Example sentences of "encouraged [pron] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been of less practical help , but Terry had encouraged me to make general criticisms of the scheme . |
| 2 | The success of their handhelds has not yet encouraged them to plan further developments . |
| 3 | After the second assessment , social workers were asked whether participation in the research had encouraged them to include other people more fully in decision-making . |
| 4 | We have welcomed what the Board are doing , and we 've encouraged them to find new ways of doing so more in meeting the needs of the elderly who increase in numbers here in Scotland . |
| 5 | Whereas Catherine the Great had confined them to the western and southern borderlands of the empire and Alexander I had encouraged them to consider economic diversification and cultural assimilation , Nicholas intervened in their lives more dramatically . |
| 6 | Gould 's experiences so far had encouraged him to expect similar rewards from the next leg of the expedition , and he left Van Diemen 's Land in a spirit of optimism and with a light heart . |
| 7 | Ronald Whyte , chief executive of Aberdeen cooperage machinery manufacturer , Schoolhill Engineering , spoke for most of the mission members when he said that the recession and the exchange rate advantage had encouraged him to seek new markets in France . |
| 8 | The two Patrick books are stations in a progress — what Amis has encouraged us to call Lucky Jim 's turn to the right . |