Example sentences of "[adj] to offer [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As numbers of mortgage arrears and repossessions grow , especially in London and the Southeast , and with up to 10 per cent of mortgage borrowers said to be in minor arrears or postponed repayments , building societies and other lenders are being particularly careful to offer their borrowers help in paying .
2 The appropriate strategy is perhaps to wait to determine whether the Japanese businessman is prepared to offer his hand for a handshake or whether he is going to bow .
3 By 1943 , they were free to offer their services to any part of the military except the Signals ; 800 Pioneers went into technical units , 650 to combatant units of the infantry and armoured corps , 450 to the Intelligence Corps and specialist formations , 300 to the Commandos , the Airborne troops and the special forces , and over 100 to the Navy and the Royal Air Force .
4 Banks and other financial intermediaries will be free to offer their products and services without restriction , and securities will be quotable on all stock exchanges and issuable in all EC countries .
5 If , further , he feels that the free market policies and values embraced by Mrs Thatcher have done much to create a divided nation , dominated by Pharisees , he should feel free to offer his opinion .
6 Only then would he be free to offer his father the respect he owed him .
7 Even though workers would be willing to offer their labour services at a lower real wage rate , and even though employers would be willing to hire more workers at a lower real wage rate , neither party to the bargaining process is capable of exerting downward pressure on this all important relative price .
8 Sangster is more than willing to offer his lottery expertise and experience to the government , who may still be inclined to accept his suggestions , even though he was quoted during the Election campaign as believing a Labour win would be better for racing .
9 I am honoured and delighted to offer my support to their cause but also my help to raise public awareness about the importance of their needs . ’
10 His gloom was reinforced because the Lebanese embassy had just refused him a visa and the only two countries he thought he could get into were Jordan and Romania , neither of which were likely to offer him employment .
11 The appeal was made to them in the early 1970s to offer their home to ‘ special needs ’ children and they responded well , Now they are being asked to accept both the challenge of ‘ special needs ’ children and the possibility of continuing contact with members of the original family .
12 William Charles , the eldest son , had only recently left town for good , off to join his cousins in London ; young Benjamin was too young to be playing at soldiers , and Charles the Cheesemonger himself was a bit too old and certainly far too unhealthy to offer his services as a volunteer .
13 " God be thanked , " she said to her husband , " now we have something better to offer our guest . "
14 The more architectures on which 88open is able to offer its testing and certification technologies , the more hardware and software suppliers will come knocking on it door .
15 The more architectures on which 88open is able to offer its testing and certification technologies , the more hardware and software suppliers will come knocking on it door .
16 Their only hope was to find a farmhouse where a friendly farmer might be able to offer them shelter for the night .
17 For example , some localised industries would now be able to offer their goods to a wider market .
18 Relaxation of the rules regarding the form of business organisation through which architects in private practice are able to offer their services may bring about structural change in terms of type of organisation and also size of practice .
19 Autonomous nursing units may be able to offer their residents more adaptable care when they are free from the rigid timetables inseparable from hospital organisation .
20 But they take the Institute to task for criticising the level of services they are able to offer their members .
21 Many schools are unlikely , therefore , to be able to offer their pupils as rich an experience of choral singing or as wide a repertoire of religious vocal music , as once they did .
22 Mr Burgreen was not able to offer his department 's critics the reform they wanted above all others : improvement of San Diego 's unusually weak system of investigating police shootings .
23 They will also be able to give information about local voluntary agencies which may be able to offer you advice or support , and also about local services for people with special difficulties such as problems with alcohol , drugs or gambling .
24 They will also be able to give information about local voluntary agencies which may be able to offer you advice or support , and also about local services for people with special difficulties such as problem with alcohol , drugs or gambling .
25 I believe that it is important that we are able to offer our members timely and constructive assistance , and that we encourage new ways of working which facilitate greater choice and effectiveness .
26 Which , in turn , means we 're able to offer our customers extremely competitive business rates .
27 With MultiView Mascot , we are able to offer our customers using terminal-based configurations , a powerful multi-windowing capability with a modern look and feel , but without their needing to adapt their existing applications . ’
28 With MultiView Mascot , we are able to offer our customers using terminal-based configurations , a powerful multi-windowing capability with a modern look and feel , but without their needing to adapt their existing applications . ’
29 Uniquely among code vendors , AEA is able to offer our customers engineering and consultancy support within AEA which spans all aspects of process technology , combustion and heat transfer .
30 He said : ‘ We are delighted with this new off-sales and are now able to offer our customers an even greater choice of products .
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