Example sentences of "the [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , periods of solitude are essential to all ages and may be therapeutic to the elderly , providing the opportunity to reflect on and analyse their lives . |
| 2 | You completely the wife actually what erm another good point was that you got in are , are there dependants there were certain close questions again , the fact that the wife smoked a pipe gave you the opportunity to turn round and say well that 's , that 's good , that 's a benefit because she could be classed as a non-smoker there 's just wee er opportunities there and that 's as much as I had if anyone else wants to add to these comments . |
| 3 | So you would still be able to identify targets but those targets may become a bit more general , I E because in the past the landlord as a class had always sided with the Kuomintang then i it gives you the opportunity to go back and attack them , almost the landlords per se in a way you could n't during the Japanese war because clearly loyal landlords were fighting the Japanese . |
| 4 | It will only be small at the outset for example one might get the opportunity to go in and on or might get the opportunity to go and advise on P R P or something and it 's not suddenly going to result in an invitation er to . |
| 5 | Well that 's why I did it because I do n't often get the opportunity to go out and enjoy myself like that . |
| 6 | Someone who is working as the only in-house solicitor in a relatively small company , will also probably be a member of the senior management team with a high profile and the opportunity to participate in and influence commercial decisions . |
| 7 | Looking back over the last 19 years he said : ‘ Having had the opportunity to set up and develop the education service in Lothian has been enormously challenging and satisfying and I believe it is an education service of good quality with many forward-looking policies now established . |
| 8 | After the completion of his second term as governor in 1975 , he was unemployed and had the opportunity to trail back and forth across the country making contact with local and state party leaders , raising financial support and fashioning a personal organization . |
| 9 | Providing opportunities runs through two aspects of management : unless colleagues are given the opportunity to understand the world outside education , unless they have the opportunity to look around and to come to some new conclusions of their own about what they are doing , the head will say that he or she is failing . |
| 10 | What with all the forms to fill out and papers to file , it looks like the Novell Inc/Unix System Labs acquisition wo n't be formally closed until June , two or three months later than they originally figured : they should have the required stockholders meeting scheduled in the next 30 days . |
| 11 | They do n't want the experts to come in and advise because it is the experts that have let them down . ’ |
| 12 | I agree , she would not normally have expected the remainder to fall in and be useful to her , but of course if she had had children , it would have been valuable to them . ’ |
| 13 | The spoil above the hole usually caves in and you must then use the hook end of the long-spade to pick up and retrieve the ferret 's line . |
| 14 | To sail at speed , enabling the board to rise up and travel across the water surface rather than pushing the water aside and sailing through it . |
| 15 | In that you allow the tide to come in and then effectively close her down , so storing the water at the high level of the tide and you let it out through turbine generators when the sea is low , and the water running out , therefore , generates electricity . |
| 16 | Why do n't they give them the money to carry on and do all the good work they 've done , which is well worthwhile . |
| 17 | Yes I , after I lost my daughter I had to go into erm , into the factory to make aeroplane pieces at Burnt Mill cos I was so bad with my nerves after I lost her , er just afternoons I had to go and then I was taken ill I could n't do it , well then after my erm , I got my family off to school I took a part time job in erm one of the factories making tea in the mornings for the office and coffees and that for the office and then in the afternoons I used to do the tea as well , I used to cycle there , I quite enjoyed it until my right hip started coming bad then I had to pack it in , but I was in there , I was there for about four years and I thoroughly enjoyed it you know making tea and that , I did n't have to take it round only collect the money to go round and collect the money , but used to have to put the trolley outside and they used to come and get their tea each one , of which they knew which was their mugs and cups ha , you know , I , I thoroughly enjoyed that job , really great |
| 18 | ‘ We have n't got the money to go out and buy the clothes , ’ Guy states , ‘ to take us to the next stage of achievement . |
| 19 | Often the only way for that to happen was for those already in the cities to move out and for those contemplating a move in not to come . |
| 20 | They must be careful not to make income support too generous , thus causing the taxpayer to lose out and causing funds to be taken from other provision for the elderly and disabled . |
| 21 | But the men from the Midlands had enjoyed themselves so well , they decided the engraved glass trophy should stay in Scotland to give them the excuse to come back and play for it again ! |
| 22 | I got up and went back down to the kitchen to lock up and get my gear , then I went to the bathroom . |
| 23 | So the central principle of the glass : find the rules to work by and then stick to them . |
| 24 | Both oral presentation and writing , however , have an additional function in helping the researchers to sort out and understand their findings in order to be able to communicate them to others . |
| 25 | Both oral presentation and writing , however , have an additional function in helping the researchers to sort out and understand their findings in order to be able to communicate them . |
| 26 | This gives you the freedom to move back and forth and swing your arm — you must feel free ! |
| 27 | The trust my partner and I share gives us the freedom to get on and do things without stopping every ten minutes to check up on each other . |
| 28 | It would do the people of Iraq no good at all for the West to step in and take Saddam away from them . |
| 29 | So was it reasonable for the driver to step in and use his car to defend himself against a gang armed with lumps of concrete ? |
| 30 | Some underlying problem causes the skin to break down and fail to heal ; the leg ulcer is the end stage of a chronic progressive condition . |