Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coin looked as if the minter struck it on a single die , punching the image in the metal in repoussé , so hard that the inverted ear on the reverse would appear on the other side , and could be read the right way round in shallow relief when the coin was turned over . |
| 2 | The ‘ pure ’ entrepreneur observes the opportunity to sell something at a price higher than that at which he can buy it . |
| 3 | to do and we 're going to have the opportunity to do it in a slightly interesting way and you failed miserably because you sat and chatted and did n't get any work done . |
| 4 | They also included the operation of ‘ stand down , ’ by which the airline retained scarce skills by allowing people to work elsewhere on part pay but having the opportunity to recall them at a month 's notice . |
| 5 | He gave the union leaders the opportunity to tell him in a forthright manner where they thought he was going wrong with his policies and he in turn did some pretty plain talking about what he saw as their shortcomings . |
| 6 | Grateful to be spared the unsettling power of that dark gaze , Ronni took the opportunity to study him for a moment . |
| 7 | to give children the opportunity to express themselves through a variety of approaches including descriptive , imaginative and creative poetry and prose . |
| 8 | In his ecstasy , the worshipper saw himself as a satyr and " as a satyr , in turn , he saw his god " . |
| 9 | The stairway brought one to a first-floor lobby , a vast room of chandeliers and mahogany panelling and bentwood chairs with velvet cushions . |
| 10 | The two owners were aged 84 and 71 and , after the chewing incident , the RSPCA swapped it for a smaller dog . |
| 11 | The unremitting four-mile ascent to the high pass over the ridge reduced me to a walking wet rag ; I was literally soaked to the skin and could feel rivulets chasing each other down my bosom . |
| 12 | The trial unmasked him as a complete charlatan and , in the words of one detective , ‘ as close to being the perfect rapist as you could get ’ . |
| 13 | The exclamation escaped her as a startled squeak . |
| 14 | Occasionally I would join Robins on the bridge ; at other times , when all was going well , he would come into the saloon to join me in a drink served by a Cockney steward called Tomkins ; the choice was limited , but I did n't drink much anyway . |
| 15 | When the whole structure is still , as it were , in two parts we have a noun phrase such that there is no reason to suppose that it has the property of the adjective ; when the structure is united we find first , that the property of the adjective does apply to the noun phrase , and , second , that the verb tells us of a temporal change . |
| 16 | Inside , the heart repeats itself like a sleepy gong , |
| 17 | The south-west was far enough from the established centres of power for those who felt excluded from the throne to use it as a launching pad for rebellion . |
| 18 | On the day before de Macon sailed on his second voyage , the Ralembergs invited me to a formal supper . |
| 19 | The smell excited her like a pheromone , even now , three years after she had walked out on all that madness . |
| 20 | But the resistance buries them beneath a cross . ’ |
| 21 | Why in such a case should the courts blind themselves to a clear indication of what Parliament intended in using those words ? |
| 22 | The courts treat it as a question of fact and take an ad hoc approach . |
| 23 | In the course of dealing with those who demanded excessively high wages or who broke their contracts , the courts provided us with a great deal of evidence about wage rates , and continuity and frequency of employment . |
| 24 | In addition , the victor sees it as a sign of capitulation by his opponent . |
| 25 | Before we move on , let's just have a look at those numerical estimates , can we look at the coefficients on income , notice that in this model because we 've logged both dependent and the independent variables , right , the coefficients that we estimate are elasticities , right , so we can read those coefficients off directly as elasticities and that 's the case for any model in which all the variables are logged right , in er , if we did n't log the data , in order to calculate the elasticity we have to multiply a coefficient the computer gives us by a erm price quantity ratio , price less , less part of the income constant ratio to obtain the income elasticities . |
| 26 | The Economist interviewed him in a chintzy suite at Claridge 's . |
| 27 | As The Economist put it in a wide ranging analysis : ‘ European business needs more competition , not less ’ . |
| 28 | The minutes of the SGM held on the 4th May 1990 were read and it was agreed that the chairman sign them as a true record . |
| 29 | Initially , the plans said no-one with a disposable income of more than £42 per week would get advice and assistance . |
| 30 | ‘ The decision puts us in a very difficult position . |