Example sentences of "the [noun] [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She slipped the newspaper cutting into the top drawer of her bedside chest , then took the opportunity to go for a walk by herself , without Josh . |
| 2 | But to live there means also the opportunity to vote for a particular party , whose quixotry and honesty have touched me . |
| 3 | It is interesting that , as the opportunity to paint for a specific exhibition has offered itself , a freer and less tentative approach can be seen both in subject matter and technique . |
| 4 | The Profitboss ensures that neither the aspiring Fenton from Fleet Sales nor the experienced Carmen from Marketing Services are denied the opportunity to compete for a promotion to Divisional Sales Director . |
| 5 | There is also the opportunity to register for a part-time PhD degree at the University of Warwick . |
| 6 | ‘ If they 're northern-born and bred and happen to live elsewhere , they should still have the opportunity to play for the North . |
| 7 | Of course , these trips are not compulsory , but as one Eton parent put it : ‘ Few parents would want to deny their child the opportunity to play for the school under these circumstances . ’ |
| 8 | All Rangers have the opportunity to ride for a minimum of half an hour once a fortnight , however , they can also participate in picnic rides , lasting three to four hours , as well as one hour-long evening rides . |
| 9 | ‘ All I wanted on behalf of the team was the opportunity to qualify for the European Cup final off the back of our last two Champions League matches , ’ said the manager . |
| 10 | offers two training posts with the opportunity to study for an M.Sc at the University of Surrey , Guildford . |
| 11 | At the moment teams still seem interested in my services , but it , at the end of the season , the opportunity to try for the Championship no longer exists , then , no question , I shall step aside . ’ |
| 12 | One has transferred to the communications department and all were offered the opportunity to work for the new contract firm . |
| 13 | The developer will normally be given the opportunity to tender for the excavation work and laying of ducts and cables in association with the development . |
| 14 | As a regular and valued customer at your local Shell station we are pleased to be able to offer you or your company the opportunity to apply for the Shell Account Card . |
| 15 | Although this is not a matter in respect of which we are asked to grant any relief , I believe that Lautro should reconsider its practice in this respect , and consider deferring the issue of a press notice until after the person affected has had the opportunity to apply for the notice to be rescinded and to make representations to that effect , and Lautro 's board have ruled in the application . |
| 16 | On the Saturday Mum grabbed the opportunity to head for the shops , while the rest of us had an interesting time choosing a tennis racquet for Roland to give to me for my birthday — a generous present and already in use . |
| 17 | Two pupils from Macmillan College in Middlesbrough showed Mr Fallon how they used the CDRom to search for the latest information about the fall of the Berlin Wall , the construction of the Channel Tunnel , and pollution in Teesside for their school projects . |
| 18 | Suppose that the father had later authorised the creditor to sue for the balance of the debt — or required him to do so as trustee ( see Vaughan Williams L.J. ) ? |
| 19 | Suppose , father being impoverished and son having come into money , the father had required the creditor to sue for the whole sum ? |
| 20 | Such paranoia probably derives from an unconscious recognition that in such a collaborative medium , the director as sole auteur is an artificial concept , a labelling convenience , the confection of French theorists : and , who knows , the hand that slips from behind the shadow of the throne to reach for the director 's crown most likely belongs to he who first dreamed the kingdom . |
| 21 | She was already dutiful and anxious to please him , and she looked so pretty in a dress of sprigged cotton he 'd given her the money to buy for the wedding . |
| 22 | Joyce 's time at Battersea brought him no closer to getting a degree or to having the money to pay for a conventional education . |
| 23 | The injustice to the home-owner is sometimes made worse by the fact that very often he has n't the money to pay for the repairs and has to borrow from the bank in order to pay the bill . |
| 24 | Has the board raised the money to pay for the reinstallation ? |
| 25 | If local authority members are responsible for providing services but do not have to go to their own electorate to raise the money to pay for the services , they have less incentive to make effective use of these funds . |
| 26 | How do you get the money to pay for the bus fares ? |
| 27 | After a leisurely tea by a coal fire , I asked the clerk to phone for a taxi . |
| 28 | ‘ The decision to go for a greenfield site was taken in June , 1992 , and the countdown to Highbridge — a site within reach of all employees , with good motorway links — began soon afterwards , ’ he said . |
| 29 | And yes , a district general manager should 've resigned because he had an interest in the decision to go for the Trust status . |
| 30 | The decision to search for a partner has been taken ‘ in the context of competing investment requirements ’ across the broad sweep of BAe 's business interests . |