Example sentences of "and [to-vb] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their task was to take oaths of allegiance from the various semi-independent cities , and to encourage resistance to Milan . |
| 2 | This would include commitments by industrialized countries to cut carbon dioxide emissions , and to provide assistance to third-world states to do the same . |
| 3 | Securing the suppression of the foreign slave trade might be achieved in part in wartime by naval power but otherwise was mainly seen as requiring lobbying of and consultation with ministers , communicating with British diplomats and naval commanders for information and to provide stimulus to intervention in particular cases and pressing arguments upon foreign leaders , particularly during the Congress phase of European diplomacy in the years following the defeat of Napoleon . |
| 4 | The first meeting of 1886 was specially convened to pay tribute to the work of the late Mr. Lister Ives , Under Master since Coombes had left in 1862 , and to express sympathy to Mrs. Ives and her daughter . |
| 5 | The first was a treaty incorporating the minimum of enforcement provisions to be accompanied by a separate section whereby as many FEC countries as possible would sign a treaty with each other and with Japan , the purpose being to prevent aggression and to afford protection to Japan . |
| 6 | Taking tap water samples from each of the ten water authorities , he packaged them in the form of a consumer product as ‘ a response to privatisation , and to draw attention to contamination in our water supplies . ’ |
| 7 | The role of the non-disabled workers should be to allow the information to be passed on and to give support to people who want to develop skills and confidence to challenge the barriers they face . |
| 8 | A bell was worn by the leader to encourage those behind and to give warning to others approaching . |
| 9 | At the same time , however strong the desire to cut defence costs and to give priority to home affairs , too much had happened since the mid-1930s for the United States to return to its prewar foreign and defence policies . |
| 10 | Among other things , these regulations require operators of hazardous installations to draw up on-site and off-site emergency plans and to give information to members of the public who live or work near such installations ( Houston 1987 ) . |
| 11 | they 're not putting money into delegated budgets now , I , I , I was a teacher , a head teacher and I was told that the erm , the essential , the educational departments finding more money for devices and to give advice to school , now , they 're all unnecessary as it is , I would say , we are the ones that carry out the job , we 're on the ground , we 've got to do it . |
| 12 | And to add insult to injury , one of his own arguments celebrating the omnipotence of God had been placed in the mouth of Simplicio , that character in the dialogue who , as the spokesman for naive common sense , had been the subject of ridicule . |
| 13 | Moreover , and to add insult to injury , these off-centre policies are never supported by a clear majority of the electorate . |
| 14 | Only 365 people turned up and to add insult to injury , the lights had to be turned on in the second half when a storm blew up , plunging the ground into darkness . |
| 15 | He and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze are holding talks here to finalize details of the summit , and to add impetus to Arms Control agreements the two leaders will be negotiating . |
| 16 | The Government 's education policies in schools are designed entirely to raise standards , to increase choice and to improve information to parents . |
| 17 | In this context the declaration noted , however , that prospects for economic assistance would be enhanced if the Soviet Union decided to " shift resources substantially away from the military sector and to cut support to nations promoting regional conflict " ( the latter being an implied reference to Cuba ) . |