Example sentences of "in [v-ing] to establish the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman for LEEL said they wanted the event to continue , adding : ‘ However , our involvement was in helping to establish the feasibility of the first event . |
| 2 | In seeking to establish the role of headhunting within the general economic environment , the survey questioned whether or not the Big Bang of October 1986 and the stock market crash of a year afterwards affected companies ' recruiting policies and usage of headhunters . |
| 3 | It is important , then , in attempting to establish the study of literacy practices on a sounder basis , to examine Goody 's argument as a test case for those of many other writers who have paid less explicit attention to the questions than he has . |
| 4 | In attempting to establish the prevalence of dementia a variety of different instruments have been used to identify the presence/absence of the condition . |
| 5 | The fact that it is at least possible that Molla Yegan and Fahreddin Acemi held office contemporaneously for part of their respective appointments is of some help in trying to establish the identity of de la Broquière 's " grand caliph " ; for although Molla Yegan should have been Mufti in 1433 if his Muftilik and that of Fahreddin Acemi are viewed as successive rather than contemporaneous , de la Broquière 's statement applies rather better to Fahreddin Acemi than to Molla Yegan for several reasons . |