Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , the response based on total ignorance is still alive and well in circumstances in which even the limited attention given to gender discrimination in schools far exceeds its identification as an issue in the provision of educational opportunities for adult women . |
| 2 | Before we have had the opportunity to vote on that policy , the autumn statement has informed us that the Government will not promote training or fill the training gap that has developed in recent years . |
| 3 | Relocation to a new area could , therefore , provide the opportunity to consolidate on one site and to provide sufficient area for future expansion . |
| 4 | The companies will also have the opportunity to build on existing business links and introduce their goods to new markets in the United States . |
| 5 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on this draft PPG Note . |
| 6 | ‘ It is almost inconceivable that having so rightly stressed the tourist potential of Caernarfon that the Trust should then fail to seize the opportunity to capitalise on that potential . |
| 7 | ‘ All United Kingdom citizens should have the opportunity to select on broad base policy option as opposed to narrow sectarian appeal , ’ he declared . |
| 8 | We know real freedom for the majority depends on economic efficiency and social justice . |
| 9 | The opinions expressed on this page do not necessarily represent those of Uniview . |
| 10 | If the GP insists on that referral , the health authority will honour it , provided that it is not wholly unjustifiable on clinical grounds . |
| 11 | And at floor level the Revue sits on four skid feet . |
| 12 | Ramblers and many of the climbers flower on year-old wood : new stems grow out to their full length one year — and in the more vigorous kinds , this may be very long indeed — and then bear bloom the following year . |
| 13 | The discussions focused on bilateral co-operation in defence and space technology . |
| 14 | On this view pragmatics ( at least in part ) is about how , given a sentence uttered in a context , that context plays a role in specifying what proposition the sentence expresses on this occasion of utterance . |
| 15 | What effect will the measure have on rural electrification , and in particular the mains system for Rathlin ? |
| 16 | The Preferred Entry Level as stated in the module descriptor is a guide to the previous achievement assumed by the module writers and Outcome statements reflect the competences acquired on successful completion of the module . |
| 17 | Erm how 'd you find it living on the money get on Social Security ? |
| 18 | We have shown him a better way of making the savings he requires next year , and we will be happy to work with him — and with the consumer groups — to find ways of improving the value obtained for the money spent on legal aid in the future . |
| 19 | The banquet went on all night and ‘ by six in the morning Braque and Derain were dancing with the bones of the lamb ’ . |
| 20 | This phrase is proved as at point 5 , but as the case depends on this point , such evidence is best given by a reliable witness who had a good view of the vehicles concerned . |
| 21 | The case centres on large-scale purchase of shares in the United States company , Triangle Industries Inc , just before it was taken over by the French state-run aluminium firm , Pechiney SA , in 1988 . |
| 22 | The case hinges on that question and on the subsequent one : ‘ Can such treatment be withdrawn ’ . |
| 23 | As far as I could discern none of the courts operates on any form of jury system . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , the Bank of England published a 45-page document outlining its view of the progress made on underlying inflation and where it is heading over the subsequent 24 months . |
| 25 | ‘ The Graces dwelt on ev'ry Limb : |
| 26 | Even though it was still daylight , the alleyways and runnels were dark , closed off by the houses built on either side . |
| 27 | The trading position of the British economy is one crucial factor here , not only as expressed in the ex post trade balance but also in the constraint posed on expansionary demand management . |
| 28 | Fourth , the grant depended on continued government goodwill ; in 1983 it was cut , and part of the rest was allotted only to courses jointly approved by employers . |
| 29 | That leaves the Russians relying on inexperienced stand-in Aleksandr Goteyen , and Mark Hateley and Ally McCoist will be looking to exploit him . |
| 30 | But the sheer effort required to gather and analyse data systematically , let alone the lobbying activities to initiate change , often exceeds the capacity of the groups working on this issue . |