Example sentences of "the [noun] [to-vb] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am delighted to have the opportunity to participate in this type of training . ’ |
| 2 | MORE THAN two million Britons living abroad have not taken the opportunity to vote in this election . |
| 3 | Unlike the Labour party , my party was at least prepared to table an amendment to the motion , so I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate . |
| 4 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on this draft PPG Note . |
| 5 | Can you see that maybe , if at some time in the future , you do have er , some bad health , or perhaps get involved in an accident , that after a period of time , it might be difficult to actually find the money to pay for this plan we 're establishing tonight ? |
| 6 | He was executed in 1535 , the first of seven Chancellors of the university to suffer in this way , and canonised in 1935 . |
| 7 | The route to follow from this manual depends largely upon the reader 's special interests : |
| 8 | He 'd already escaped twice and three prison officers were with him … but as the taxi drove along the A34 he pulled a knife and ordered the driver to stop at this layby near Bicester . |
| 9 | Erm the overall picture as you can see in June is that we revised the budget to show at this moment if this trend continues a deficit of two thousand pounds . |
| 10 | This article comes out of the familiar experience of being drawn to a particular image , or set of images , without at first knowing why , and the attempt to account for this feeling . |
| 11 | From the imperative to refrain on this occasion the child may advance , as he observes the situation recur in his own or others ' experience , to his first general principle : |
| 12 | And er we er ploughed through this until tonight , and er I think I 'm right , Mr returning officer , say that we 're the first Euro constituency in the northwest to get to this stage . |
| 13 | It was easy for the Jews to comply with this custom because Hecataeus of Abdera had produced a little model of what was expected of them . |
| 14 | Do not allow the leash to slacken at this point , but try to keep it taut as this will help to ensure the puppy adopts the required position rather than jumping up . |
| 15 | I was six and a half years the , the minister of Whalsay and Skerries where the first er centre h ha has been built and there was rejoicing in that community that the that social responsibility had been invited by the council to join in this work . |
| 16 | I think that one of the barriers to progress in this community is too many preconditions rather than more communication , ’ he said . |
| 17 | A program could allow the teacher to start at this level and offer as its flexibility the opportunity to introduce a random element into the problem and also to have varying levels of ‘ noise ’ fed in , so that we gradually move towards a suitable environment for real problem-solving . |
| 18 | In similar vein , tonight 's promoter Dan Duva said : ‘ I 've got to thank Evander and Riddick for having the courage to agree to this fight . |
| 19 | On the basis of my professional acquaintance with some of the workers involved in the Kent and later Darlington projects , I can say that this appeared to be the result , and that there were real incentives for the workers to work in this way . |
| 20 | The case of Goff v Gauthier ( 1991 ) 62 P & CR 388 has shown that it must be fair and reasonable for the vendor to rely on this exclusion ( see page 62 ) ; ( e ) to state that the vendor will not be liable to the extent that any claim arises out of or is increased by the acts or omissions of the purchaser after completion ; ( f ) to provide that the purchaser must give credit for the amount by which assets are found to have been understated , or liabilities have been over-provided for in the accounts ; ( g ) to ensure that the purchaser pays to the vendor all amounts subsequently recovered from third parties relating to claims that have been paid by the vendor . |
| 21 | It is possible that those who work in education , even at senior management level , lack the confidence to press for this sort of recognition ; a diffidence which has its origin in the perceived ‘ otherness ’ referred to above , combined with the erroneous view that education has little or nothing to offer a commercial board-room . |
| 22 | ECC D are starting to look like the team to beat in this division , after beating Maldon B 7–3 , although OCs C are keeping the pressure on them as they beat ECC E by the same scoreline . |
| 23 | Well , I mean the point to make about this budget is I 've just told you about two million pounds worth of minuses , let me tell you about two million pounds of pluses that are going in . |
| 24 | In many environments , the need to advertise in this way is limited by the danger of becoming a conspicuous target for a predator . |
| 25 | Partly due to this , the long end of the yield curve has been rather stable in the UK , and the need to hedge at this end of the term structure was diminished . |
| 26 | ‘ We will reserve the right to respond to this aggression , ’ he said . |
| 27 | The Government could be taking many measures to ensure that refugees who have the right to stay in this country are assimilated and given equal opportunities . |
| 28 | Inspection of the circuit diagram reveals that the tendency to perfect transmission at high-enough frequencies is due to that capacitor which shorts the output to input in this range . |
| 29 | Although , therefore , the seizure was not intended to be permanent , conventual houses were largely unmolested , and wherever possible existing religious were allowed to farm the alien priories , the protraction of the war and the intention of the king to profit from this source as much as possible led to the permanent secularization of some monastic lands , and the extended management and farming of others by laymen as well as by royal clerks . |
| 30 | It is significant that one of the figures to emerge from this period , the poet Valentin Vodnik ( 1759–1819 ) , wrote poems in praise of Napoleon . |