Example sentences of "make a [adj] offer " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The consortium prepared to step in , have made a conditional offer and it will require help from the Football League , ’ said Beller .
2 If and when you are made a firm offer of a place , you will be asked to confirm the details of the funds available to you .
3 ‘ I do not accept that David Trippier is supporting the action of the trade unions , or is asking me to go to arbitration , or expects that the management , having made a final offer , should move from that final offer . ’
4 A London agent , apparently acting for someone anxious for an island property , had made a good offer ‘ sight unseen ’ , and Neil 's solicitors ( who knew the place and the difficulties involved ) had strongly advised him to accept it .
5 FIDE was scheduled to make a decision yesterday , when only Manchester had made a suitable offer .
6 Since then , Labour has never made a generous offer of co-operation with other Scottish groups or parties which recognised their differing views on home rule or democracy .
7 On April 21 the Yemeni Deputy Information Minister Amakal Alim Susawa confirmed that Yemen had made a written offer to Saudi Arabia for discussions , after the latter had informed at least four foreign oil companies that they were trespassing on Saudi property .
8 A party to proceedings may at any time make a written offer to any other party to those proceedings which is expressed to be " without prejudice save as to costs " and which relates to any issue in the proceedings .
9 Where a party can not protect his position by a payment into court , he may make the other party a written offer filing a copy with the court , but not to be brought to the attention of the court until costs fall to be decided ( Ord 12 , r 10 ) and similarly , where contribution arises a party may make a written offer to contribute ( Ord 12 , r 7 ) .
10 Under Ord 37 , r9 the defendant can make a written offer to the plaintiff tendering a sum in satisfaction of the plaintiff 's claim on the basis that he will not suffer the disease or deterioration claimed and identifying the disease or deterioration in question and agreeing to the court making an award of provisional damages .
11 But they made a good offer .
12 If she made a genuine offer to return which he rejected , she would have been entitled to maintenance from him .
13 We chose the best of a not too brilliant bunch , made a ludicrous offer which to our astonishment was accepted , and we were on the road .
14 On the safe disposal of nuclear weapons — a critically important matter to the House and elsewhere — NATO made a general offer of co-operation in December .
15 There may be some weathering her and there After a few weeks which to Willis , however , seemed like a few years , the broker 's solicitors made a conditional offer for the poor old barge , and finally agreed to pay £1500 , provided that Dreadnought was still in shipshape condition six months hence , in the spring of 1962 .
16 On 22 June we made a revised offer of 7.5 per cent for the nurses and 6 per cent for the ancillaries and administrative staff .
17 Bush subsequently made a final offer to Israel , which included a number of concessions .
18 Ferrari made a generous offer for the following season , but Niki told him , ‘ I do n't want to stay , that 's all there is to it . ’
19 He made a generous offer , and bought wife number nine
20 On Jan. 29 President César Gaviria Trujillo made a fresh offer , extending an earlier decree to include crimes committed up to the time of surrender , and on Jan. 30 the Extraditables , maintaining that the police had in fact killed Diana Turbay , announced that they were reconsidering their latest declaration of war and would abstain from violent action for the moment .
21 However , the UK failed in its attempt to head off the EC Commission , even though it made a last-minute offer to bring forward compliance of five water supplies contaminated with nitrate , from 1995 to 1991–4 , ‘ a shift , ’ according to ENDS , ‘ which , until then , the UK had insisted would be impractical . ’
22 If you are in temporary accommodation and do not accept the tenancy , this provision will cease as the council , by making a reasonable offer of permanent accommodation , will have discharged its responsibility to you under the provisions of the Housing Act 1985 , Part III and you will have to make your own arrangements for housing yourself and your family .
23 In a separate development , British Aerospace and Thomson CSF of France confirmed they were considering making a joint offer for Ferranti .
24 • Distributing sample menus and information to local B&Bs not offering evening meals ; inviting owners for a free meal and making a special offer for guests .
25 Here you are one time only twenty s twenty per cent savings on a single purchase of Debenhams own brand throughout the store erm Debenhams has bought to blah blah blah outstanding values da da da and to encourage to do your Christmas shopping at Debenhams we 'll making a special offer that you wo n't be able to resist until December the twenty fourth commencing on November you can get an amazing twenty per cent off at any Debenhams own bought range , that means you can shop throughout the store , visit every floor , buy all your gifts under one roof and save twenty per cent providing you do all your shopping in one go to get the benefit of the voucher because the voucher can only be used once from men 's , woman 's fashions , accessory , children 's clothes , furnishings , gifts simply present this voucher and attach simply present the voucher attach and receive the train fare discount , we hope you enjoy your shopping .
26 In addition , the did not have available , when making an initial offer to shareholders , the facility or legal means of making a contested offer in those countries where national secrecy laws on corporate disclosure requirements make it difficult or impossible for predator companies to ascertain adequate financial information on would-be target companies .
27 But she was sensitive enough to let those at the Mill believe that they were making a competitive offer .
28 Where it is desired to make an offer to settle a claim other than one for a sum of money by making a written offer " without prejudice save as to costs " , the offer should be filed with the court ; it is not brought to the attention of the court until the question of costs falls to be decided : Ord 11 , r 10 .
29 He can protect himself under Ord 33 , r4A by making a written offer to accept liability up to a specified proportion , which can be brought to the attention of the judge after he has decided the liability issue at trial .
30 The Act requires the NCC or local parks authority to make a firm offer of compensation within three months of a grant application being rejected .
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