Example sentences of "be offer [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A casual worker who , without good reason , fails to turn up for an assignment which he has accepted is unlikely to be offered assignments in the future .
2 Private operators must be offered flexibility , he added .
3 Second , it is argued that bureaucrats should be offered incentives to increase the difference between the budget and the minimum cost of the service .
4 Former Middlesbrough utility player McGee and on-loan Rotherham keeper Ford look likely to be offered contracts , while defender Curran 's position was in the balance .
5 Individuals thus identified would be offered treatment with low-dose warfarin , the efficacy of which in the primary prevention of thromboembolic stroke in AF has been established in five controlled trials .
6 ‘ The other options are to fight in Europe or against another British fighter like Henry Wharton — but if Benn goes that way he would be offered money I would n't get out of bed for . ’
7 Farmers will be offered money to cut the use of pesticides and fertilizers , and those who choose to convert to organic methods of cultivation will receive support premiums to assist them during the lean transition period .
8 But because of the short time since the Edinburgh summit , few of the projects to be offered money are new .
9 The report then expressed the opinion that certain workmen should be eligible for re-employment if they sought it but not in any circumstances for election as shop stewards ; and that other workmen should not be offered re-employment .
10 Candidates will be offered tasks that will draw on their ability to make notes , or reassemble elements of a text for a specific purpose , which will be stated .
11 The observers ' interpretation of these data is that staff had understood the principle of normalization ( Wolfensberger , 1980 ) as meaning primarily that the people served must be offered choices to do valued activities .
12 ought to be said really , since Alan is not here and is erm is resigning , well perhaps that could come a little later on because I think both Joan and Alan er there should be some record other than this about the work they have put in for the Society er I mean the only idea I have , I do n't know how much of a a precedent this is , whether , whether anybody should be offered life membership of the the society or is that only for do you have to reach a certain age
13 If you provide a specimen you will be offered part of it in a suitable container .
14 In particular , such pupils should not be offered materials with a reduced cognitive demand .
15 Sometimes clients will be offered tranquillizers in order to help them overcome their difficulties .
16 With more than a thousand people already on the waiting list , they 'll be offered bed and breakfast .
17 If we have to make a major change , you will be offered compensation or a credit towards the cost of an alternative Summer 1990 holiday you choose from this brochure ( where available ) as follows .
18 In an area restricted to just 15,200 hectares farmers would be offered compensation to reduce fertiliser inputs .
19 Detectives at Shantallow are anxious to hear from anyone who may be offered CDs in suspicious circumstances ( Tel. 367337 ) .
20 Fortunately methods of antenatal diagnosis were developed and introduced in the 1980s , allowing parents to be offered termination of the abnormal fetus .
21 Holders of £435m of bonds will be offered A and B bonds with a similar repayment schedule .
22 The sale is expected to raise $100 million ( £55 million ) , although buyers will be offered A shares with one vote each .
23 The news was greeted with astonishment by Christopher Mason , leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrat group : ‘ It 's extraordinary that a ‘ caring , sharing ’ council told its employees only eight days ago that they would be offered redundancy or redeployment . ’
24 But her belief that all women , regardless of wealth , should be offered clothes that were artistic and beautiful , not brash , sexually offensive or uncomfortable , would have made her a worthy member of most of the nineteenth-century dress reform movements .
25 ‘ It was general knowledge that Swithlands operated such a policy and it was plain men were never going to be offered positions on the sales force , ’ he said .
26 Some 300 people lost their jobs when Supercomputer Systems failed ; Chen had hoped to re-hire about 50 of them , but if he goes elsewhere , not many of those are likely to be offered positions .
27 The latest unit to go in IBM Corp 's cutting loose of its surplus manufacturing plants , which started with four factories in Europe last week , is IBM Canada Ltd 's Toronto manufacturing division , which is to become a separate , wholly owned subsidiary with a different , but as yet undetermined , name and logo : the Toronto division employs about 900 and has export revenues of some $800m annually ; all employees will be offered positions with the new company , which will continue to manufacture products for IBM — for the time being at least , and will also seek work outside the company .
28 Some remaining Texas Instruments employees will be involved in transition efforts that could continue for up to several years , while others will be offered positions elsewhere inside Texas Instruments .
29 A spokesman for North Yorkshire police appealed to anyone who might know the man , or be offered drugs or syringes to get in touch immediately Harrogate police can be contacted by telephoning .
30 For I can not expect to be offered help , nobody else will care to take a turn at the heavy work of pushing .
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