Example sentences of "to gain [noun] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joe Ashton , a Labour MP , narrowly failed to gain election to the Wednesday board . |
| 2 | The government , which did not expect Sweden to gain admission to the EC before 1994 , had previously expressed interest in framing a joint application with Norway and Finland . |
| 3 | Dust , grit , and ‘ wee beasties ’ seem to be able to gain admission to the vestibule of the inhaler through the open top of the canister housing , even though the safety cap has been religiously applied . |
| 4 | Reminiscent of the peak days of Studio 54 , the Serpentine Gallery was mobbed by a large audience struggling to gain admission to the opening night of Robert Gober 's exhibition ( to 25 April ) . |
| 5 | But to be able to do this the contractors needed to gain admission to the Russia Company and Gould played his part in the attack on the company . |
| 6 | So-called biometric security devices such as finger scanners are considered safer ; they check finger prints to authenticate a person 's identity before it is possible to gain entry to the system ( Ernsberger , 1988 ) . |
| 7 | He attended schools in Bishop Auckland , Gainford , and Glasgow , after which his family connections helped him to gain entry to the music-hall , as a ‘ boy ’ comedian . |
| 8 | The thieves smashed down doors and broke open hardened-steel padlocks to gain entry to the Redoubt Fort , in Harwich , only to discover nothing of value inside . |
| 9 | where force is not used to gain entry to the Home ; |
| 10 | In some cases it may be difficult to gain entry to the channel unless the product is somehow differentiated by way of uniqueness or lower price than those products already established in the channel . |
| 11 | They have given each guest a limited-edition Disney sweatshirt and insisted that they wear it to gain entry to the gala performance . |
| 12 | It is as if the inner mind structure presents a predetermined pattern to the sense organ , through the brain and sensory/motor nervous system , and only that input which relates to the inward pattern is able to gain entry to the creature 's world of subjective experience . |
| 13 | From time to time the problem program will wish to gain entry to the supervisor in a controlled manner , for example to request that a transput operation be performed . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | I need to gain access to the space under the floor . |
| 16 | Last summer Berlin 's streets suddenly became home to thousands of Romanian and Bulgarian refugees , many of them gypsies , who took advantage of easy entry into soon-to-disappear East Germany to gain access to the West . |
| 17 | The above is intended to indicate the fairly small amounts of formaldehyde likely to gain access to the air in an embalming theatre , never-the-less we are very aware of the potential hazard of the gas and advise our members accordingly . |
| 18 | To destroy the cottage in order to gain access to the road was desirable . |
| 19 | The locals knew that the trough was traversed at regular intervals by natural rock bridges showing just above the mud Over the centuries , millions of rip tides had worn away the softer sandstone , leaving the harder rock strata a convenient , if slippery way for the knowing locals to gain access to the sands . |
| 20 | When you came in the Winter , to gain access to the stack , |
| 21 | ‘ To gain access to the question of Being-on-drugs we have had to go the way of literature , ’ Avital Ronell proclaims . |
| 22 | Literary studies in action approaches the study of literature in the same way that a comparatively naive undergraduate reader approaches it : as a conglomeration of linguistic and literary forms , functions and meanings , all operating at once and all of which have somehow to be deciphered in order to gain access to the text , and explained in order to facilitate the production of adequate essays . |
| 23 | Replacing the battery is n't difficult , although it is fiddly and to accomplish this and to gain access to the truss rod a circular plate on the back of the guitar has to be removed . |
| 24 | These tools should enable all children , not only to gain access to the curriculum but also to allow and encourage them to respond to it in a way which clearly expresses their understanding . |
| 25 | is an input parameter specifying the module name and and password ( if necessary to gain access to the module ) . |
| 26 | In Britain , while the ability of an MP to gain access to the bureaucracy and publicity for a cause may amount to some protection for the public , it is hardly adequate , given the size of the bureaucracy and the number of MPs . |
| 27 | ‘ Did you notice the postern gate we used to gain access to the moat ? |
| 28 | Security is maintained by terminal operators using unique identification and password codes to gain access to the system . |
| 29 | The centre will help business and organisations across Scotland and the north of England to gain access to the £4.5 billion of funding available for research and development through the EC up to 1994 . |
| 30 | The Ulster branch annual general meeting at the House of Sport , commencing at 7pm is operating on a new constitution and offers the chance for all affiliated players to gain access to the table tennis , with delegates from clubs carrying voting rights . |