Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [to-vb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grounds were that the work which the appellant offered to carry out when he presented himself to Mr. Burt and Mr. Hughes as a qualified accountant ( and the remuneration that he gained the opportunity to earn as a result ) were services to be provided by him as a self-employed fee-earning accountant , and therefore were to be provided neither under a contract of employment nor by virtue of his holding of an office within the meaning of section 16(2) ( c ) of the Theft Act 1968 . |
| 2 | Mount Charlotte Investments , the hotel group , offers the opportunity to invest in a stockbroker . |
| 3 | However , with changing attitudes in society , questions are being raised about the morality of denying girls the opportunity to sing in a cathedral choir . |
| 4 | She slipped the newspaper cutting into the top drawer of her bedside chest , then took the opportunity to go for a walk by herself , without Josh . |
| 5 | As part of their studies , Scottish students will also have the opportunity to participate in a work placement in Germany or Portugal . |
| 6 | Two of the prime needs of adolescence , I have found both from my own experience and that of my children , are those for privacy and the opportunity to participate in a subculture . |
| 7 | Senior personnel officer Liz Tait said : ‘ People who come to the party always say they have the time of their lives because they can mix with their former workmates and also have the opportunity to participate in a ware sale . ’ |
| 8 | It represented for her the opportunity to move from a life of manual labour to a life of intellectual labour . |
| 9 | Having had the opportunity to settle in a bit and have a look around , I am beginning to get my bearings . |
| 10 | INROADS STAFF were given the opportunity to star in a video recently alongside rugby internationalist Gavin Hastings and Steve Hamilton from Wheel of Fortune . |
| 11 | Erm , and I also understand that this is the first time you 've actually had someone from the private sector , er , whose been invited to er , address your A G M so , I 'd like to thank you for the privilege , and for also for the opportunity to speak on a subject which I personally er , find of of great interest . |
| 12 | The Profitboss ensures that neither the aspiring Fenton from Fleet Sales nor the experienced Carmen from Marketing Services are denied the opportunity to compete for a promotion to Divisional Sales Director . |
| 13 | NET ( UK ) sees the opportunity to expand into a variety of environmental testing sectors including solid wastes , air , soil , and man-made products such as food . |
| 14 | The sine qua non , the absolute requirement , is the opportunity to belong to a community of believers and this is the reality of the parish community . |
| 15 | Laing firmly believes , however , in assisted share purchase and profit-sharing schemes , which give all employees the opportunity to share in a company 's financial achievements . |
| 16 | All Rangers have the opportunity to ride for a minimum of half an hour once a fortnight , however , they can also participate in picnic rides , lasting three to four hours , as well as one hour-long evening rides . |
| 17 | All we can ever really offer our clients , child or adult , is the opportunity to enter into a relationship with us . |
| 18 | In 1754 Ramsay was again in Italy , where he remained for three years , developing the wonderfully delicate style of his maturity , and constantly drawing from life with all the avidity to learn of a student . |
| 19 | In a bwlch or mountain pass the road cut deeply at the highest place straight through the ridge to show as a notch afar off . |
| 20 | The struggle to survive of a tradition of survival |
| 21 | In a superb performance they expose the struggle to survive in a Youth Detention Centre . |
| 22 | But the highest value was put on just being there , the willingness to sit by a bedside and to do more listening than talking , the patience with inconsistencies and sudden reversals of mood and the readiness to come back , week after week . |
| 23 | If the creditor knew that the surety , whilst understanding the nature of the liability he or she was accepting , was in fact acting under the influence of the debtor , then it would not be safe for the creditor to rely upon a document executed in these circumstances , unless it believed on reasonable grounds that the surety had in fact received independent advice . |
| 24 | In practice , this is unlikely to prove a problem for directors of private companies who are probably also the shareholders , but directors of public companies do have to consider whether it is in the interests of the company and the shareholders to agree to a lock-out clause at a figure which may not be the highest obtainable . |
| 25 | where there has been surprise , as where the trial judge allows the case to proceed on a basis other than that pleaded without giving the other side an opportunity to consider the new material ; |
| 26 | Doolittle ( 1952 ) reconsidered Batschinski 's suggestion that the resistance to flow of a liquid depended upon the free-space available to a molecule rather than upon the temperature . |
| 27 | Again the problem will arise that it will be unlikely that a company will satisfy the text to qualify as a family company . |
| 28 | One fox was caught , too far away for the riders to see in a day of little incident . |
| 29 | After a leisurely tea by a coal fire , I asked the clerk to phone for a taxi . |
| 30 | ‘ The decision to go for a greenfield site was taken in June , 1992 , and the countdown to Highbridge — a site within reach of all employees , with good motorway links — began soon afterwards , ’ he said . |