Example sentences of "the [noun] [to-vb] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | The total symbolism of the novel shows that it is ‘ about ’ alienation , depression , and the inability to cope with an ever-increasingly impinging world : it is in the details that the references to anorexia are revealed . |
| 2 | The inability to enter into an understanding with them is due to our limitations , our lack of perception as to what we are and what this ‘ world ’ really is . |
| 3 | How could the working class make effective use of the political power which the vote was expected to give them without the opportunity to engage in an open discussion of political principle and perspectives ? |
| 4 | It will rarely be the case that either an animal or a human will be provided with the opportunity to mate with an absolutely ideal member of the opposite sex . |
| 5 | Boro manager Lennie Lawrence was disappointed that his side had missed the opportunity to move into an automatic promotion place . |
| 6 | They are benefiting from the opportunity to eavesdrop on an interaction . |
| 7 | Like all good innovations , it is based on pure simplicity and offers the opportunity to cook in an oven chamber using pressureless steam , dry heat or a combination of the two . |
| 8 | If necessary , we will offer you the opportunity to transfer to an alternative holiday or cancel the holiday without penalty . |
| 9 | offers two training posts with the opportunity to study for an M.Sc at the University of Surrey , Guildford . |
| 10 | This allows the centre to offer students , for whom the full degree programme may not be appropriate , the opportunity to work towards an end point at Year 1 or 2 which carries a qualification awarded by SCOTVEC on a national basis and which , through SCOTVEC 's efforts in negotiating national recognition agreements for its awards , has currency in the employment marketplace . |
| 11 | The possession and mastery of one 's own instrument , and the opportunity to contribute to an ensemble have given an exciting new dimension to music-making . |
| 12 | Whether they.will actually do so , or allow the change to occur in an uncontrolled manner , bringing about many or some of the adverse outcomes , will mainly depend on the competence of their policy makers . |
| 13 | The failure of the shareholders to behave in an owner-like way is problematical only if they are appropriately categorised as owners . |
| 14 | This passage also shows the clear preference of the courts to rely on an implied contractual obligation ( see also Faccenda ) . |
| 15 | This tends to suggest that one should look more closely at the characteristics of those sustained or not sustained at home , and at the decision to admit to an institution . |
| 16 | The AT , on the other hand , wanted the groups to continue as an association with individual members of each group able to join the new party if they wished . |
| 17 | using a controlled language and asking the user to adhere to an artificially imposed vocabulary . |
| 18 | Saturday brought the course to close with an enjoyable ‘ altogether ’ in the gym , then once mor we made our ways home stimulated , refreshed and already looking forward to next year . |
| 19 | Although the fundamental relation of entailment holds between propositions , we shall use the term to refer to an analogous relation between sentences . |
| 20 | Strange , ’ Benjamin mused , ‘ this drunk who can so cleverly bolt the door after him , now finds it impossible to repeat the action to escape from an angry war horse . ’ |
| 21 | He held the piece up and sighted it , squeezing the trigger , allowing the hammer to fall on an empty chamber . |
| 22 | Tie bands hold curtains away from a window or door , allowing the fabric to fall in an attractive drape , while at the same time letting as much light as possible into a room . |
| 23 | Its expressed view , that the Uprising was part of that violence which the United States now wished the PLO to bring to an end , indicated it wished to eliminate the source of the new political reality , against which it had laboured so long through its preference for negotiations through Jordan . |
| 24 | In such a situation members of congress may also be prepared to forego their usual concern with constitutional niceties in the interest of allowing the president to cope with an international or domestic crisis . |
| 25 | Cambridge have shown themselves to be fast starters but Bangert has sometimes lacked the rhythm to capitalise on an early lead , while Oxford , though led in practice races , have rowed strong opponents down . |
| 26 | Second , the speed to go through an object before it is hit out of the way must be developed . |
| 27 | Just the car to have on an island full of lots of narrow , high-hedged twisty roads and a 60-miles-per-hour speed limit . |
| 28 | So the stark fact is that , even if there were a mortgage recovery , the societies would not have the funds to cope with an increase in borrowing . |
| 29 | If au else fails , a sector which is being undermined by imports may successfully apply for exemption from restrictions on the formation of a cartel to enable the decline of the sector to proceed in an orderly manner . |
| 30 | In general , de Gaulle was acutely aware of the danger of being boxed in by his own institutions and losing the capacity to act as an individual and to exert his personal will . |