Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that was necessary was for the porter to replace it on the wrong nail before going to Compline , and leave her its ineffective twin . |
| 2 | RIGHT Dogs may be less enthusiastic to perform where they are on the leash but this gives you the opportunity to guide them to the appropriate spot . |
| 3 | The policy is to educate pupils to cope with the technology and give them the opportunity to exploit it in their future work and leisure . |
| 4 | He 's in the dressing room next door and , after sorting himself out , he knocked and joined me in mine , giving me the opportunity to ask him about his illness . |
| 5 | Marc would lap up the opportunity to use it against her . |
| 6 | I wish that Deane was scoring 3 a match — but I have nt had the opportunity to see him in action recently . |
| 7 | More important , support for the League would be maximized if people were given the opportunity to support it without supporting war . |
| 8 | Those guests who will give us the opportunity to welcome them to our hotels for many years to come . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Police spokesman Martin Wallwork said : ‘ In police stations civilians will do the duties of officers who man the front desk giving us the opportunity to redeploy them on the streets . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I wish he did have cause to be jealous of me , ’ I said , and took the opportunity to draw her towards me and fold my arms around her . |
| 12 | Tonight I want to take the opportunity to thank her for her patience and support . |
| 13 | High Court medical negligence actions are governed by Ord 38 , r5 which requires the party intending to produce plans , photographs or models at trial to give the other side the opportunity to inspect them at least 10 days before the hearing unless the court for " special reasons " orders otherwise . |
| 14 | You filthy stinking — ’ Several Repo Men took the opportunity to club him to his knees . |
| 15 | No , the the well some of them are , those particular ones some of them are joined but they are to all intents and purposes separate in that they can be er , rented out separately they 're not tied to the house erm in that they are they go with it but the housing department have the opportunity to rent them to whoever applies for them . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I trust that at some stage I will have the opportunity to tax him on the curious proposal that legislation which increases the wage bill of companies does not necessarily increase the costs of those companies and therefore can be regarded as having nil effect on their competitiveness . |
| 18 | erm Rusty in the fact that erm we have n't been able to sort of erm get out on the field with a ball in our hand , erm but erm our coach erm Ian McMillan has taken the opportunity to drag us into the gym and give us quite erm hard fitness sessions , so the fitness is still erm quite high on our side , but erm handling the ball will be a little bit rusty , but hopefully this week , now all the snow 's gone , we 'll be able to get out and erm move the ball about at training . |
| 19 | You will receive a copy of the report and have the opportunity to discuss it in an interview . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Grateful to be spared the unsettling power of that dark gaze , Ronni took the opportunity to study him for a moment . |
| 22 | Of course ! she could see it all now : Luke had suggested this date to give him the opportunity to warn her off Rob ! |
| 23 | It is understood therefore , that , as part of the pupil 's exploration of aspects of religion and morality , he/she will have access to these five main elements of the Mysteries of the Faith , and the opportunity to relate them to the particular issue/topic being explored . |
| 24 | All of these methods of teaching are based on the understanding that , in addition to being given information , young people need the opportunity to discover it for themselves . |
| 25 | They might be different if he had the opportunity to change them after each stage of the count . |
| 26 | The Earl had ruled Cornwall almost as an independent principality , separate from the royal administration of the English shires , and Henry was doubtless glad of the opportunity to integrate it into his system of government especially since at this period production of tin from the Cornish mines was booming . |
| 27 | When pupils do refer to dictionaries , take the opportunity to introduce them to various aspects of their use . |
| 28 | The Court of Appeal stated that the Board did have a duty to act fairly which entailed granting B and K the opportunity to satisfy them of matters in the statute , and to let B and K know the impressions of the Board so that they might be dispelled ; but the Board did not have to quote ‘ chapter and verse , ’ nor did it have to disclose the source of its information if it would be contrary to the public interest , nor did the reasons for the refusal have to be given . |
| 29 | It 's about six feet in height and just about shoulder width , er it 's coloured black and it has a bullet proof glass window of about six inches by four inches which enables the er officer behind the shield to manoeuvre it in the correct position . |
| 30 | Onions are the link to take us to the nearby open market where we see these and other vegetables on display . |