Example sentences of "[noun sg] and to improve " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the initial shock of the 1931 election had been overcome , the Labour Party tried to revise its programme and to improve its organization . |
| 2 | That money has been used to increase the number of lay staff , practice nurses and other professionals available in general practice and to improve the physical facilities in which general practice is offered . |
| 3 | Why does not the Government give the regulator the power to direct electricity-generating companies to use their massive profits to invest in home insulation and to improve the energy efficiency of industry ? |
| 4 | — Employers are responsible for ensuring that their business gives every opportunity to young people to learn about the world of work and to improve their motivation and the achievement of their goals . |
| 5 | He started telling me that I was an emotional cretin and to improve I 'd have to pay them a load of money to get into their reading room — at £10 an hour . |
| 6 | These contacts will also allow partners to share expertise and to improve their knowledge of the education and training systems of other member states , as well as learning more about their partners ' local communities . |
| 7 | Compaq Computer Corp has restructured its field and reseller support operations in the US to increase interaction with its customer base and to improve support for Compaq resellers : it will reorganise field resources to five from eight regional areas across the US , centralise major support resources for resellers in Houston , and eliminate surplus field employees , although the number to go was not announced . |
| 8 | In so far as the causes lie in faulty social provision , there must be action to change such things as the social security provision and to improve housing . |
| 9 | In addition , extra troops are also now in the Province in support of a specific operation to enhance the security and to improve the effectiveness of vehicle checkpoints in Fermanagh . |
| 10 | These systems are claimed both to save fuel and to improve the environmental conditions experienced within buildings . |
| 11 | Workers were brought in from all of the Eglinton properties to repair the damage of the first day and to improve the condition of the lists . |
| 12 | Read widely for historical knowledge and to improve your English . |
| 13 | In its role as Guardian of the Water Environment the NRA aims to use its extensive statutory powers to control pollution and to improve the quality of rivers , estuaries and coastal waters . |
| 14 | Meeting in the Bulgarian port of Verna , officials from the six states agreed to establish marine protection centres in each country , and to set up a $32 million fund to support work on reducing oil , chemical and biological pollution and to improve fishing conditions . |
| 15 | ‘ Management training , including some academic work , e.g. DMS , and new technology , giving more staff the opportunity to learn about new technology in a practical setting , both as personal development and to improve contemporary decision making ’ … |
| 16 | To achieve an integrated health policy and to improve the health status of populations , the public health approach is essential . |
| 17 | Further studies will attempt to elucidate the mechanism of this mucosal defect which may help us to understand better the underlying pathogenesis of human duodenal ulcer and to improve treatment . |
| 18 | The Government 's education policies in schools are designed entirely to raise standards , to increase choice and to improve information to parents . |
| 19 | The first CCD session opened on Dec. 30 , and in his opening speech CCD president Jaime Yoshiyama Tanaka declared that the new government 's priorities would be to restore the autonomy of the judiciary , to defeat terrorism , to attract foreign investment , to generate employment and to improve the country 's image abroad . |
| 20 | My Government will continue to develop policies to enhance the nation 's health and to improve the effectiveness of the health and social services , and the social security system . |
| 21 | You need to make a point of setting yourself tasks to do in order to keep on top line and to improve your flying . |
| 22 | We will encourage industry to invest in innovation and to improve the provision of seedcorn capital . |
| 23 | In May 1937 street fighting had broken out in Barcelona and was used as an excuse for outlawing the " Trotskyist " POUM , not in fact Trotskyist but a breakaway from the Spanish Communist Party in close touch with the British ILP.6 By 1938 the Communist Party had so entrenched itself through the use of Soviet aid and advisers that it was able to force the resignation of Prime Minister Prieto and to improve its position in the Cabinet . |
| 24 | This would give a current account surplus of $9 billion a year , enough to finance a capital outflow of $6 billion a year and to improve confidence in the dollar by reducing liabilities to central banks by $3 billion a year . |
| 25 | To support the investment in the appraisal system and to improve working practices |
| 26 | Sir Michael Edwardes was appointed to the task of rescuing the company in 1977 and in the next five years attempted to reduce excessive centralisation in the company and to improve efficiency , which involved many plant closures and redundancies . |
| 27 | It was to help discover which EC states had a salmonella problem and to improve controls throughout the EC . |
| 28 | The granting of life tenancy to peasant farmers and the substitution of agricultural co-operatives for collective farming were among reforms designed both to increase economic productivity and to improve the popular appeal of the government [ see also p. 36617 ] . |
| 29 | In a move to tighten control of a far-reaching empire and to improve the group 's own image , Maurice and Charles Saatchi , credited with building up the company , have stepped down from the day-to-day running of the group . |
| 30 | As Jhaveri ( 1988 ) reports , this project , which has the support of the World Bank , is being undertaken to reduce the threat of flooding , to provide hydroelectric power and to improve navigation . |