Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , where labour turnover is frequent , the individuals who act as leaders or subordinates are constantly changing ; such change is unsettling because the leadership style will have to be altered to suit the new situation , each time a personnel change occurs . |
| 2 | It is notable , however , that many of those who form the audience for these books have continued to regard generic he as ‘ just a rule of grammar ’ which should not be altered to suit the transient whims of feminists , though they may feel under some pressure from certain quarters to use nonsexist forms in their writing . |
| 3 | Britain 's transport network pointed towards the colonial past , the CBI declared : it had to be redirected to face the European future . |
| 4 | We should be helping to shape the democratic institutions on which Europe will depend . |
| 5 | The primary focus is on the UK , but some international comparisons will be undertaken to put the British experience in context . |
| 6 | Data will be collected on retail property development and transactions in the area , and survey work will be undertaken to identify the perceived effects of change in rates . |
| 7 | When the opportunity arises to appointment a new member of staff a considerable amount of attention needs to be given to attract the right person . |
| 8 | In this form , the two hormones are absorbed by the skin and since the digestive system is avoided , a much lower dose can be given to achieve the desired effect , thereby reducing the side-effects . ’ |
| 9 | A commission would be formed to discuss the relevant issues . |
| 10 | which had to be completed to obtain the necessary credit . |
| 11 | Substantial funds would be diverted to service the national debt , one of the highest in Europe , which would be reduced from 124 per cent of GNP to 60 per cent of GNP by 1996 to meet the terms of EMU . |
| 12 | Where the firm becomes aware of the unauthorised distribution or misuse of a valuation engagement report , the corporate finance professional practice partner should be consulted to determine the appropriate course of action . |
| 13 | For it to be useful , in a working situation , it must be adjusted to give the specific performance characteristics required by the user , in the concentration most appropriate to its intended function , with a form , texture and appearance , that is operationally and aesthetically desirable . |
| 14 | The difficulty with these checks is that they can not be adjusted to trap the returning hammers without hindering their upward motion . |
| 15 | In these cases the standing charge will be adjusted to meet the different period . |
| 16 | It was considered that to focus on penetration would be to continue to emphasise the sexual as against the violent aspects of the offence . |
| 17 | The Government must be pressed to accept the British Rail view that the link is needed within the next six or seven years . |
| 18 | Car and scooter hire can also be arranged to visit the magnificent white sand beaches of the west coast , and local water ski-ing is usually possible in the high season . |
| 19 | Doubtless it could be arranged to give the right answers . |
| 20 | As Myers mentions , there are already some programmes in operation which suggest that the national resource base can be manipulated to accommodate the growing needs of the population without serious impairment of soil fertility . |
| 21 | ‘ One passage tries to transform multi-cultural education into a form of Orwellian thought control by telling teachers that children must be taught to acknowledge the positive aspects of homosexual and lesbian households , ’ she says . |
| 22 | The main thrust of the survey was to suggest how primary education could be developed to meet the educational requirements of children as well as the ever-changing needs of society . |
| 23 | The project also aims to evaluate the policies which influence the management of nature conservation resources and to identify how policies can be developed to increase the economic role of wildlife without detriment to the wider aims of nature conservation . |
| 24 | In the longer term , drugs could be developed to correct the genetic fault and reduce the risk to the estimated 250,000 women in Britain who carry the faulty gene . |
| 25 | It also means that it can be subbed to fit the available space without any rewriting . |
| 26 | This is a difficult area in practice as the legislation specifies no age at which children may be considered to have the requisite degree of understanding . |
| 27 | The versatile artist raises the question of relationship between the arts , and how far they can be considered to have the same or similar aims . |
| 28 | What remains of the headquarters team should then be reorganised to make the most of computers , and exposed to the sort of cost-cutting techniques usually associated with the shop floor . |
| 29 | Prisons , such as Preston and Portsmouth , which had been closed as civil prisons since the 1930s , had to be re-opened to contain the larger numbers . |
| 30 | In the past few years two academic posts have had to be frozen to keep the photographic collection and library funded . |