Example sentences of "opening up a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | OPENING UP A FLUE |
| 2 | NATO will now plan opening up a land corridor to the beleaguered city of Sarajevo for armed relief convoys . |
| 3 | This account of normalisation focuses on opening up a range of life-style opportunities which are available to the rest of the population but which have tended to be closed to people with learning difficulties . |
| 4 | Total history seeks to reconstitute the overall form of a society according to some fundamental principle , law , or form , be it metaphysical or material , while general history despite its name is by no means concerned to produce a general theory of history , nor even a cohesive or comprehensive view , but rather to conduct a historical investigation according to particular problems , opening up a field ‘ in which one could describe the singularity of practices , the play of their relations ’ . |
| 5 | Much has been written on opening up a dialogue and creating collaboration on reading between home and school . |
| 6 | ‘ There was no conception of opening up a capacity for you to do things for yourself . |
| 7 | When opening up a fireplace , you 'll usually find that the fireback is in a poor condition , and needs replacing . |
| 8 | He managed to complete the last lap with a flourish in a little under a minute , opening up a 10-metre lead down the back straight . |
| 9 | As Titron lifted , the black water in the dock sucked away , opening up a drop of several feet , only to be followed by a surge upwards . |
| 10 | A modern patio with a large glazed area is the ideal way of opening up a living room by leading the eye out into the garden . |
| 11 | An unpruned bush may suffer from wind rock over winter , opening up a funnel around the base of the stem which could fill with water and freeze . |
| 12 | Bush had emphasized heavily throughout the campaign the issues of trust and character , and this latest revelation appeared to be particularly damaging to him ; opinion poll evidence suggested that , at the end of October , Clinton was once again opening up a lead . |
| 13 | The first frame last night was as crucial as any , but Hendry won that with breaks of 54 and 55 before opening up a lead of three with an 81 which proved to be his highest after the interval . |
| 14 | Reading this collection of interviews with twenty five Scottish and Irish women poets is like opening up a box of plain chocolates , only to be confronted with an array of brightly coloured and diverse tasting liqueurs . |