Example sentences of "and [to-vb] [art] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The greatest challenge is public education in order to reduce fear and to promote a better understanding of the aims of services .
2 By the terms of the Tomlin order the appellants agreed to pay off the second charge and to grant a further charge to the plaintiff for the purpose of securing payment to the plaintiff of the sum of £150,000 , such payment being one of the terms of the agreement made between the parties .
3 ‘ We are here , ’ de Craon began smoothly , ‘ to represent our master 's interests and to establish a better relationship between King Philip IV and the Scottish throne .
4 Within a humanist perception of language , therefore , was the ability to extend and supplement existing reality and to indicate a higher reality in a perfection phenomenally lost .
5 It has been written to influence this report and to inform a wider audience .
6 Now we had originally had this extra facility available er so that we could trade off life against the extra thrust in an emergency but there was clearly the possibility erm that that might be used er when it really was n't necessary and we would end up with extra costs , extra life cycle costs , shorter engine life and it was felt on balance that with a reduced threat overall that it was sensible to take out that facility and to accept a longer engine life , but not , there 's no reduction in the total normal thrust but its merely its override combat facility .
7 In the long-term , ANWIC aims to help empower women to communicate more effectively and to obtain a better representation in the media hierarchy .
8 They have made them because they are determined to do everything they can to save their business and their employees ' jobs and to secure a healthier future .
9 The aims of counselling are to help students to share their difficulties , whether emotional , academic or involving relationships , and to find a better resolution .
10 The aims of counselling are to help students to share their difficulties , whether emotional , academic or involving relationships , and to find a better resolution .
11 Following the formal reconciliation of PLO factions in April 1987 , progress was made to achieve better harmony and co-ordination between these groups , and to find a happier balance between the twin goals of national and social justice , a process which fortuitously prepared the committees for the challenge posed by the Uprising .
12 I would argue at least that concentrating a group of students on one course should enable our scholarships staff both to tailor a more relevant course and to provide a better service to students .
13 As he will know , our reforms for further education as a whole are designed to provide enhanced opportunities for both young people and adults and to provide a further stimulus to increased participation .
14 Secondary objectives of the project are to develop an appropriate framework within the linkages between financial markets and dynamic efficiency gains can properly be understood ; to assess empirically the role and effectiveness of the market for corporate control in promoting dynamic efficiency gains ; and to provide a stronger basis for policy in the areas of stock market regulation , competition policy , and support for innovation in relation to these long term efficiency considerations .
15 A fresh look could be taken at some of these , in order to determine their effectiveness in helping parishes both to respond to the liturgical changes of recent years and to explore a wider repertoire of music .
16 The motivation behind the introduction of trust status is the desire to localise management and to create a greater sense of ownership and pride in the service delivered .
17 According to Dirk Bauer , Chairman of the new co-operative , ‘ British Organic Milk Producers has been formed to keep organic dairy farmers informed and to form a stronger hand to open new , or widen existing markets ’ .
18 The problem is that there are 75 ridings a year and to give a wider berth would concentrate our low flying over other parts of the countryside to the detriment of the inhabitants there .
19 Psychologists are often made to feel the poor relations of biologists , because the latter have more facts at their disposal , and to put a lower value on psychological than on biological data and theories .
20 The ‘ pay factor ’ was always set unrealistically low as an opening gambit by the Treasury to keep pay expectations down and to put a further squeeze on public services .
21 De Franco said that President Chamorro wanted closer co-ordination of long-term monetary and credit policies and to ensure a better response from the credit system for production needs .
22 This informal perspective is not meant to replace the formal approach but rather to supplement it and to develop a fuller understanding of how organisations operate .
23 TNC does not seem to recognize how worthwhile changes in assessment need to be ‘ slowed ’ by teachers and to have a wider impact on curriculum and teaching methods if they are to have beneficial consequences for achievement levels ; that such reform takes time and considerable teacher commitment ; and that a heavy investment in INSET is needed .
24 I hear , I , I , I think there is a tendency with the County Council but as I discovered as Chairman of Highways that members want to take a greater interest and to have a greater say on the items on the agenda now planning is is not a controversial as , as say highway items , but nevertheless I think there will be times and there will be agendas which will require a great deal of discussion on the individual items and I 'm also a great believer bearing in mind comments if it ai n't broke , do n't bend it .
25 The Building Societies Act 1986 conferred a greater degree of freedom on societies to compete with banks for loans and deposits in the personal sector and to offer a wider range of services .
26 In the first case , they are held to reflect or express social realities external to them and to need no further analysis than that .
27 ‘ In these circumstances the Prime Minister is happy to accept the apologies offered and to take no further action against them , ’ said Mr Caldecott .
28 It was agreed to leave them as they are and to take no further action .
29 It will enable you to challenge telephone bills if you think they are wrong and to gain a better idea of how much you are paying while you talk .
30 To elaborate on this division and to gain a clearer understanding of the different types of social control , it would be useful for you to try a brief exercise , answering and discussing the following questions .
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