Example sentences of "was to improve [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One important objective of counselling was to improve communication within the family , which was achieved in the first session when the therapist took a supportive but firm approach and encouraged the patient to talk to her parents then . |
| 2 | When ILT was established as a national scheme in 1974 its brief was to improve communication in the multi-racial workplace . |
| 3 | And the aim was to improve services for people in the town . |
| 4 | One of the main thrusts of the social security reforms of the 1980s was to improve labour market discipline and , in particular , increase work incentives and reduce reliance on state benefits . |
| 5 | Its aim was to improve safety , comfort , privacy and the quality of facilities in hostels and to encourage more groups with a shared interest , such as wildlife . |
| 6 | The aim of the course , which was staged by the Bristol Consulting Group , was to improve communications , team effectiveness and coaching skills . |
| 7 | Though the expressed aim of this policy was to improve efficiency , ministers went to considerable lengths to make sure that private firms could compete on favourable terms , in the end to little effect since private firms succeeded in gaining only one in four contracts by 1990 ( NAHAT 1990 ) . |
| 8 | So in our search for innovation we decided , without much conviction , to concentrate on a few of the rapidly developing fields , that is on the current fashions such as biotechnology , new materials , lasers and the like , but the emphasis was to be on supporting the research whose main objective was to improve understanding in these fields rather than on products . |
| 9 | The aim of the new legislation was to improve control ( through the introduction of a licensing system ) and to counter exploitation of prostitutes by criminals and pimps . |
| 10 | The residents also released copies of a letter from Raybestos 's managing director , Ted Deane , to the IDA which cast doubt on Mr Deane 's public assertion that the reason Raybestos had abandoned the Knockanemore dump was to improve community relations , implying the real reason was that the owner had changed his mind about selling the site . |
| 11 | The local charter goes beyond the nine standards laid down by the Department of Health , with the authorities stressing the intention was to improve quality and promote openness in administration . |