Example sentences of "[adj] to offer [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have had enough casualties and it would be singularly unfortunate and quite improper to offer the IRA the additional victory of his resignation . |
| 2 | However , others point out that at one stage AMV was prepared to offer a lot of money for Scali McCabe Sloves , the international group which had bought a substantial stake in AMV in 1979 and was subsequently taken over by WPP . |
| 3 | Before the elections dos Santos and Savimbi each announced that , if elected , he was prepared to offer a role in the government to individuals from the defeated side . |
| 4 | We also told him that , as a matter of policy , regardless of the legal situation , we certainly would n't be prepared to offer the painting for sale unless it had first been offered to the museum to see whether it would be possible for them to re-acquire it . |
| 5 | Non-marketing factors often apply when selling internationally , since many companies unfortunately view export orders as a supplement to home trade and are prepared to offer an agency to anybody who is likely to obtain orders , irrespective of their commercial standing . |
| 6 | They must be prepared to offer an equity share in their business . |
| 7 | It is hard to trade information : the buyer needs to see the information before being willing to offer a price , and having seen the information then has no incentive to pay for it ! |
| 8 | Since there were few Third World states in the 1960s willing to offer the USSR the military facilities it desired it had little to lose from supporting the principled opposition of the non-aligned group to foreign military bases . |
| 9 | Should partners in the Philippines or South Africa wish to hear something of current British practice I would be delighted to offer a presentation . |
| 10 | There are various tests to diagnose rheumatic and arthritic disorders , and it would be impossible to offer an opinion on the basis of a letter . |
| 11 | Before the passing of the UCTA such guarantees in theory were supposed to offer the purchaser of defective goods a remedy additional to that of suing the person from whom he bought the goods . |
| 12 | This was never likely to offer a basis for a wages agreement and the employers issued notices giving the reduced wage rates on 30 April and 1 May 1926 , when the subsidy ran out . |
| 13 | Does the care they are offering or are likely to offer the child meet the required standard ? |
| 14 | It is customary to offer a drink or a snack to guests and , in some circumstances , it is impolite for them to refuse . |
| 15 | With jetlag causing most of the tourists to complain of two sleepless nights since landing on the sub-continent , Gooch 's manager and mentor Keith Fletcher was quick to offer an excuse . |
| 16 | But the plan has hit serious problems because the universities are unwilling to offer the scientists contracts . |
| 17 | Yet much of the RE of the past 30 years has been strangely reluctant to offer the challenge . |
| 18 | This understanding of ‘ service ’ was crucial to the political practicality of citizenship which always depended upon being able to offer a reconciliation between ‘ personal rights ’ and , despite the vacillating liberal reinterpretations , ‘ the community ’ . |
| 19 | Expert systems separate out data , information , expertise and reasoning in an explicit way and are therefore able to offer a degree of flexibility not achievable by conventional programing techniques . |
| 20 | Thorough cleaning and disinfection of all surfaces to a very high standard is essential , and Rentokil is now able to offer a specialist service to meet this need . |
| 21 | And that is the erm absence of understanding it seems to us from the County Planning Department of the way the actual market works , and of the need for a local authority area erm in seeking to obtain employment for its people , the need for that area to be able to offer a variety of er employment land both in quality , size and location . |
| 22 | This is an interesting plan and I am delighted that my Department has been able to offer a grant to help it . |
| 23 | Representatives are now able to offer a choice from two exclusive point-of-sale ranges called the Thistle Collection or Heather Collection , and for major customers , a specially designed Flagship Selling Unit can be installed . |
| 24 | It also highlights the scalability of Viking , which will be able to offer a range of performance characteristics from those of solid-state store to the new offerings of very large capacity disk drives . |
| 25 | These young people are already able to offer a range of skills such as wordprocessing and DTP ( Quark Express ) , proof reading , and print production knowledge . |
| 26 | The Public Law Project is seen by radical lawyers as essential in being able to offer a range of legal skills to the disadvantaged . |
| 27 | The agent was able to offer a ticket and quoted a fare of £153 . |
| 28 | I may not always be able to offer a Danby or a Holmes ( Holmes is available as I write ) , but I should be considerably embarrassed if I could n't find a good view of the Gorge for a departing new graduate or a returning old one . |
| 29 | Our hotel which dates to Queen Victoria 's reign is ideally situated , being slightly set back from the busy and noisy seafront road ( A259 ) , but still able to offer a view over Hove Lawns and onto the sea . |
| 30 | Surely this is the moment when the strong west should be able to offer a hand of assistance to those countries , rather than holding them at arm 's length while it completes its own internal workings . |