Example sentences of "open up the [noun sg] of a " in BNC.

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1 She also delivered her own populist riposte , opening up the possibility of a referendum on the issue of the introduction of a single European currency .
2 The criterion-basis of the new examination seemed to open up the possibility of an assessment system that would be public , open , and uniform , yet applicable to virtually all pupils in school , whatever their ability .
3 But to regard such [ cultural ] forms as ‘ saying something of something ’ , and saying it to somebody , is at least to open up the possibility of an analysis which attends to their substance rather than to reductive formulas professing to account for them .
4 The establishment of English Heritage opened up the possibility of a second refuge for endangered houses , capable — at least in theory — of taking houses on without the massive endowments required by the National Trust .
5 At a recent meeting of the party 's Central Committee , President Gorbachev opened up the prospect of a future coalition government when he talked of ‘ equal possibilities for the Communist party and other political and social organisations . ’
6 Leicester went into the game inspired by four wins in five games , a run that had opened up the possibility of a hat-trick of promotion successes for manager Brian Little after taking Darlington from the Vauxhall Conference to the Third Division in the last two seasons .
7 The talks were seen to have opened up the possibility of a June meeting between the UNRG , political parties , church groups , employers and popular movements as a preliminary to possible direct talks between the government , the armed forces and the guerrillas .
8 Instead , the Premier 's efforts to keep the Gatt talks on track have opened up the prospect of a world trade deal .
9 However , the president of the National Reconciliation Commission , Mgr Rodolfo Quezada Toruño , asserted that " important progress " had been made , which had opened up the prospect of a comprehensive agreement on human rights .
10 This , in turn , opens up the possibility of a unified account of the world that encompasses not only physical but also mental events .
11 The second order signification system opens up the possibility of an endless layer of significatory systems each aspiring to a larger context from which meaningfulness is derived .
12 The TGV Nord will be linked to the rest of the high speed network by a new line skirting Paris which will open up the possibility of a five hour journey from London to Lyons and a seven hour journey to Marseilles .
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