Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [to-vb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Article 15 of the second directive gives cancellation rights to all individual contracts except those of six months or less and is amended to exempt where the policyholder has had , for example , the opportunity to reflect on the policy terms before contacting the insurer . |
| 2 | What had been happening was an assumption of power on the part of the Vietminh and the demonstration that a communist party could seize the opportunity to capitalize on the power of nationalism at a moment of unparalleled opportunity . |
| 3 | I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the motion for the Adjournment of the House in order to raise a matter that is causing me great concern — the number of cases in my constituency of considerable financial hardship being experienced by full-time and part-time students . |
| 4 | What would happen if the Institute were not accepted on a new Register ? was glad of the opportunity to speak on the matter and as the Institute representative on the Committee he was disturbed by the lack of progress by the appointed agent . |
| 5 | The training offered to potential dealers was generally informal the opportunity to learn on the job , not by instruction . |
| 6 | The listeners will have the opportunity to hear on the news network — major bulletins on the hour , and summaries on the half hour , three business programmes a day and regular updates on sport , weather , travel and business . |
| 7 | He rejects the suggestion that salary is a satisfactory reward to entrepreneurs , and argues that the opportunity to trade on the basis of inside information should be viewed as part of a compensation package to encourage innovation . |
| 8 | The effect of this was that young fans rarely got the opportunity to travel on the Supporters ' Club coaches and , since travelling by British Rail was often a hazardous and expensive venture , alternative arrangements were needed . |
| 9 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on the revision of this important planning guidance note . |
| 10 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on the revision of this important planning guidance note . |
| 11 | When the UKCC announced its proposals for community nursing , Professional Nurse congratulated Council on its approach , which looked set to unite community nursing and pave the way for an improved service for patients , and also for giving nurses the opportunity to comment on the proposals in true democratic fashion . |
| 12 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on the proposals currently being considered by the Government for tackling the problems associated with minerals planning permissions granted in the 1950s , 60s and 70s . |
| 13 | Some service housing is already available to service men on discount purchase , which gives them the opportunity to get on the home ownership ladder . |
| 14 | I am delighted to have the opportunity to raise on the Adjournment the question of adult education in Croydon , and to see you , Mr. Speaker , in the Chair , because you and I are privileged to represent constituencies in Croydon . |
| 15 | I welcome very much the opportunity to raise on the Adjournment the question of the working of the police national computer mark 2 and the need for effective safeguards , and I am delighted that this debate is starting at a relatively civilised hour . |
| 16 | As the situation deteriorated , it was felt that some further evidence of the British government 's determination not to allow the majority to lean on the minority was needed . |
| 17 | The situation became so drastic that one leading club , Botafogo , played a midweek game in the afternoon to save on the bill for floodlights . |
| 18 | Corton Beach were tipped in the national newspapers just before they left the OTC to start on the London Stock Exchange 's third market . |
| 19 | Anyone who wishes to contribute must catch the Chairman 's eye and the usual practice then is for the Chairman to call on the persons in the order in which he has seen them . |
| 20 | The decision to focus on the fur trade follows the demise last month of the pressure group Lynx , which went into voluntary liquidation after losing a libel case against a mink farmer . |
| 21 | There is usually a formal system of discounts , for advertisers spending over a certain level with the station , and perhaps even for early booking , and whenever a station has time to sell which it fears it might fail to dispose of it is possible for the buyer to negotiate on the price . |
| 22 | The political historian , raised from the cradle to insist on the importance of chronology and context , would rather think in terms of intellectual biography . |
| 23 | The cysts leave the skin to lie on the bottom where they multiply by simple division — breaking up to infest more fish . |
| 24 | Freed from the necessity to concentrate on the road , she could have admired the sweep of the rolling scenery of broad fields dotted with cattle , and tree-crowned hills . |
| 25 | I do not suggest that , just because Britain is less violent and less prone to crime than most other west European countries , that diminishes the necessity to concentrate on the picture at home , but let us not frighten people unnecessarily by comparisons with the rest of Europe and the United States . |
| 26 | My colleagues and I , therefore , are agreed that as a general rule it is undesirable for members of the judiciary to broadcast on the wireless or to appear on television … |
| 27 | They brought the whole flock of sheep and goats , thirty-five or forty of them , on to the roof to tie on the lukals — the double-pouched woven saddle-bags — stuffed with potatoes and Tibetan salt for trading in the south . |
| 28 | The entire Met staff climbed up the ladder to the roof to check on the visibility — well , that 's a laugh , we could n't even see the runway , and I do n't suppose the pilots could either . |
| 29 | Sometimes the intention to go on the Pill is there , but it is put off until next week , or until their sixteenth birthday . |
| 30 | All those defences are for the defendant to establish on the balance of probabilities . |