Example sentences of "[adv] open [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Congress reluctantly capitulated to this final demand on Sept. 1 , thereby opening the way for Wilson to end the impasse by signing the budget bill in the early hours of Sept. 2 . |
| 2 | Dulles precipitated the crisis by peremptorily withdrawing US financial aid for the Aswan Dam , thereby opening the door to the flow of Eastern Bloc arms and influence into the Middle East — the very situation that he had feared British colonial obduracy would create . |
| 3 | The spread of global issues is slowly opening the business of managing new share issues to outside competition — years after stockmarkets have been liberalised . |
| 4 | Gingerly opening the door , which gave way easily , he saw the festoons of cobwebs , litter and crumbling plaster , exactly as before . |
| 5 | It is often asserted that the First World War rescued the Unionist Party from an impossible position and left it poised to become the dominating force ; the war broke up Liberalism and destroyed the Liberal-Labour alliance , so opening the way for Unionism ; Lloyd George carried the party to victory in 1918 , incurred the odium for the post-war slump and was cast aside ungratefully in 1922 . |
| 6 | Too many people twigged — or at least thought they did — that he had done it only to open the door of Number 10 . |
| 7 | Halfway across the Mediterranean , when the stewardess seemed oddly unresponsive to his overtures , he idly opened the file . |
| 8 | If we only opened a door partly er there is room for somebody to hide behind it and then when we go into the room then we would encounter problems . |
| 9 | A Neopolitan nobleman , Federico Grisone , studied Xenophon 's books concerning horses ; and as a result of this he not only opened a riding academy where young noblemen , including the sons of many European kings and princes , were tutored in the arts of handling horses and courtly behaviour ; but he also published , in 1550 , his book Ordini di Cavalcare , of which much had been copied from Xenophon 's works . |
| 10 | Kathy said : ‘ We only opened the Centre in January and we are trying to bring clients in slowly so they have time to adjust . |
| 11 | She gently opened the door and peeped out . |
| 12 | Aiming to the right of a big black baulk of semi-submerged driftwood , I eased the wheel back and gently opened the throttle . |
| 13 | Panting with anticipation he stood by the nailed boards as the men inside opened the yard gate . |
| 14 | He had gingerly opened the Book , which was chained to the octiron pedestal in the middle of the rune-strewn floor not lest someone steal it , but lest it escape ; for it was the Octavo , so full of magic that it had its own vague sentience . |
| 15 | He had , it seemed , merely opened the door . |
| 16 | Which perhaps opens the door for TV companies over here to step in and make stars once more out of top domestic wrestlers . |
| 17 | However , such friendship only opens the door ; thereafter the hard reality of the benefits to be gained and the risks to be run will take over . |
| 18 | No need for violence , mind , but no woman alone opens the door to anybody , not at this time of night and in a place like World 's End . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You 'd better open the door , I think , ’ the Doctor said dryly , and Howard left with a nod . |
| 20 | I 'm just opening a bottle of champagne if you … ’ |
| 21 | Hang on , I 'm just opening the window again . |
| 22 | Some work on electronic beams , while others are activated by air movement — just opening the door can be enough to set off this type . |
| 23 | The man alighted and checked the street first , his hand deep in his pocket , before finally opening the door . |
| 24 | He was already opening the door to climb out . |
| 25 | Recently several independent groups , including our own at Birkbeck College , have been investigating this model in further detail and have shown how it is possible to calculate explicit particle trajectories in various contexts , thus opening the possibility of understanding quantum phenomena in terms of the behaviour of individual particles . |
| 26 | The Plan B mentioned last year was for the All Blacks to make only a fleeting visit to Australia , thus opening the way for the South Africans to make a short tour to Australia and then for the All Blacks to go to South Africa . |
| 27 | The driver twisted his arm backwards to open the door . |
| 28 | He turned away to open the case . |
| 29 | Jane flashed a grin at Patrick and turned away to open the door . |
| 30 | His words faded , and he put his hands on her shoulders again and turned her face him , holding her gaze by the sheer power of his will until , steeled and strengthened by her desperate need to break the spell , Merrill wrenched herself away to open the car door . |