Example sentences of "[conj] it offer a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Very quickly , by the early 1950s , the idea that a true ‘ Welfare State ’ had been created and that it offered an effective means of solving social inequalities was being criticised by the likes of Richard Titmuss .
2 Perusal of Fig. 6.5 indicates that it does appear to work , and that it offers a pragmatic solution that could probably be developed further into a general-purpose GIS ‘ error button ’ .
3 It is the 1919 version which is most often played , and it offers a beautiful synopsis of ‘ The Firebird 's ’ magical music .
4 the role of Ptah might appear to be very definitive , but it offers a particular explanation of existence .
5 Huxley had been suspicious of evolutionism because he could see no plausible explanation of how species might change , and he welcomed Darwin 's theory with open arms because it offered a new hypothesis that confirmed the scientist 's right to treat the origin of species as a problem susceptible to natural explanation .
6 While there was , at least for Monnet and Schuman , an altruistic motive behind the scheme , it is clear that France found the idea attractive because it offered a better way than the International Ruhr Authority of binding the new West Germany to external control while it was still relatively weak .
7 Families favour the Arts Centre over bed and breakfast accommodation because it offers a greater privacy .
8 Some people go into teaching with the intention of becoming active in the union , either out of genuine commitment to teaching as a profession , or because it offers a political platform .
9 Silverstone 's demise would be mourned by everyone in Formula One , since it offers a unique challenge as the fastest track in the world , with drivers lapping at over 150 miles per hour .
10 Although widely admired , the ASEA was by no means without its critics , and considerable doubt was expressed as to whether it offered a practical answer to the problem of boy labour .
11 The inadequateness of the term , however , insofar as it offers a univocal description of an extremely heterogeneous section of the world , also means that a suitable alternative general category can not by definition be produced .
12 The literary tradition is valued in so far as it offers a critical evaluation of this transformation and its consequences .
13 The potential value of the research is not just theoretical , as it offers a new perspective from which to evaluate the innumerable problems which beset development programmes .
14 Glam 's translation of this high art idea of camp into pop ( seen at its most powerful in Roxy Music 's ‘ In Every Dream Home A Heartache ’ ) , resulted both in a primitive post-modernism turning yourself and your body into an Art Object with all the irony and the distancing that that implied — and a mocking entry into a ‘ public ’ private fantasy , as it offered a cultural space for a mass white audience to play with hitherto repressed ideas about self , consumption , and masculinity .
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