Example sentences of "[modal v] seek [to-vb] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although individual students may seek to press the system to its limits , whether in securing credit for prior learning in the admissions process , or in pursuing a formal appeal against a felt injustice over assessment , or in taking advantage of such open learning arrangements as are available , the student body as a whole seems depressingly unconcerned about its academic rights . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In other words , A may seek to support the validity of his agreement with C by reliance either on executory or on executed consideration . |
| 4 | Although the state might operate as an honest broker between different sections of the ruling class and may seek to give the appearance of neutrality to mystify its class nature and role , it will never be neutral as between the general interests of the bourgeoisie and the proletariat . |
| 5 | Presumably our recruiters will try to convey this , but written adverts , brochures and other media should seek to emphasise the benefits of which the following is a sample : |
| 6 | The standard formulation of the proper objective of management in the economics literature is that managers should seek to maximise the value of the firm , that is , the value of the residual after all fixed claims , such as those of the providers of loan finance and of employees , have been met . |
| 7 | Where ill-health is concerned , the counsellor should seek to defend the interests of the individual , and not be subservient to the wishes and dictates of any other authority . |
| 8 | The ideological demand that communists should seek to improve the accommodation of the people was subordinate to the aspiration to house them in such a way as to make it easier to supervise them and mould them as the Party saw fit . |
| 9 | This introduced important changes : it removed the requirement that the Court should seek to return the parties to the financial position which they would have been in had their marriage not broken down ; it required the Court to give ‘ first consideration ’ to the welfare of any child of the family ; and it contained a number of provisions designed , in appropriate cases , to emphasise the importance of the parties seeking to become self-sufficient after divorce . |
| 10 | There was broad agreement that the NAM should seek to represent the interests of countries of the South , especially within the UN . |
| 11 | On the other hand , the vendor should seek to restrict the number of exemptions . |
| 12 | The tenant 's adviser should seek to restrict the power to the making of reasonable regulations . |
| 13 | The distinction between the two concepts , the commission of a crime and the production of a literary work , is a vital one , for although it is clearly desirable to deter crimes , it is not transparently obvious that we should seek to deter the production of literary works , whatever we may think of their intrinsic merits . |
| 14 | Environmentally-conscious consumers should seek to boycott the use of plastics . |
| 15 | The master expected his servant to increase his own personal wealth , a situation that is exactly analogous with the generally accepted microeconomic concept that management should seek to maximize the wealth of their ordinary ( equity ) shareholders . |
| 16 | 6.3 In general terms , training should seek to remove the notion of fault from the victim of violence . |
| 17 | It should be a product of dialogue and partnership with the school and should seek to develop the service as a whole . |
| 18 | When governments attempt to control the money supply , therefore , they must seek to control the size of bank deposits and thereby control the amount of bank lending and hence total expenditure in the economy ( aggregate demand ) . |
| 19 | It is through patient persuasive reasoning together with voluntary suffering that the satyāgrahi must seek to melt the heart of his opponent and open his eyes to the truth . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | A lawyer might be encouraged to work for , say , professional arrangements which opened up the profession 's services to the general public ; or a chemist might seek to reduce the impact of the chemical industry on the environment ; or a doctor might act to bring about a new balance between preventive and restorative medicine , as practised by the profession . |
| 22 | Although he stated that the government had not yet decided how to respond to the setback , he indicated that the Council of Joint Leadership might seek to alter the Constitution in order to allow amendments to be passed by a simple majority . |
| 23 | I shall single out those writers whom I take to be the most significant among contemporary anti-individualist social scientists ; I shall examine in some detail the nature of the assumptions embedded in their practice ; and I shall seek to assess the coherence of the social explanations those assumptions lead them to produce . |
| 24 | In view of the unsatisfactory answer , I shall seek to raise the matter on the Adjournment . |
| 25 | The thrust of this was that if the passenger liability suits went against Pan Am , the airline would seek to recover the cost of the compensation awards from the government on the grounds that the Flight 103 disaster had been due to the misconduct of government agencies . |
| 26 | It is significant that the Liberal Democrats , unlike Labour , see a central role for the law and the courts in promoting citizenship : they would seek to clarify the obligations of the state and the rights of the citizen in law . |
| 27 | Ismael Boulbine , president of the Ecology and Liberty Party , spoke on local radio about how his party would seek to improve the quality of life , teaching Algerians to live in harmony with nature . |
| 28 | Despite the eviction order there remained considerable press speculation that the US government would seek to reopen the issue of Subic Bay 's future with the new Philippine government which would emerge following the presidential elections of May 1992 . |
| 29 | 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 " . |
| 30 | Like attempts to reduce barriers to world trade , a defence GATT would seek to reduce the barriers to a company from one NATO country bidding for a defence contract in another . |