Example sentences of "the [noun] [to-vb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Students who achieve an acceptable standard may have the opportunity to progress to degree studies . |
| 2 | Students who achieve an acceptable standard may have the opportunity to progress to degree studies . |
| 3 | A few days later all the officer cadets were given the opportunity to go to Wolferton station to see the old King 's coffin on its way to London . |
| 4 | However , that does have its positive side — it gives my staff the opportunity to go to meetings and take responsibility when I 'm not there , so it can be used in quite a developmental way . |
| 5 | " If we disobey him I may lose the opportunity to go to Canton , " he said shortly . |
| 6 | All staff in these offices were offered the opportunity to go to Bristol to work at the head office . |
| 7 | In recent months I have had the opportunity to go to Kashmir by arrangement with both the Pakistani Government and the Indian Government , and I have seen the profound suffering among Kashmiris of both religions — Hindu and Muslim . |
| 8 | A short order may be made , for example , to give a parent the opportunity to return to court with legal representation . |
| 9 | Either in that or more likely the following year Earl Hakon was drowned at sea , and Olaf took the opportunity to return to Norway . |
| 10 | In this respect it seems unlikely that successive governments were given the opportunity to return to normalcy in the manner which they wished . |
| 11 | Henry II and Richard seized the opportunity to return to Limoges , to lay siege to Aixe and the citadel . |
| 12 | Would this be the opportunity to mention to Adam her difficulties over the ledgers ? |
| 13 | WHEN delegates of the Whitbread Merit Table clubs took time off from their deliberations over leagues last week to enjoy a day out at the University Match , they took the opportunity to complain to Cardiff about the legions of players who have made the journey to the Arms Park in recent months . |
| 14 | An unemployed lift engineer 's mate , Darren Webb , 25 , of Colchester , also appreciated the opportunity to talk to people about the various training and job schemes available rather than having to rely on leaflets . |
| 15 | In the same way , key performance indicators set up for each function are reviewed quarterly against its business plan with relevant managers ‘ but it 's not a dull , dry event : it 's when everybody pulls together , discussing everything that 's happening in great depth and giving managers the opportunity to explain to directors why they 're falling short , the constraints and obstacles , and so achieving agreement with the figures and the indicators used , ’ he said . |
| 16 | On our Boeing 757 charter flights to Mombasa you have the opportunity to upgrade to Sovereign 's Silver or Gold Service , seating for which is in the front section of the aircraft . |
| 17 | For those with slightly less energy , the evening consisted of a barn dance and disco , and every one had the opportunity to listen to Consultancy Services ' David Webber and his string quartet . |
| 18 | See page 66 for full details of Club membership and the opportunity to subscribe to BBC Vegetarian Good Food . |
| 19 | Having coached Waikato in the New Zealand provincial championship for some years , Ross was looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to come to Northampton came at exactly the right moment . |
| 20 | This 28-day programme should have given you the opportunity to come to terms with your body . |
| 21 | Now , we could be denying a lot of very experienced noble colleagues the opportunity to contribute to debates , quite probably through no fault of their own , as we all realize . |
| 22 | The House of Lords Select Committee understood the provision to relate to development plans but if it is implemented in the UK ( and this depends somewhat on MAFF taking an unusually enlightened view ) it could pave the way for farm development plans incorporating conservation and agricultural measures . |
| 23 | The Library could budget for phased installation of entry level systems within the next three years by spending a proportion of its budget in each of these years , and working on these systems would give us the expertise to proceed to development phase . |
| 24 | Commentators attributed much of the willingness to compromise to moves by China and Vietnam towards normalizing relations [ see p. 38436 ] . |
| 25 | we were in town on Saturday and I saw two really nice sports bags , but we had so many parcels I I did n't had n't the heart to suggest to Bill we |
| 26 | It looked as if no one had been there since she left in the afternoon to go to Nick . |
| 27 | It seemed there would n't be time to do any prying even if she had the money to go to Chertsey , which she did n't . |
| 28 | The manuscript had just been discovered in the uncatalogued recesses of the British Museum ; it was exciting work , said the doctor , but difficult : the manuscript was badly damaged and as he had not the money to go to London he was having to work from a smudged xerox copy . |
| 29 | It was he who lent Hardy the money to go to Paris : he who decided to take Hardy 's hopeful acting career under his wing and get him an audition with ‘ my father ’ down at the Cardiff studios , where Philip 's radio play gave him an entree . |
| 30 | We never learn how Sya and Sohy have raised the money to come to Britain any more than we discover how the unemployed thespian lodger pays the rent . |