Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A combination to compel the plaintiff to pay a debt is apparently unlawful , but where the object is to punish him it is necessary to distinguish between mere vindictive vengeance , which is unlawful , and the purpose of deterring others from similarly offending , which apparently is not . |
| 2 | Every action which is accepted as kindly , every individual act of devotion and sacrifice , whether made in the havoc of war or in times of peace , every act of generosity and in fact every good thing which has resulted from the endless struggle to uphold the decision to master the violent and lustful urges which are a legacy from the evolutionary process , will play its part in providing units of goodness to be enshrined in the Created God . |
| 3 | When Thornton started at the Daily Mirror he found the usual chronic Fleet Street over-staffing , and began to swing the axe to enable the paper to stand on its own two feet and ward off the inevitable predators , such as Rupert Murdoch and Robert Maxwell . |
| 4 | The need to kill the animal restricts the value of this method . |
| 5 | One may affirm the fundamental principle of non-violence and yet feel morally bound to kill the madman given the circumstances . |
| 6 | Once a family contacts or is referred to the referral scheme coordinator every assistance is given to that family to link into their local community group to ensure that the group is physically suitable and that any special assistance needed to enable the child to attend the group and enjoy its activities is provided . |
| 7 | No structured programme is necessary to teach a baby its mother tongue , to enable the child to master the complexities of sentence construction or grasp the subtle nuances and meanings conveyed in phrase and tone . |
| 8 | They were required to choose one of three mortgage valuations ; a basic valuation to enable the society to assess the adequacy of the security offered , pursuant to the duty imposed on societies by section 13(1) of the Act of 1986 , a copy of which would normally be provided for the borrower on payment of a fee ; a house buyers ' valuation containing a fuller report , for which the borrower paid a higher fee ; or a full structural survey . |
| 9 | There is the basic valuation required to enable the society to assess the adequacy of the security offered pursuant to section 13 of the Building Societies Act 1986 . |
| 10 | Royal Mail is giving a package of technical support and advice worth £3,500 as a first prize , to enable the winner to make the best use of postcodes in her business . |
| 11 | They need to develop strategies to enable the organisation to make the appropriate policy choices and implement them in order to enable the organisation to meet the needs of the environment . |
| 12 | They need to develop strategies to enable the organisation to make the appropriate policy choices and implement them in order to enable the organisation to meet the needs of the environment . |
| 13 | Hence , there are a battery of effects — ‘ fades ’ , ‘ wipes ’ , ‘ dissolves ’ , and variations on them — designed to enable the film-maker to take the viewer through the film in the right emotional and psychological frame of mind . |
| 14 | A 1982 White Paper again recommended greater disclosure suggesting that if the document itself could not be issued , material should be disclosed to enable the public to know the type of information which was being withheld . |
| 15 | They presumably put in train the arrangements for the necessary legislation , as on 27th April , Molesworth introduced a Bill to the House of Commons to enable the Government to acquire the land for the scheme . |
| 16 | The question is whether there would be a sufficient merging of interest between , for instance , the anti-American stance of the French , the Central European posture of the Germans , the Mediterranean outlook of the Greeks and the mercantile perspective of the British for there to be a cohesive common position sufficient to enable the Parliament to hold the executive bodies accountable . |
| 17 | Credit marketing revolves around pre-screening to enable the lender to make a pre-approved credit offer , eg mailing the offer of a $5000 Visa card limit to vetted names . |
| 18 | recommend a transaction to a private customer , or effect a discretionary transaction with or for him , unless it has taken all reasonable steps to enable the customer to understand the risks involved ; or |
| 19 | There would be mechanisms to enable the Board to monitor the quality of service provided . |
| 20 | Regular review sessions will be held to enable the students to identify the learning gained and students will be asked to carefully monitor their own progress . |
| 21 | It sold at a high enough price per pound to cover the cost of carrying it across the Atlantic , and Jamestown enjoyed a tobacco boom , though the increase in exports from 20,000 lb. in 1617 to 350,000 lb. in 1621 was not enough to enable the Company to show a profit , because the ( wholesale , pre-duty ) price fell from four or five shillings a pound to a shilling a pound at the same time . |
| 22 | Other heads saw devolution as a whole new way of life and adopted an approach whereby the power of devolution was used to enable the school to drive the curriculum . |
| 23 | Nonetheless these friends will be aware that the sufferer ultimately has to make his or her own way back to recovery and that " helpful " actions should not serve to enable the sufferer to continue the recovery-threatening attitudes or behaviour without organising his or her own responsibility for the consequences . |
| 24 | The corresponding pattern leaflets will have matching colour bands to enable the knitter to choose an appropriate design for the weight of yarn selected . |
| 25 | At the foot of the cliff , where debris slipping from the cliff is liable to collect , a steep gradient is needed to enable the sea to comb the material down the beach , but , although this action may assist in the formation of a concave profile , it is probably not the sole cause of the concavity . |
| 26 | The whole point of the Criminal Justice Act was to enable the courts to take a strong line with those who harm members of the public . |
| 27 | This would probably have been sufficient to enable the courts to assess the performance as a whole , but the Bill was nevertheless further amended in the House of Lords so that both expressions now appear . |
| 28 | The husband agreed that the wife should have the maisonette , but appealed against the judge 's award of a lump sum of £1m on the grounds ( 1 ) that the judge was wrong in principle to make an award to enable the wife to buy a hotel ; and ( 2 ) that in any case the amount was excessive . |
| 29 | The £15,000 was advanced in order to enable the Hammonds to complete a purchase from Mr. Steed at a price of £24,500 . |
| 30 | A payment will not qualify under Gift Aid if it is made to enable the charity to purchase a property , or other assets , from the donor or from a ‘ connected person ’ . |