Example sentences of "seek [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These rulers did not seek to usurp the position of emperor , or to abolish the institution . |
| 2 | But he was not able to give any more specific guidance to the jury on how they should seek to compare the harm suffered by Donovan as a result of the libel with that suffered by those claiming damages in personal injury cases . |
| 3 | It is perhaps useful here to bear in mind the distinction often made in the study of pressure groups between ‘ interest ’ groups and ‘ cause ’ groups , though in the tactical struggle for influence each may seek to co-opt the support of the other . |
| 4 | In other words , A may seek to support the validity of his agreement with C by reliance either on executory or on executed consideration . |
| 5 | Sure enough , the entire church was gutted by fire and the next day the Church authorities responded by saying they would now seek to demolish the church . |
| 6 | In Sudbrook the lessors had refused to appoint their valuer to discuss and seek to agree the value of the reversions with a valuer appointed by the lessees ; under the lease the valuers appointed were to refer the matter to an umpire . |
| 7 | What he might be doing is to actually seek to increase the proportion of our very vulnerable population into the means testing category and that what he 's got to watch is that he does n't end up in a position whereby defining health care in one way and social care very carefully . |
| 8 | The trustee can seek to obtain the agreement of members of the committee to a resolution by sending to every member a copy of the proposed resolution ( r 6.162(1) ) . |
| 9 | A long-term socio-economic programme in areas where small farms predominate will seek to encourage the amalgamation of small farms into more viable units to correct the age balance and encourage young people to stay on or come into farming in remote areas . |
| 10 | It becomes irrelevant that the two divisions are part of one company ; each division will seek to find the volume of trade that maximises its profits , and this will not affect the other division . |
| 11 | ‘ You must give me your solemn assurance on three counts : that you will not seek to discover the identity of my client , that you will not ask for any further assistance if the venture should prove to be unsuccessful and finally that you will not discuss this matter with any other person ; this stipulation to include even members of your own family and your circle of personal friends and acquaintances . ’ |
| 12 | The churches should seek to discover the community trends and local authority plans for the coming years . |
| 13 | Whereas ‘ the true self , in sex , would seek a meeting , would seek to meet the other ’ , this being the ‘ true flow ’ , sexuality today is merely greedy , blind , selfseeking , and ‘ therefore , since the thing sought is the same , the self , the mode of seeking is not very important . |
| 14 | The project will initially seek to establish the distribution of care and finance for that care in the present system . |
| 15 | However , it may form the basis of a new approach to problems in which lawyers and advisers will not seek to establish the legal nature of the problem and then find the relevant law , but will rather seek to establish the nature of the problem and then contemplate whether any part of the law might be relevant . |
| 16 | One would not seek to reverse the course of history . |
| 17 | This was also carried on a division ; the Government accepted their defeat and did not seek to reverse the decision . |
| 18 | The research will seek to answer the question , ‘ Why are certain goods within a society identified as luxuries , and what purposes , if any , are served by such identifications ? ’ |
| 19 | On the other hand , the vendor should seek to restrict the number of exemptions . |
| 20 | The tenant 's adviser should seek to restrict the power to the making of reasonable regulations . |
| 21 | Jovic nevertheless dismissed fears that the Presidency might seek to annul the election results and declare a state of emergency . |
| 22 | In a bizarre twist in the saga of the failure of Supercomputer Systems Inc , the company last week announced that it had abandoned efforts to find new investors to keep the company alive — and then Steve Chen immediately announced that he was forming a new company that will seek to create the world 's fastest computer . |
| 23 | Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone , LC , said that the question was whether a parental veto came within the band of possible reasonable decisions and not whether it was right or mistaken and that there was a band of decisions within which the court should seek to replace the individual 's judgment with his own . |
| 24 | It would be tedious and is not , I think , necessary to examine them all but I must seek to trace the development of the law through the main decisions and I intend to refer to them in chronological order . |
| 25 | If the questionnaire method was chosen this should be ‘ short , unambiguous , logical and not ask leading questions ’ ; it should also seek to identify the sex , age , social class , lifestyle , buying frequency , address and , importantly , postal code of the respondent . |
| 26 | Champions of the vanquished classes , at home and abroad , would inevitably seek to distort the truth . |
| 27 | But the statutory formula does not seek to value the benefit to the employee as such , but requires the quantum of the benefit to be fixed by reference to the cost to the employer in providing it . |
| 28 | Will my hon. Friend confirm that the greatest danger to the North sea would be an incoming Labour Government , who would seek to shackle the oil and gas companies by imposing new controls and high taxes ? |
| 29 | Finally , the investigators will seek to enhance the utility of the approach by eliciting the reactions of a group of interested scientists and policymakers to a range of different methods for presenting co-word findings . |
| 30 | In an address to the nation he promised that his government would seek to lower the cost of living and to stimulate employment , and would " promote a stable atmosphere for production and protect investors ' interests " . |