Example sentences of "was to examine the " in BNC.

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1 The overall purpose of the study was to examine the way in which familial child sexual abuse was identified and responded to by social workers and police officers in the early investigative stage .
2 His stated object was to examine the different breeds of horses and cattle , and to observe the condition of rural economy in this country .
3 The purpose of the excursion was to examine the relative influence of lithology , deformation and burial conditions on low-grade metamorphism in two contrasting terrains generated by the closure of the Iapetus Ocean in the Lower Palaeozoic .
4 Maine considered that laws inevitably bore the stamp of the social conditions within which they were enacted and applied , so the best way to discover the course of social evolution was to examine the changing character of legal codes .
5 The purpose of the workshop was to examine the 1989 Fair Employment Act and assess its capacity to counter the structural nature of discrimination in West Belfast .
6 It was to examine the structure , organization , training and regulation of the legal profession and to recommend those changes that would be desirable in the interests of justice .
7 The approach of the NAO was to examine the effectiveness of the system in pursuing the objectives of central government and the consequent impact of the system on the activities of local authorities .
8 The object was to examine the effect of view angle on discrimination between the two subjects at two angles of ( solar ) illumination .
9 It was to examine the amendments and the additional provisions that were required in the Committee 's report which , the House will recall , was published in June of last year .
10 Partly as a result of the methodology chosen , a subsidiary aim was to examine the links between expenditure on durable as opposed to non-durable goods .
11 The EC monetary committee was to examine the UK proposals at a special meeting on Sept. 4 .
12 Consisting of 40 deputies and 20 senators and chaired by Ciriaco de Mita of the Christian Democratic Party , its brief was to examine the electoral system ( including the election of the President and local officials ) , the competences of parliament , the nature of the presidency , and the role of the regions .
13 A second aim of the study was to examine the tone of the cholinergic system during hyperglycaemia .
14 The purpose of this study was to examine the hypothesis that such a difference in metastability already exists in hepatic bile .
15 The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of TGF α on the growth of hamster ductal exocrine pancreatic cancer cells in vivo .
16 The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of metronidazole on NSAID enteropathy in man .
17 The aim of this study was to examine the pattern of acquisition of H pylori infection over a 21 year period in a group of 141 adults who had blood samples and serum stored in 1969 , 1978 , and 1990 .
18 The aim of the enquiry was to examine the relationship between degree results and GCE performance at A-level , and the relationship between degree results and non A- level entry routes .
19 Our first aim was to examine the lexical access components of a number of existing speech recognition systems .
20 Its brief was to examine the College 's administrative structure and to advise on developing conference income .
21 Darlington election candidate Michael Fallon confirmed the DoT was to examine the junction .
22 The aim was to examine the impact of environmental trends on business competitiveness and on environmental management .
23 One of the purposes of this day was to examine the north
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