Example sentences of "[to-vb] further the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Now we aim to increase further the day-to-day independence of schools and colleges within a democratically accountable framework of local education authorities .
2 I very much hope that the hospital to which the hon. Gentleman referred will be able to consolidate further the remarkable progress that it has made over the past couple of years — a 56 per cent .
3 The RTO therefore felt it ‘ necessary to re-examine some of the basic premises , [ and ] to explore further the underlying assumptions before formulating specific policy proposals ’ .
4 Having lost the campaign for the DLP presidential nomination to Kim Young Sam in controversial circumstances [ see pp. 38911 ] , Lee Jong Chan 's possible intervention as an independent had threatened to split further the centre-right vote which was already being sought by both the DLP and the UNP campaigns .
5 Therefore , either the acoustic-phonetic component must reduce the phoneme graph depth further while still guaranteeing the inclusion of the target phoneme in all successive vertical slots in the graph — but it would be optimistic to suggest that this will be possible in the foreseeable future — or else , lexical and post-lexical processing must be enriched to constrain further the alternative number of derived word strings .
6 Later today we shall be able to debate further the great improvement in standards that we are achieving as a result of our reforms .
7 At the same time the USSR managed to cultivate reasonable neighbourly relations with the Asian CENTO states and used this to dilute further the military cohesiveness of the CENTO Pact .
8 It is bound to undermine further the shaky reputation of the CSM as a public watchdog .
9 The problems and damaging consequences of use will feed back to exacerbate further the underlying disorder of mood and this may lead to further use of addictive substances or behaviour .
10 To consider further the general character of these coordinate singularities in regions II and III we may concentrate on region II .
11 We would wish to pursue further the criminal frauds committed by Robert Maxwell and others associated with the Daily Mirror .
12 As long as I ensured that she was in peak physical condition , it was n't too difficult to get her to fly further the next time .
13 The Conservative governments elected in 1979 , 1983 and 1987 instigated a range of policies which sought to reduce further the overall level of expenditure .
14 A sudden and unprecedented demand for a large number of new executives to accommodate and take full advantage of this growth coincided with a need for technical experts at management level to develop further the new products and technologies stimulated by the demands of war .
15 The immediate aim is to develop further the marine business , in which Courtaulds is market leader , serving the vast number of sea and river craft .
16 I will not attempt here to develop further the complicated arguments about God as Trinity .
17 During talks with former leaders Noboru Takeshita and Shintaro Abe and with leading industrial figures , Zou promised to improve further the domestic environment for foreign investment and said that China 's repayment of its foreign debt was guaranteed , adding that the lifting of martial law on Jan. 11 was a sign of stability .
18 Before illustrating the practical consequences of these principles , it will be useful to clarify further the American Critics ' relationship with Richards on the one hand , and with the Russian Formalists and their successors on the other .
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