Example sentences of "[adv] in order [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When various media types and units are being used , particularly if primary and secondary media items have been forced to different media types , a unit which is only able to handle secondary items will attempt to do so in order to contribute to the workload . |
| 2 | The resignations of four government ministers in late September were believed to be related to forthcoming elections , with Education Minister Ricardo Lagos Escobar in particular stepping down in order to stand for the presidency in 1993 , and Carlos Ominami Pascual ( Economy ) to organize his campaign . |
| 3 | If he acted in this way , it was not in order to conform to the customs of his time , for his attitude towards women was quite different from that of his milieu , and he deliberately and courageously broke with it . ’ |
| 4 | Within moments , he is talking about Brecht 's THREEPENNY OPERA pointing out how Brecht invented an abstract London , not in order to escape from the reality of the city , but to create a generalized framework which could be relevant to audiences in many different places . |
| 5 | He might also inquire how a man can come to regard that which is the main purpose of his life as dispensable just in order to fit into the utilitarian formula . |
| 6 | Government ministries and public agencies were instructed in November to control spending strictly in order to stay within the confines of an IMF standby arrangement and enhanced structural adjustment facility ( ESAF ) announced on July 13 and totalling 131 million special drawing rights ( about US$176 million ) . |
| 7 | For instance , when he is wheeled to the toilet , he stands up in order to get into the wheelchair , and again to move onto the toilet , instead of being lifted or transferred . |
| 8 | The revision proposed that works councils should be set up in order to vest in the workers a measure of control as against the bureaucratic command of the central planning authority . |
| 9 | Although the presence of the proctors was probably in order to assent to the lay taxes which fell upon the clergy 's temporalities , from 1341 at least they were no longer required to attend ; they were still summoned , but their absence from parliament was not deemed prejudicial to the king , no doubt because it could no longer delay or frustrate clerical taxation which was now in the hands of another body . |
| 10 | As for the doorstep survey , this was carried out in order to generalize about the speech of the city as a whole , and in this way to be able to describe modifications to the vernacular that might be of general import . |
| 11 | He bent his legs in a squat and strained his head sideways in order to squeeze through the confined space without disturbing the safety-chain . |
| 12 | The income tax relief already given under MIRAS should be offset against PAYE deductions , income tax deducted from dividends etc in order to arrive at the net income tax already suffered . |
| 13 | Dermot Weld decided to take Market Booster out of a big race at Baden-Baden tomorrow in order to run in the Champion , and after that it 's the Arc . |
| 14 | Like Herbert , however , he suffered from ‘ aguish distempers ’ ; his doctor advised that the only chance of saving his life was for him to travel overseas in order to escape from the Cambridge climate and as a respite from his studies . |
| 15 | This means that the initial state of the universe would have to have had exactly the same temperature everywhere in order to account for the fact that the microwave background has the same temperature in every direction we look . |
| 16 | Toy manufacturers also have to think ahead in order to cater for the numbers of school children and babies . |
| 17 | She accepted a glass of water and for the first time looked round in order to take in the room and the people before her . |