Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Open University offers you a lifelong opportunity to continue your education — to whatever level you want , and in a way that fits in with the rest of your life . |
| 2 | ‘ We believe that Power Fluidics offers us a unique opportunity , and we are delighted to be at the forefront of the application of this technology . |
| 3 | The Proconsul offers him a last-minute reprieve , however , if he will repent and swear by the genius of Caesar . |
| 4 | The barman hands her a second drink , a Tennents . |
| 5 | Much of the work evaluated in this chapter takes us a long way towards identifying mechanisms for triggering the need for investment , screening the proposals and defining them . |
| 6 | Thirdly , the Act clearly adopts as the test of danger either ‘ the greater risk of harm ’ or ‘ the risk of greater harm ’ : an elephant may not in fact be very likely to get out of control and do damage , but if it does so , its bulk gives it a great capacity for harm . |
| 7 | Defoe gives us a splendid picture of an industrial landscape in the time of Queen Anne or shortly after . |
| 8 | Apart from primates , some of the best known tool users among the mammals are the African and Asian elephants , whose prehensile trunk gives them a considerable advantage when it comes to holding and manipulating objects . |
| 9 | Planning our future gives us a greater sense of internal control and increases self-esteem . |
| 10 | The Undo command gives you a second chance when you delete a block of text in error by allowing you to replace it in the document exactly where it came from . |
| 11 | Additionally , training and riding a horse teaches it a whole range of new habits in relation to its work and us . |
| 12 | The GXA Gaintec S3 graphics accelerator card makes it a good Windows workhorse . |
| 13 | The Clay Roofing Tile Council offers you a free technical advisory service on any aspect of the use of clay tiles . |
| 14 | To sum up ; your professional consultant offers you a wide range of services which includes the provision of temporary staff and the search for and provision of permanent personnel , tailored to your specific requirements . |
| 15 | Metaphor denies us a literal sense , and so induces us to make sense , ie to find interpretations beyond the truth-functional meaning captured by paraphrase . |
| 16 | Indeed , every time I hug him , my old mate , the White Poplar gives me a new lead , a hotline to earth . |
| 17 | Suppleness or flexibility gives you a greater range of movements which will help you avoid the problems of pulled muscles and tendons and sprained ligaments . |
| 18 | I 'm not a psychologist , but I read , and I would say that attitude gives him a colossal arrogance . |
| 19 | However , in this case , the plan pays you a tax-free cash benefit of £26 a night while you are in hospital . |
| 20 | Tony tries and with his eyes watering declares it a good noggin . |
| 21 | PortKnox gives you a high level of security , but setting up the program can be extremely time-consuming |
| 22 | Thus the 1990 NHS and Community Care Act promises us a new approach to service provision that puts the needs of users and carers first . |
| 23 | Health experts would undoubtedly argue that Sara 's blasé attitude makes her a prime target for infection . |
| 24 | Sunday 's dynamic , no-nonsense , no-holds barred mood makes it a go-ahead time . |
| 25 | Mercury is a small planet , which combined with its small angular separation from the Sun makes it a difficult planet to observe . |
| 26 | This picture offers us a useful parallel with the Handel portrait dating from about 1728 and has the same kind of confidential candour . |
| 27 | Sometimes the bible surprises us a little bit of course , and it puts it finger on things that we perhaps do n't really want to talk about or we do n't even consider as sins and the bible is quite clear that not all sins are what we do often there what we do n't do in parable that Jesus told concerning the traveller , the man who went down to Jericho , we do n't condemn the priest and the levite for what they did , but we do condemn them for what they did n't do , their sin was not what they did , it was what they left undone , going over and looking at the man was very note worthy , as least there was some interest there and we do n't condemn them for that , but we do condemn them for hurrying along and not reaching out and helping the man in the Pistol of James and chapter four and verse seventeen James says there , any one then who knows the good he ought to do and does n't do it , sins so the sins that you and I comment or the sins rather that we are guilty of are not just the things that we do there of times the things that we do n't do and sometimes there more difficult for us to put a finger on , we can justify them so very easily its been said that all it needs for evil to triumph , is for good men to say or to do nothing well lets look at the , that , illu illustration there that we have in the second book of kings . |
| 28 | Anyone fancying a repeat of Hazy Days on the Far East Buttress might be interested to know that current opinion gives it a serious E5 6b grading . |
| 29 | The feast gives us a graphic picture of the character of God , showing how he loves to redeem those who have been lost , to restore the lives which have been wasted . |
| 30 | Her big beaky nose gives her a masculine look . |