Example sentences of "[conj] to achieve [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Be careful that you do not continue to reject fields at the same time as getting lower and lower until it is too late either to have any selection or to achieve a good approach . |
| 2 | The prime purpose might be to make money or to achieve a measure of self-sufficiency . |
| 3 | Or to achieve a better balance between work , rest and play ? |
| 4 | ‘ It was recognised that to achieve the objectives there had to be a comprehensive training programme , ’ said Tim Holton , training and recruitment manger . |
| 5 | It is better to lose a steady two or three pounds a week than to achieve a drastic weight loss more dramatically , only to replace the lost pounds a few months later . |
| 6 | The programme is intended to ensure that people can make profit out of public service rather than to achieve the goals that we see as important for ourselves . |
| 7 | The ‘ case-work ’ approach had much to be said for it in that it entailed a serious attempt to analyse the nature of the problem confronting the individual or family and to achieve a lasting solution without removing the clients from their familiar environment . |
| 8 | The chief aim was to avoid a needless economic burden on the parish through bastardy ( and laws of settlement and the Poor Law provisions only guaranteed relief to those born within the parish ) ; and to achieve a population equilibrium which would not outrun local resources . |
| 9 | Whichever view you take , good notes will help you to enjoy and to get the most out of your studies and to achieve a better degree result . |
| 10 | This simple scheme has to be buttressed by statutory provisions concerned to prevent abuse by debtors and to achieve a fair distribution of a debtor 's property among his creditors . |
| 11 | A particular effort has been made to solicit the views of MPs with a special interest in the topic , such as Members of the Public Accounts Committee , but it has been felt equally important to gain the views of non-specialist MPs , and to achieve a balance between the parties and regions , and between town and country . |
| 12 | The realization that it is a very costly option for a firm to try and lay off all employees and replace them allows ‘ insiders ’ to bargain for a continuing employment relationship and to achieve a greater than labour-market-clearing wage . |
| 13 | If they have experienced difficulties similar to the client , or live in a similar social environment , they are more likely to be able to foster the client 's own coping skills and to achieve a friendship on equal terms . |
| 14 | This is a separate head under which to deal with the solicitor 's duty to his colleagues to attend to his work with proper expedition and to achieve a satisfactory level of performance to justify his agreed profit share . |
| 15 | What is involved is an inability to penetrate the culture of the subject and to achieve the appropriate blend of knowledge , analysis , and affective response that is needed to perform well in an English course . |
| 16 | The first and most obvious one , is the need to surmount the inevitable resistance of , and to achieve the ready cooperation of , existing vested interests . |
| 17 | A good warm-up is essential every time to prevent injury and to achieve the most effective results . |
| 18 | ‘ While I respectfully agree that recommendations of a committee may not help much when there is a possibility that Parliament may have decided to do something different , where there is no such possibility , as where the draft Bill has been enacted without alteration , in my opinion it can safely be assumed that it was Parliament 's intention to do what the committee recommended and to achieve the object the committee had in mind . |
| 19 | Whereas the disorder associated with violent demonstrations , riots or industrial confrontation tends to focus on the defence or assertion of ‘ rights ’ which are perceived as being violated or denied , football hooliganism is an issueless form of activity , pursued primarily for pleasure and excitement , and to achieve the status and respect of one 's peers . |
| 20 | He must think in terms of thousand upon thousand of repetitions when practising a particular kata , for only through constant repetition will he be able to master the basic fighting movements and to achieve the physical and spiritual sensitivity that lies at the heart of the martial arts . |
| 21 | In a letter of intent to the IMF , details of which were released on May 29 , the government had pledged further to reduce inflation to 2 per cent per month for the second part of the year and to achieve the reduction of the fiscal deficit to 1 per cent over the following nine months by further adjustments to public utility prices and controls on public sector wages . |
| 22 | The aim of management control systems is to bring about organisational conformity and to achieve the goals of the organisation . |
| 23 | But it is possible to change , actually to alter your food preferences , to learn to enjoy exercise , and to achieve an appropriate body weight . |
| 24 | The review started to become rather long , and I found myself — with some considerable difficulty — trying to be scholarly , and to achieve an air of objective reality . |
| 25 | The idea which has swallowed Kirillov is suicide , not suicide for the common cause of the quintet as Dostoevsky first proposed , but to achieve a metaphysical and religious purpose ; and thus he plays a big part in the transformation of a neat political generation-gap story into a larger , more complicated object . |
| 26 | It can be argued that decision-makers ' aims are often not to maximise profits ( or sales etc. ) but to achieve a satisfactory level ( of profits ) . |
| 27 | The truth of the matter is that we have seen a substantial reduction in direct tax rates , a substantial improvement in standards of living and , as a result of the reduction in tax rates , an improvement in the tax base , which has enabled us not only to achieve increased public spending on a large scale in our key priority areas , especially health , but to achieve a reduction in direct income tax and , overall , considerably to improve our public sector borrowing requirement . |
| 28 | A prime example of that desire not merely to improve but to achieve the practical limit is his machine for microwriting . |
| 29 | All that comes within this er , this actual figure , but to achieve the shift , we do need some underpinning er , to begin the process . |
| 30 | to assess programme in order to know whether or not objectives have been achieved , to achieve other objectives effectively , and/or to achieve the same objectives more effectively next time . |