Example sentences of "order [to-vb] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … Once this can be done , the ‘ model ’ of the market so created can be manipulated in order to try to assess the likely effect of different levels of advertising expenditure or different patterns of spending — heavy bursts or lighter-weight ‘ drip ’ patterns for example — on sales . |
| 2 | In addition , potential shareholders were offered telephone vouchers or a bonus share issue if the shares were held for a period of three years , in order to try to prevent the immediate sale of shares after the issue . |
| 3 | At the other end of R5 ( the base of TR2 ) we will need a voltage of 0.6V in order to forward bias the base-emitter junction and turn TR2 ‘ on ’ . |
| 4 | Although Duke had contested the election as a Republican , he had been disowned by most of the party 's establishment , and the official Republican candidate had withdrawn from the contest in order to avoid splitting the anti-Duke vote . |
| 5 | The draftsman should , therefore , consider whether to impose on the tenant a limit to the number of persons who may be employed in the demised property in order to avoid overloading the available facilities . |
| 6 | I believe the frat kid may be holding back in order to avoid hurting the ailing legend . |
| 7 | This volume was confined to the central area because excavation was restricted to the ‘ core ’ of the plan in order to avoid undermining the existing external wall foundations ( Fig 43 ) . |
| 8 | In order to avoid thickening the whole wall area , as the Romanesque builders had done , the Gothic mason provided extra reinforcement in the form of a stone buttress at the point on the wall where it was most needed . |
| 9 | As one critic caustically observed , these early armchair anthropologists , who seldom had any direct acquaintance with the tribal customs that so intrigued them , appeared to be only interested in the living in order to better understand the dead . |