Example sentences of "seek [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our view is that we should seek to accommodate concealed households . |
| 2 | We began in section II with the proposition that competition policy should seek to promote economic efficiency . |
| 3 | Does the organisation seek to publicise beneficial aspects of working in the health service ? |
| 4 | Like the LEA , the committee must seek to grant parental preference , but subject to the exceptions contained in section 6 in so far as these have not been dis-applied by the 1988 Act ( see below ) . |
| 5 | I begin by repeating the point that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State made in a letter to my hon. Friend the Member for Devon , North on 14 January , that in an organisation the size of the health service , which deals with so many patient contacts , it should not be surprising — indeed , it should be welcomed — that we do not seek to impose total uniformity on every single decision that is made about the treatment of patients across the country . |
| 6 | They did not seek to attract new customers by the excellence of their pitches or facilities as music-hall proprietors did through the plushness and extravagance of their theatres . |
| 7 | The Renton Committee noted that definitions may take various forms : they may be exhaustive ; they may be merely inclusionary ; they may concentrate only the boundaries of the concept ; they may seek to exclude descriptive material and concentrate upon conceptual analysis ; they may rely upon general principles . |
| 8 | Through discussion or role-play , teachers should seek to provide frequent opportunities for this type to writing to occur , and should respond to the meanings that their pupils strive to convey . |
| 9 | Pupils do ask questions of truth , do seek to establish moral foundations for their lives , do quest for a spirituality which will assuage their own sense of rootlessness and hunger for meaning as well as teach them how to live compassionately and courageously on our fragile planet . |
| 10 | Replying formally on April 5 , the Supreme Council repeated the call for immediate negotiations , but in conciliatory statements it acknowledged the Soviet leadership 's concern at events in Lithuania , and stressed that it did not seek to sever economic relations and " cultural and human ties " with the Soviet Union . |
| 11 | BNFL will seek to identify new projects for the site but the numbers of BNFL employees at Capenhurst are expected to fall significantly by the mid to late 1990s . |
| 12 | First , it will seek to identify significant determinants in the decisions of young people in this age group to seek either further education and training or leave the system . |
| 13 | A manager might seek to bypass formal channels of communication and decision-making by establishing informal contacts and friendships with people in a position of importance . |
| 14 | Undoubtedly in applying this rule the High Court will seek to avoid undue rigidity and technicality . |
| 15 | In addition , the research will seek to elicit new criteria of regime definition to replace the present ( over ) simple schemes ( authoritarian-democratic ; inclusionary-exclusionary ) . |
| 16 | Mr Peter Smith , general secretary of the 120,000-strong Assistant Masters ' and Mistresses ' Association , said the general election result meant that hundreds of schools would seek to leave local authority control ‘ within the next few weeks ’ . |
| 17 | Politicians may thus seek to use special advisers or use research units or policy units outside of government for their advice . |
| 18 | The amendment stated that the USA would attempt to dissuade any NATO ally from making force reductions , and that , should this attempt fail , the USA would seek to persuade other NATO allies to compensate for the resultant shortfall in overall NATO force levels . |
| 19 | The programme will seek to match unemployed people with worthwhile projects and to create an ‘ intermediate job market ’ for those facing continued long term unemployment . |
| 20 | ‘ The question should not seek to separate alternative therapies from orthodox ones , ’ he says . |
| 21 | The opposition ( Issaq-dominated ) Somali National Movement ( SNM ) would be able to take part in the elections , he said , if " it has a programme and does not solely seek to satisfy tribal interests " . |
| 22 | In the 1992 budget presented on March 5 , Finance and Trade Minister Molwyn Joseph predicted a surplus of EC$81,196 and said that the government would seek to reduce public spending and to spend " more wisely " . |
| 23 | They might also seek to appoint unqualified staff because of the apparent savings that can be made . |
| 24 | This , however , is quite distinct from a counselling service , which would seek to offer protected time in which the counsellor and client could focus on a psycho-social problem . |
| 25 | It is intended to disseminate the results of the analysis to other police forces which may seek to develop rational systems of management in the future . |
| 26 | It will develop operations in other countries ; it will seek to develop downstream subsidiaries ; it will become increasingly self-reliant and all this will make it less and less relevant to the responsibilities of a government ministry . |
| 27 | It does not seek to change physical laws , only to delay them . |
| 28 | This chapter will seek to examine various theories on the nature and management of conflict in employment relationships . |
| 29 | Acknowledging differences in national economic priorities , the communiqué committed G-7 leaders to " seek to take appropriate steps , recognizing our individual circumstances , to establish sound macro-economic policies to spur stronger sustainable growth " . |
| 30 | First , the collation and examination of long term trend data about children in care in order to identify and seek to explain significant changes and continuities . |