Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I am delighted to have the opportunity to participate in this type of training . ’
2 MORE THAN two million Britons living abroad have not taken the opportunity to vote in this election .
3 Unlike the Labour party , my party was at least prepared to table an amendment to the motion , so I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate .
4 We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on this draft PPG Note .
5 Can you see that maybe , if at some time in the future , you do have er , some bad health , or perhaps get involved in an accident , that after a period of time , it might be difficult to actually find the money to pay for this plan we 're establishing tonight ?
6 He was executed in 1535 , the first of seven Chancellors of the university to suffer in this way , and canonised in 1935 .
7 The route to follow from this manual depends largely upon the reader 's special interests :
8 He 'd already escaped twice and three prison officers were with him … but as the taxi drove along the A34 he pulled a knife and ordered the driver to stop at this layby near Bicester .
9 Erm the overall picture as you can see in June is that we revised the budget to show at this moment if this trend continues a deficit of two thousand pounds .
10 This article comes out of the familiar experience of being drawn to a particular image , or set of images , without at first knowing why , and the attempt to account for this feeling .
11 From the imperative to refrain on this occasion the child may advance , as he observes the situation recur in his own or others ' experience , to his first general principle :
12 And er we er ploughed through this until tonight , and er I think I 'm right , Mr returning officer , say that we 're the first Euro constituency in the northwest to get to this stage .
13 Do not allow the leash to slacken at this point , but try to keep it taut as this will help to ensure the puppy adopts the required position rather than jumping up .
14 I was six and a half years the , the minister of Whalsay and Skerries where the first er centre h ha has been built and there was rejoicing in that community that the that social responsibility had been invited by the council to join in this work .
15 A program could allow the teacher to start at this level and offer as its flexibility the opportunity to introduce a random element into the problem and also to have varying levels of ‘ noise ’ fed in , so that we gradually move towards a suitable environment for real problem-solving .
16 In similar vein , tonight 's promoter Dan Duva said : ‘ I 've got to thank Evander and Riddick for having the courage to agree to this fight .
17 The case of Goff v Gauthier ( 1991 ) 62 P & CR 388 has shown that it must be fair and reasonable for the vendor to rely on this exclusion ( see page 62 ) ; ( e ) to state that the vendor will not be liable to the extent that any claim arises out of or is increased by the acts or omissions of the purchaser after completion ; ( f ) to provide that the purchaser must give credit for the amount by which assets are found to have been understated , or liabilities have been over-provided for in the accounts ; ( g ) to ensure that the purchaser pays to the vendor all amounts subsequently recovered from third parties relating to claims that have been paid by the vendor .
18 It is possible that those who work in education , even at senior management level , lack the confidence to press for this sort of recognition ; a diffidence which has its origin in the perceived ‘ otherness ’ referred to above , combined with the erroneous view that education has little or nothing to offer a commercial board-room .
19 ECC D are starting to look like the team to beat in this division , after beating Maldon B 7–3 , although OCs C are keeping the pressure on them as they beat ECC E by the same scoreline .
20 Well , I mean the point to make about this budget is I 've just told you about two million pounds worth of minuses , let me tell you about two million pounds of pluses that are going in .
21 In many environments , the need to advertise in this way is limited by the danger of becoming a conspicuous target for a predator .
22 Partly due to this , the long end of the yield curve has been rather stable in the UK , and the need to hedge at this end of the term structure was diminished .
23 ‘ We will reserve the right to respond to this aggression , ’ he said .
24 The Government could be taking many measures to ensure that refugees who have the right to stay in this country are assimilated and given equal opportunities .
25 Inspection of the circuit diagram reveals that the tendency to perfect transmission at high-enough frequencies is due to that capacitor which shorts the output to input in this range .
26 Although , therefore , the seizure was not intended to be permanent , conventual houses were largely unmolested , and wherever possible existing religious were allowed to farm the alien priories , the protraction of the war and the intention of the king to profit from this source as much as possible led to the permanent secularization of some monastic lands , and the extended management and farming of others by laymen as well as by royal clerks .
27 ‘ There 's the devil to pay about this business .
28 Point to the spot , and this should serve to encourage the puppy to sniff in this region .
29 sort this out sensibly , the police overreact , they arrest him at midnight in the clothes he stands up in , they take him down to the police station , he 's held in the police station for about thirty six hours or so , something like that , er instead of being brought before the court straight away and released on bail straight away , they , they keep him in custody where he 's never been before , er and Madam he 's then released on bail but court imposes silly conditions on him , conditions that he should n't go back to his home address , he ca n't go and see his girlfriend , he ca n't go and see his children , er , and Madam it seems to be an abuse of the process really of the court to behave in this way .
30 It is evident that Leapor has not allowed the meat to scorch in this instance ; rather , it seems a question of how she uses her leisure , in writing or sewing .
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