Example sentences of "offering a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sun Microsystems Inc 's Computer Corp unit duly came out with a new , cheaper Sparcstation IPC last week , offering a colour system for under $6,000 — £5,000 in the UK — for the first time . |
| 2 | The late third-to early fourth-century winged-corridor house at Great Chesterford is fairly typical , offering a floor area of c. 400 sq . |
| 3 | Under the terms of the 1944 Education Act , the Governors opted for " Direct Grant " status , whereby the School received a grant direct from the Government in return for offering a quarter of the places ( either " free " or assisted ) for boys from the areas of adjacent Local Education Authorities . |
| 4 | They offer no specific training , but they assess a person 's capacity and carry out vocational aptitude tests as well as offering a working routine to re-accustom the disabled person to the demands of a normal working day . |
| 5 | In addition to our new book , the UWF is now offering a video dealing with Judaism , its origins , historical roots and religious codes of practice . |
| 6 | He ended by trying to convey the essence of the WEA in Suffolk , offering a description which reads as an affectionate tribute : |
| 7 | In the mid-year we began the preparation for offering a specialist service to food premises , and with the groundwork now complete we can look forward to exciting prospects there next year . |
| 8 | They also provide an important service to issuers of bills by offering a specialist market for such bills . |
| 9 | A loan stock convertible into ordinary shares has the advantage that it enables the holder to retain the security of being a creditor if it wishes , while offering a share in capital growth on conversion . |
| 10 | Similarly in France , a notable feature is the unions ' political pluralism , offering a trinity of communist , socialist and radical Catholic organisations in comparison with the relatively unified movements of West Germany and Britain which are not structurally divided on the basis of religion or politics and have only one coordinating organisational centre ( the DGB and TUC , respectively ) . |
| 11 | The fixed menu idea came from Michael Vaughan , who finally convinced his reluctant wife to stop offering a choice of four dishes at every dinner two years ago . |
| 12 | MGP ( 0825 84891 ) is offering a choice of weekend packages to see Luciano Pavarotti , the Italian opera singer , in concert in Munich , Frankfurt or Cologne . |
| 13 | The up-and-over door is a standard fitting on all garages , with different manufacturers offering a choice of steel , timber ( softwood or red cedar ) or plastic — either grp ( glass-reinforced plastic ) or upvc ( unplasticised polyvinyl chloride ) . |
| 14 | Short-range systems also have the advantage of offering a choice of weapons . |
| 15 | Oliver and Cathy began bringing plates of smoked salmon and bowls of vichyssoise soup on trays from the kitchen and offering a choice . |
| 16 | In such instances a managed currency fund or an umbrella fund offering a choice of separate currencies would be more appropriate . |
| 17 | To confuse things further , those 36 stages are laid out into seven levels , each offering a choice of two to move on to once completed . |
| 18 | There is a second bar inside and a lounge , TV room and air-conditioned restaurant offering a choice of dinner and lunch time snacks . |
| 19 | This intimate family hotel offers a warm welcome to a homely atmosphere and the management prides itself on offering a choice of good local cooking in its dining-room . |
| 20 | There is a pool , a large garden , a restaurant offering a choice of menu , an elegant lounge with verandah , a tavernetta with TV and bar , a roof-top solarium and a lift . |
| 21 | There is a piano bar for evening entertainment , two fine restaurants offering a choice of menu , a swimming pool and pretty gardens . |
| 22 | Meadowbank Sports Centre is the venue for an ‘ Activity Day for 50+ ’ offering a choice of organised activities ranging from indoor bowls to fencing to yoga . |
| 23 | Professor Anthony Kay describes a case in which the council avoided investigating what many would have expected to be the central issue — was the accused doctor offering a treatment that could undoubtedly do harm but for which there was no scientific evidence of benefit ? |
| 24 | Do they see their job as offering a service to children or do they see themselves as doing the children a favour by serving them ? |
| 25 | The London Borough of Harrow , for instance , has decided to delegate the responsibility for all supply cover to schools , but is offering a service to schools on an ‘ insurance ’ basis ( Coopers & Lybrand 1988 ) . |
| 26 | The Quality Assurance Division of the British Standards Institution will soon be offering a service using the NPL 's test facilities , to validate PASCAL compilers . |
| 27 | And of course we 're offering a service of allowing people to choose to come at four rather than six and we are making ourselves accessible to single mothers who perhaps ca n't come out in the evening etcetera . |
| 28 | For example , a person offering a service must carry it out in a proper and workmanlike way , or to a standard agreed with the customer . |
| 29 | He really feels that he is offering a service , making inroads in the company hierarchy by offering fishing weekends , ones that run smoothly , that is . |
| 30 | It 's er just offering a service er I really think it 's a class act , to use an expression |