Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pauline was a few years older than Chris , who was 31 , but they had found mutual support and love , and together created the opportunity to live on their own . |
| 2 | We pride ourselves in being able to offer anyone and everyone the OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE in their chosen sport or leisure pursuit . |
| 3 | Although it is of course true that people can be greatly helped by having the opportunity to talk about their impending loss , ( both their worries about it and their wish to talk about it together with the person who is dying ) this must be when the time feels right for the people involved and not when the helper , professional or lay , deems it appropriate . |
| 4 | At the same time they try to make sure that no other males get the opportunity to mate with their own female . |
| 5 | In the 19 and 20 Centuries , many more artists welcomed the opportunity to move outside their usual medium and work with Wedgwood craftspeople . |
| 6 | She took the opportunity to retire before her normal retirement date but I am too much of a gentleman to divulge her age . |
| 7 | It can be a problem if , for example , the groom speaks no English : either he , or the bride and her family , may feel he ought to have the opportunity to speak at his own wedding , or that he has a duty to honour his hosts by thanking them publicly . |
| 8 | Now those unused tomes of practical or technical information can be donated to a worthy cause , offering others the opportunity to gain from our over-filled bookshelves . |
| 9 | A comic gives children the opportunity to retreat into their own world ; it is a very private thing . |
| 10 | The crew had one last night with their families , and the opportunity to share with them some of the advance they had been given by Yong . |
| 11 | Anglo-Welsh is attempting to deprive you of the opportunity to benefit from our excellent prospects . |
| 12 | Giving it would deprive the delivery driver of the opportunity to discover for himself some of the delightful scenery on his patch . |
| 13 | We must ensure that such movements are not given the opportunity to develop in our own country . |
| 14 | The ability to put you , me , and the verb to marry in their proper grammatical relationship ? ’ |
| 15 | Then without disclosing how — if he had the money to proceed on his own , he would not now be displaying that same information on Esther 's desk — he pressed her for a response . |
| 16 | Miss Thomas is not relying upon a contractual obligation other than an obligation by the university to comply with its own domestic laws . |
| 17 | It was always envisaged that the House of Lords would use the freedom to depart from its own previous decisions sparingly , but in the years following the Practice Statement the potential impact of the new freedom was narrowed by the addition of a series of riders . |
| 18 | If players have the freedom to act in their best interests as a response to the signals of the market place , it is simply not possible to determine the outcome of the game by reference to certain ideals of social justice . |
| 19 | Of course , had the guilds and fraternities included a handling charge in their reckoning they might have attracted an income allowing them the freedom to purchase for themselves those ‘ extras ’ now being clamoured for . |
| 20 | Each author has been allowed the freedom to write in his own style and provides a large set of references promoting further study . |
| 21 | Mr Lamont , who will be sipping at the despatch box from Highland Spring water and Highland Park whisky , has broken the traditional Treasury silence in the run-up to the Budget to fight for his political survival by stating publicly he wants to remain as Chancellor . |
| 22 | Their economic conditions are essentially similar — in that they are deprived of the wherewithal to produce on their own account and so must work under others for wages and their interests are ultimately antagonistic to those of their employers . |
| 23 | This is reflected by the fact that , in the absence of express provision , it is now quite legitimate for the employee to compete with his old employer and to canvass his customers . |
| 24 | Merson immediately struck an Everton post and threatened to run riot behind the industrious Campbell and Wright as Arsenal finally found the inventiveness to go with their workmanlike play . |
| 25 | Ms Harman urged the electorate to draw from their own experiences when they vote . |
| 26 | Would that have been about the time you went back to the car to look for your nine iron ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ So , when you failed to find him , you gave up and went back to the car to look for your nine iron ? ’ |
| 28 | And then it would n't occur to her that after what had happened , he would have the nerve to go under his own steam . |
| 29 | ‘ Father Laverty came to see me in hospital two days after the birth and had the nerve to look at my beautiful baby and ask me to put her up for adoption . ’ |
| 30 | A third suggestion is that the black and white stripes dazzle the lion when it gets very close to its prey and make it difficult for the killer to concentrate on its fast-moving victim . |