Example sentences of "seek [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the law was ruled unconstitutional , as was widely anticipated , Ada refused to say whether he would seek to appeal to the Supreme Court . |
| 2 | We must seek to discover through the experimental work of small teams which approaches have the best chances of success , before committing the battalions . |
| 3 | He will not normally seek to account for the mental processes involved in any language-user 's production of those sentences , nor to describe the physical or social contexts in which those sentences occur . |
| 4 | So , in essence , in order that the partnership can really start working emotionally for both partners , they must jointly seek to develop within the male partner the ability to nurture , and within the female the ability to recognise her own needs and to ask for them to be satisfied . |
| 5 | There are aspects of the funding council which we shall seek to change in the other place . |
| 6 | Nourse LJ also considered it was arguable that the plaintiff could not seek to rely on the literal clauses of the agreement when it had known that the disclosure letter was incomplete as to do so would be dishonest . |
| 7 | Supporters of the rational model may seek to move to the desired situation in one strategic move . |
| 8 | The Institute of Taxation does not seek to interfere in the internal operations of the Tax Faculty , and it is wrong of Peter Wyman to suggest the contrary . |