Example sentences of "order [adv] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Thirdly , in order eventually to control the pollutant emissions in an area so as to achieve the air quality standards , an inventory of current emissions from the various sources is needed .
2 It might appear that , in order properly to understand the moral causes of political phenomena , we need in the end to have understood the natural phenomena which cause moral phenomena .
3 She had to , in order not to notice the faint scent of his cologne , the feel of wool against her cheek when she turned to follow his pointing finger , the deep timbre of his voice as he spoke of the Rome he loved , spoke of it tenderly , as he would of a woman …
4 However , as the project came to a close the total budget provided in the grant for support workers began to dwindle and the development officers were instructed to make careful calculations of their expenditure in order not to exceed the total available .
5 In order not to miss the fair , he would work the night shift and so have the day tree .
6 The door closed behind them and they crept quietly up to the top floor in order not to wake the sleeping boys downstairs .
7 The supporting piers were massive , few in number in order not to obscure the interior vista but great in diameter and made into important features of the design .
8 But any radical changes to the relief on mortgage interest payments is expected to be left until December in order not to hamper the fragile recovery in the housing market .
9 Anyone resident in a house could be held liable for the support of other household members , which meant that a wage-earning son or daughter often moved out of the home in order not to diminish the unemployed parents ' entitlement to benefit .
10 The British courts have , however , chosen to distinguish the special facts of Webb , in order not to follow the ECJ rulings .
11 They had to achieve a total military victory in order also to impose the total political victory which would at once provide ex post legitimation for the rising and enable them to ensure that there would be no return to pre-July 1936 conditions .
12 Sometimes the rug is simply washed in water and then left out in the sun to dry , but many weaving groups now add chemicals to the water in order both to alter the tonal intensity of the colours and to give the pile a gloss or matt sheen .
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