Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] to improve the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 20 developers from Sun 's technical staff are teaming with Oracle developers to enhance and localise the Oracle Applications products , as well as associated technologies to improve the efficiency of Sun 's worldwide manufacturing operations , implement the integration of Sun 's Open Look graphical user interface with all components of Oracle 's product suite , and optimise Oracle7 for Sun 's new multiprocessor servers and produce applications that can be sold to Sun 's customers as well . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , Germany , France and other forward-looking countries of Europe forged ahead , improving public education , modernising the physical infrastructure and implementing wise social policies to improve the standard of living . |
| 3 | The IIF was established in 1983 by the world 's leading commercial banks to improve the timeliness and quality of information on sovereign borrowers . |
| 4 | Here we observe tensions between attitudes toward land based on traditional rights and contemporary efforts to improve the land . |
| 5 | As an extra once- weekly thirst-quencher , Philip Kingsley has also formulated an intensive Elasticising Conditioner , steeped with nourishing properties to improve the hair 's flexibility and suppleness and give a healthy shine . |
| 6 | There is much heart-burning on this score in the other parts , accompanied by intensified efforts to improve the quality of English instruction . |
| 7 | Many make-up manufacturers are now adding natural extracts to improve the performance of their cosmetics . |
| 8 | Mary Leapor , however , would have studied under a man named Richard Cooper who made strenuous efforts to improve the school during the middle years of the century [ Clarke ] . |
| 9 | Considerable global assets have been spent to prevent non-communicable diseases — for example , with major investments to improve the environment . |
| 10 | Mr Tanguy said that EDF was participating actively in international efforts to improve the safety of nuclear power plants in Eastern Europe . |
| 11 | It argues that major efforts to improve the health and education of poor people , coupled with family planning programmes , are necessary to reduce fertility rates and thus population size . |
| 12 | Painting software 's most practical use is to clean up scanned-in photographs to improve the output quality . |
| 13 | It now seems that a solution to the problem may be found in Law 145 of 10 February 1992 , which allocates funding worth L65 billion ( £30.1 million ; $52.2 million ) to be spent over the period 1991-93 on experimental projects to improve the use of museum resources . |
| 14 | Since Normanton ( 1971 ) wrote this there have been important moves to improve the information provided by local authorities , though Tomkins ( 1977 ) points out that the standards of reports vary , some being elaborate while others are simply extracts from the accounts . |
| 15 | Moreover , in a clear indication of the growing influence of the European Parliament , Mr Delors assured MEPs yesterday that the commission would bring forward three important measures to improve the rights of Europe 's workers . |
| 16 | Invoking state regulatory mechanisms to improve the quality of the service provided is likely to be complex . |
| 17 | ‘ This scheme has proved extremely useful in putting pressure on private landlords to improve the safety and fitness of their properties . ’ |
| 18 | The government would in turn have undertaken various projects to improve the region 's infrastructure . |
| 19 | The conference agreed to explore practical steps to improve the lives of the estimated 2,500,000 Palestinian refugees . |
| 20 | As a result many of the groups have decided to take practical measures to improve the society in which we live . |
| 21 | A spokeswoman for Marks & Spencer said : ‘ We are concerned to learn of the poor perception people have of us but we are carrying out a number of ongoing initiatives to improve the situation . ’ |
| 22 | A spokeswoman for Marks & Spencer said : ‘ We are concerned to learn of the poor perception people have of us but we are carrying out a number of ongoing initiatives to improve the situation . ’ |
| 23 | Drummond also carried out extensive tests to improve the efficiency of his locomotives . |
| 24 | Under the skin , you 'll find wider tyres and recalibrated springs with more progressive dampers to improve the ride and handling . |
| 25 | Part of the management task is to identify and assess changing economic , business , and political conditions , and develop and then implement new strategies to improve the firms ' competitive performance . |
| 26 | The project will concentrate on service organisations because recent attempts to improve the quality of service necessarily entail the development of high levels of trust : e.g. between customer and provider , professional and client , customer and supplier . |
| 27 | as a matter of urgency to take all necessary steps to improve the performance of the South Eastern Circuit CTTs . ’ |
| 28 | He would try to find the right balance between the predictability necessary to protect the valuable institutions of legislation and precedent and the flexibility necessary for himself and other judges to improve the law through what they do in court . |
| 29 | Speaking on the eve of an international conference in London , the heads of the Russian and Ukrainian nuclear-power companies expressed their exasperation with the lack of financial help from Western countries to improve the safety of their nuclear facilities . |
| 30 | Equally ominous was the illegal foundation in St Petersburg of the short-lived Northern Union of Russian Workers to improve the conditions of labour . |