Example sentences of "they open [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such questions seem both searching and naive , searching because they open up a Pandora 's box of issues about the nature and structure of knowledge , naive because they are not usually asked , and doubtless can not be answered , in quite such a simple way . |
| 2 | The second , and by no means less important , purpose , is that they open up a transmission channel for information from the recipient . |
| 3 | Perhaps because she liked the feel of the material ; perhaps because they opened up a glimpse of another world … |
| 4 | On their way out they opened up a tool-box and took out a long slender chisel apiece . |
| 5 | Their sovereign was immensely puzzled by the process and strongly suspected that some of them intended to secede and set up independent states in South America , but the conquests attracted special attention and gained retrospective approval because they opened up a great wealth of silver and gold for the treasury of the King of Spain . |
| 6 | They opened up a market of huge potential for English manufacturers in the New World . |
| 7 | They opened up a lead of more than two minutes by Huddersfield , but were caught with just under 30 miles left . |