Example sentences of "seek [to-vb] the [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Consumer Guarantees Bill 1990 , which sought to implement the Law Commission proposals , did not , therefore , eliminate the distinctions between conditions and warranties and innominate terms . |
| 2 | The churches should seek to discover the community trends and local authority plans for the coming years . |
| 3 | I shall seek to evaluate the Maastricht proposals in the light of these different levels of loyalty to help me to decide whether what is on offer is worth supporting . |
| 4 | Jovic nevertheless dismissed fears that the Presidency might seek to annul the election results and declare a state of emergency . |
| 5 | Many might seek to use the asylum route and , indeed , it would be naive to think otherwise . |
| 6 | A note of warning is necessary here , as the Revenue can sometimes seek to deny the £30,000 exemption under s188 where a departing executive is also a vendor shareholder , on the basis that the sum paid as compensation for loss of office is in reality attributable to the sale of his shares , and they may also challenge the deductibility by Target of such payments , especially if these are effectively funded by a reduced acquisition price for Target . |
| 7 | On January 21st it forwarded to NCR written requests from owners of 51% of the shares for a special shareholders ' meeting , at which AT&T will seek to oust the NCR board . |
| 8 | The person conducting the interview may seek to produce the video recording as evidence that statements were made by the child which support a diagnosis of sexual abuse . |
| 9 | The agreed position of the Government was that we would not move over to private health insurance but would seek to make the health service as effective as possible . |
| 10 | Where teachers have sought to accommodate the subject requirements of the National Curriculum , have they achieved a truer balance than that shown by our figures , or has the result been an imbalance even more marked than that which obtained previously ? |
| 11 | Derived from policies which seek to preserve the landscape qualities of the English countryside , such estates have more often contributed to its deterioration . |
| 12 | Given the pressure on sites within the Science Area the University is actively pursuing the possible provision of research facilities on other sites within the City , in addition to seeking to acquire the Radcliffe Infirmary ( see para. 3.2 above ) . |
| 13 | Another group called TC Ltd sought to acquire the plaintiff company 's assets . |
| 14 | ii ) by seeking to exclude the duration provision ( see point 2 below ) . |
| 15 | Jackson are at last joining the select list of manufacturers who are seeking to provide the guitar community with non-Strat-shaped alternatives . |
| 16 | this is a fair chance I think Mr Mayor this amendment is very self explanatory , I think we seek to reinstate the noise budget pollution to its original thirty thousand . |
| 17 | The initial result was that the Conservatives had sought to counter the collectivist strategy of progressivism with a collectivism of their own , while individualist arguments had been relegated to the margins of Conservative politics . |
| 18 | Estimates were sought to replace the refreshment counter and erm indeed we went ahead with one of the estimates and the firm then went bankrupt in the meantime which erm I imagine is something Colin that you 're well used to . |
| 19 | Following from Donoghue v. Stevenson there have been a number of cases which have sought to apply the neighbour principle to different situations and thus broaden its scope . |
| 20 | It will give the various groups and Tory Members who seek to play the race card the opportunity to do so . |
| 21 | In a later address to the Hong Kong chamber of commerce Lu also sought to reassure the business community and international investors that Hong Kong would remain a free port and an international financial centre after 1997 and that its prosperity would be maintained and investments protected . |
| 22 | Since their inception in May , the bipartisan negotiations had been characterised by acrimony and distrust , with both Republicans and Democrats accusing each other of seeking to use the budget summit for short-term political advantage . |
| 23 | The Guinean government , which supports the project in return for royalties from the ore sales , is seeking to redraw the Heritage Site boundaries so as to exclude the mine area . |
| 24 | In addition , the Commission revealed that Macierewicz had sought to pressure the KPN leadership with information about its chair , Leszek Moczulski , linking this with an attempt to prevent the Olszewski government 's fall . |
| 25 | Cable bosses once sought to keep the Baby Bells out of their industry fearing the telephone firms would use local-exchange profits to cross-subsidise cable subsidiaries unfairly . |
| 26 | On Jan. 15 , Czechoslovak officials claimed that the Soviet Finance MInister , Valentin Pavlov had sought to postpone the Prague meeting in an effort to slow down the pace of reform within COMECON . |
| 27 | RODGRIGO DE TRIANO may consolidate owner Robert Sangster 's enviable position as the first Classics approach by winning the Singer & Friedlander Greenham Stakes at Newbury today and looks a must for those seeking to land the £80,000-plus Tote Jackpot pool . |
| 28 | This leaves ground for misunderstandings and may lead to a disappointed purchaser seeking to reduce the purchase consideration by disputing the accounting policies used for the completion accounts . |
| 29 | I listened with interest to the hon. Member for Gordon ( Mr. Bruce ) when he said that the Labour party did not have much interest in or seek to represent the Monktonhall miners . |
| 30 | Peking officials now seek to excuse the June atrocities by claiming — all too credibly — that they had neither the resources nor the expertise to cope with the escalating civil disorder culminating in the Tiananmen Square assault . |