planting .
9 From the fourth century , popes , bishops , and emperors competed in fostering the memorials of the martyrs , rediscovering or restoring their burials , adorning them with inscriptions recording their deeds , erecting great basilicas in the cemeteries to accommodate the crowds of worshippers .
10 Mr. McGregor recognised the force of this and accepted that , had not statute intervened , the judges would have been likely to extend the English law of negligence to accommodate the requirements of justice .
11 Thousands of insanitary back-to-back houses were built to get as many as inhumanly possible into every acre of land to accommodate the legions of workers .
12 This is rational behaviour only if speculators are risk-neutral and are willing to accommodate the demands of hedgers without additional compensation in the form of a risk premium in excess of the risk-free rate .
13 Other witnesses , some of whom had themselves been imprisoned , spoke feelingly of the dread of the Combination Laws in the east Midlands and their use to cower the knitters into defeat , at a time when wages had sunk to 7s ( 35p ) a week .
14 It had been an eloquent , impassioned speech in which he had promised to uphold the principles of democracy as the new leader of Zimbala .
15 His would not have been the only provincial accent to assail the ears of Londoners at the time , but at least it would have lent his speech a touch of bucolic appeal , with its rolling Somerset post-vocalic ‘ r ’ sounds and a liberal sprinkling of ‘ v 's for ‘ f's and ‘ z's for ‘ S'S .
16 Ndimene said that black commandos , recruited in Mozambique , Angola and Zaïre , were instructed to kill the commuters as part of the war against the ANC .
17 The big match is at Coundon Road , where Hereford , who took on the might of Bath a few seasons ago try to kill the giants of Coventry .
18 The children immediately try to kill the animals without thinking of the consequences or the morality of it .
19 Where possible data were subjected to analysis of variance to enable the effects of preincubation with TPA to be evaluated after the removal from consideration of the slight variation in the responsiveness of each cell batch to agonists .
20 Débourbage , or cleansing , of the must can take place at either the presshouse or the winery and is , in its simplest form , merely a resting of the must to enable the particles of skin and other impurities to settle on the bottom of the vat .
21 In Piddington v. Bates the power was employed to enable the police to station no more than two pickets at the entrance to a factory .
22 It was in recognition of her imaginative purchasing of paintings to enliven the walls of Arlington House , north-west London , a hostel for 400 homeless men .
23 In 1928 she became the first person ever to swim the Straits of Gibraltar ( in 12 hrs. 50 min. ) , braving the perils of whirlpools , currents , and sharks .
24 His winning formula has been to restore the houses in stages , a wing at a time : they are so attractive and such good value that they almost invariably sell before they are completed .
25 In a private agreement made a few months after the treaty was concluded , Bruce restored Henry Percy 's Scottish lands and he is said to have promised to restore the lands of Henry Beaumont and Thomas Wake of Liddel .
26 Plans to restore the remains of Liverpool Castle a replica of King John 's fortress have received a £40,000 cash boost .
27 SIR Lawrie Barratt , pulled out of retirement 18 months ago to restore the fortunes of Barratt Developments , has continued to deliver the goods .
28 It is commonly argued that nationalization takes place in order to socialize the losses of sectors of capital where capitalist relations have broken down ( e.g. Fine and O'Donnell 1981 ) or to resolve an immediate crisis in a sector of the economy , as with the creation of the Italian state holding company IRI by Mussolini in response to the impending collapse of the banking system ( Maraffi 1980 ) .
29 Electronic devices are being developed to monitor the mileages of vehicles .
30 In looking at the way in which schools and colleges were managed after the 1988 Act , the Commission pointed out that LEAs would have a less directive role but would still have to monitor the services of schools and colleges .
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