Example sentences of "access to the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As with the BBC Micro computer the ( * ) commands provide access to the operating system .
2 Aid workers , the only independent sources of information who have direct access to the camp inmates , say that fears about deportation are creating a tense atmosphere and that the Vietnamese are making preparations to avoid and resist attempts to send them home .
3 ‘ I need access to the Glory of Set . ’
4 Without the usually dodgy jacking and flimsy ramps to give enough lift , the most comfortable and safest access to the underneath of the infernal object is a pit .
5 Connection with the main lines is made entirely to the south , and a system of burrowing-junction lines gives access to the works sidings , as also the good yards , without fouling the standard running lines .
6 Funded by the Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund , the Henry Moore Foundation and the North West Museums Service , the extension will mean , says the director , Mary Gavagan ‘ that an important fine art collection will now be on display not only for the university population but also for the general public ’ , even those with mobility problems for whom ramps and chairlifts will give access to the works of among others Chillida , Derain , Miro , Max Ernst and Terry Frost .
7 And er I 'd got a key to get in from the works into the office once I was inside , but that was access to the works you know and er I er I en I enjoyed it more or less and I must say the firm , to some extent , looked up to me and I 'd only got to have a damned machine stop , where the girls was working on this machine , and the bobbin shop and all that sort of thing , and I was able to go look er , down and say look here I want this .
8 Access to the works is via the B1348 .
9 Because we do not have direct access to the microworld , any measurement involves a chain of amplification by which the state of affairs on the very small scale is made to manifest a corresponding signal in the everyday world of the laboratory .
10 On Feb. 18 the West German President , Richard von Weizsäcker , warned that making access to the Deutschmark the benchmark of German unity would lead to East Germany being " swallowed " .
11 Mr Nicol said that in each of the three cases the restriction of access to the public conflicted with the principle of openness which applied to all legal proceedings .
12 Finally , note that users never have direct access to the software stored in the LIFESPAN work space .
13 The Isle of Wight TEC will certainly have equal access to the competition .
14 Indeed , in situations where Health Authorities have had easy access to the skills of economists , as through the York Health Economics Consortium ( University of York , 1990 ) , demand has been high , suggesting that the appropriate skills for the assessment of efficiency have been lacking in the past .
15 McCaw Cellular Communications Inc chairman Craig McCaw says talks are continuing with AT&T Co on an expected June signing of the deal for AT&T to acquire 33% of McCaw : he expects the deal to be completed by year-end 1993 at the latest ; issues still under discussion include how to resolve the future of the Cellular One marketing brand name , which McCaw shares with Southwestern Bell Corp ; McCaw will use AT&T 's name and it will have access to the skills of Bell Laboratories .
16 This book is essential reading for any researcher new to the subject or requiring access to the myriad techniques used and studies undertaken .
17 The community physiotherapist is part of the district physiotherapy service organized at the major local hospital , and the general practitioner has direct access to the service .
18 British Telecommunications Plc says it is to complete its cable television network in the Westminster district of London by 1995 under undertakings given to the government as part of a review of its licence for the area : some 120,000 homes in Westminster , the only area in the UK where the company is licensed to offer television service over its phone network , will have access to the service on completion , Reuter notes ; the company hopes to be allowed to run TV throughout its network from 1997 .
19 A two-part tariff is a price system where users pay a fixed sum for access to the service and then pay a price per unit which reflects the marginal cost of production .
20 Access to what was once , but is now house , and was the access to the abattoir .
21 Although Stratus faces growing competition from HP in its own markets , it says the latter has ‘ guaranteed equal access to the Precision chip — a level playing field . ’
22 Remote access to the facility will be provided to users wishing to analyse large datasets .
23 Yet literature can only give access to the values entertained by the members of literate communities and in these only for persons able to apprehend what they read .
24 After much laborious correspondence we received from China the following : ‘ We believe that no one outside of this country will have access to the mule and her foal in Honan Province because such matters will have to be approved by the authorities here .
25 Though explicitly Christian , ‘ Journey of the Magi ’ forms between the earlier and later work a bridge over which the reader ( with access to the gospel word ) may cross into the release of Christianity , the new birth ; but , denied that access , the speaker of the poem can only seek relief in death to escape from having to return to the old way in which he is ‘ no longer at ease ’ .
26 The male is now primarily involved in breaking up quarrels between females and in repelling approaches by other males either bidding for access to the harem through the formation of a two-male team or , more dangerously , seeking a fight for total replacement .
27 They had access to the schedule to be used ( Document 2 ) and thus were in a position to know what criteria would be used to observe and evaluate them .
28 Did your husband , or did he not , complain that the houseboat Grace , apart from being damp , needed extensive repairs , and that it was difficult if not impossible for you to resume any meaningful sexual relationship when your cabin acted as a kind of passageway with your daughters constantly going to and fro to gain access to the hatch , and a succession of persons , including the milkman , trampling overhead ?
29 As there is no access to the shore there have never been any businesses based on the sea .
30 Electronic trading has a number of distinct advantages : the screen price is the one at which the transaction is concluded ; a large number of banks , customers and market makers have direct access to the trading system irrespective of their location ; and all transactions are confirmed immediately with positions being automatically recorded .
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