Example sentences of "the [noun] [to-vb] [pron] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The intention of the environmentalists who had campaigned for the referendums was to make it necessary for parliament to pass new legislation , since this would give them the opportunity to press their demands for much stricter controls . |
| 2 | ‘ Silas must be given the opportunity to test his feelings for Doreen . |
| 3 | ‘ Those people — and thousands of them went through the proper procedure — will be contacted later this month and given the opportunity to purchase their tickets for the next home game . ’ |
| 4 | ’ The entitlement to recover their expenses for doing the work derived , at the relevant time , from section 10(3) of the Act which provided , so far as is relevant : |
| 5 | In return , the chairmen will want the PFA to drop their demands for 10 per cent of the TV revenue . |
| 6 | Inconvenience — the trials are liable to require the teacher to distort his plans for the course in order to accommodate the new material when asked . |
| 7 | Emphasis must be put on the task , individuals must accept the need to modify their views for its sake , and group effort must be seen to be superior to individual effort . |
| 8 | These commonly give optionholders the right to exercise their options for a fixed period following a scheme of arrangement becoming effective . |
| 9 | Reconstructing the participants ' definition of the situation would allow the analyst to explain their reasons for action , and this would be far more realistic than an assumption that the actors acted rationally . |
| 10 | Paddy Ashdown used the phrase to justify his demands for electoral reform . |
| 11 | With these developments , BR reckons it may need an extra £300m from the government to balance its books for 1990–91 . |
| 12 | We had rehearsals in the morning , and by lunch-time people were already coming across the river to get their places for the play . |
| 13 | ‘ The only way you will get any results at all , is for me to take your boys in my school , on my horses , two or three times a week , from now through until the summer , and for the boys to use my horses for the competition . |
| 14 | Start off dahlia tubers indoors or in the greenhouse to give you shoots for cuttings to increase your stock . |
| 15 | Even a pious man like Jovellanos could feel bitterly at the attempts of the Inquisition to sabotage his plans for establishing a modern technical institute at Gijon . |
| 16 | The partners should resist the temptation to give their reasons for deciding to exercise the power . |
| 17 | The Member who wrote to express his disagreement invited Mark to the House to discuss his reasons for taking the opposite viewpoint . |
| 18 | This would mean that there is no duty on the occupier to inspect his premises for dangers or trespassers . |