Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inability to carry out an agreed suggestion may indicate that neither the follower nor the leader had really understood the problem when the objective was set . |
| 2 | The opportunity to press home the naval attack was thus lost and with it the possibility of the overthrow of Turkey . |
| 3 | Des said : ‘ This trip will give me the opportunity to see how the adopted project is doing and feed back some information to Edinburgh . ’ |
| 4 | Vice-Chairman Derek Edwards took the opportunity to stress publicly the urgent need to make their campaign a national one . |
| 5 | Those attending were given the opportunity to carry out the mock validation of a course which was defended by a very experienced course team . |
| 6 | Diana not only ostentatiously wore outfits that she had been seen in before — to knock a few criticisms on the head about the money she spent on her wardrobe — but she also seized the opportunity to kill off a few more misconceptions . |
| 7 | The MMC ( 1980 : 97 ) found that in some guards ' depots , twelve-hour days were routinely worked , and that , apparently , ‘ those staff who wish to work their Sundays mostly have the opportunity to do so every other Sunday without strict regard to the numbers actually required to operate train services ’ . |
| 8 | Employees should have the opportunity to own collectively a significant stake in the company for which they work , through a democratic Employee Share Ownership Plan ( ESOP ) or a cooperative . |
| 9 | As the paint bleeds onto the damp paper , I take the opportunity to blot out a central area along the line of the steps onto which the bulk of the light falls . |
| 10 | As the paint bleeds onto the damp paper , I take the opportunity to blot out a central area along the line of the steps onto which the bulk of the light falls . |
| 11 | To provide people with the opportunity to acquire even a tiny stake in the land is a daunting task calling for wisdom , courage , and political integrity almost unheard of in modern times . |
| 12 | A telephone conversation allows the opportunity to build up a personal relationship . |
| 13 | Producer Michael Mills saw the opportunity to team up a new writer with an actor new to television comedy . |
| 14 | Bide your time , be patient and take the opportunity to think through an ambitious aim . |
| 15 | It was a day to remember ; we were all quite taken by Fair Isle and I took the opportunity to dig out a few facts and figures about this remote island . |
| 16 | In Academy Headquarters another type of presentation is under way : ‘ All male and female officers are now trained at Sandhurst , the majority following either a forty-four-week course for male non-graduates , or a twenty-eight-week course for graduates and women officer cadets . ’ |
| 17 | For the next half hour the rehearsals took on a sudden lift and everyone began to dare to try things out without feeling foolish . |
| 18 | The Acts lay down a minimum standard for air quality , and impose pollution emission controls to particular polluters . |
| 19 | All the sounds are bright and punchy , the humbucker dishing out the appropriate amount of clean chunk or coil-tapped crunch when desired . |
| 20 | It was for the juy to tie up the loose ends , unemotionally . |
| 21 | The ARC/INFO ERASE command ( the Boolean equivalent of NOT ) is used to remove the constrained areas from the coverage to build up a composite coverage . |
| 22 | Therefore , whereas prescribing budgets will inevitably be set in the aggregate , taking into account local social and epidemiological factors , both PACT and formularies are much more likely to lead the GP to consider why a particular drug , and not an alternative including no drug , should be given in a particular instance . |
| 23 | If the retailer builds up a good relationship with his customers they will keep coming back — and maybe tell their friends . |
| 24 | ‘ The accounts go out every six months , ’ he reminded her with a frown . |
| 25 | She was standing at the gas-stove , turning a plucked chicken over the flames to singe away the tiny feathers left behind in the skin . |
| 26 | In this way then the couplet brings together the three themes of each section and relates them very strongly to the speaker and the listener , with the use of ‘ thou ’ . |
| 27 | He watched in horrified fascination as the lieutenant took out a single match and poised it over the striking strip . |
| 28 | The Board took over the legal aid scheme 's administrative structure and most of the staff . |
| 29 | But the board provides only a narrow range of sensitivity on the variables under its own control . |
| 30 | The Board gave both a secure market for milk and a measure of financial security to the farmers . |