Example sentences of "the [noun] to have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Praise God for the opportunity to have a ministry of this nature , church-based and in the heart of community life . |
| 2 | The first was a relief service to allow farming families the opportunity to have a holiday away from the farm . |
| 3 | I took the opportunity to have a word with the Kentish Constabulary 's finest . |
| 4 | Most significant for a county player was the opportunity to have a benefit match . |
| 5 | There is the opportunity to have a look at a slide show and purchase promotional gifts . |
| 6 | That is a form of typewriter , whereby it 's possible to generate a letter and , unlike an ordinary typewriter , if you make a mistake it is very easy to make the corrections because the word processor gives you the opportunity to have a look at the letter on a television screen before it is finally typed on paper . |
| 7 | It is and I mean it gon na change again so I thought well this is the opportunity to have a change |
| 8 | I was given the opportunity to have a rehearsal with him but I declined because I am not like the professionals who can rehearse in detail and then put it over as fresh as a daisy when the time comes . |
| 9 | Economy Minister Robert Atkins welcomed the planned flotation and said it would give every electricity consumer in Northern Ireland the opportunity to have a stake in the future of the industry . |
| 10 | If a home were recognisably offering multiple regimes , this would offer dementia sufferers the opportunity to have a programme of care which included preventive toileting , more personal assistance , observation and structure to the day . |
| 11 | It said do , do you want the computer to have a name |
| 12 | The Yellow Book also requires the approval of shareholders for certain transactions and it may be necessary for the contract to have a gap between exchange and completion . |
| 13 | In the first few years of marriage , before the decision to have a baby is made , reparative work is about intimate pairing and what was felt to have been betrayed in the first partnership of life with the main attachment figure . |
| 14 | ‘ The purpose of these stubs in a paying-in book is for the holder to have a record of the amount of money he had deposited in his bank . |
| 15 | Once I had unpacked , I set off down the lane to have a look at the Round Tower before dark . |
| 16 | It is possible now to design computing systems which have much better languages than the ones that are readily available , and much more helpful programs on them , which enable the user to have a kind of dialogue in the way that you would with a person that you 're trying to communicate with , whereas , at the moment , you ca n't have that sort of dialogue . |
| 17 | This is not altogether surprising considering the factors militating against their preservation — break-up of skeletons after death , the necessity to have a skeleton incorporated with sediment , and the activities of predatory and scavenging animals to destroy remains . |
| 18 | I go down to the side of the pond to have a look round . |
| 19 | I went out on to the roof to have a look and at first I could see nothing amiss . |
| 20 | That uncertainty , acknowledged by Watkins L.J. , should , it is submitted , have provided a powerful reason for the Court of Appeal to allow the applicant to have a judgment by the court on the unresolved points , particularly as they had been previously argued before but had been unanswered by the court . |
| 21 | They remembered it because it was so unusual for the Zosers to have a visitor , and because he came so late . |
| 22 | There is a recognised case for the utilities to have a right of compulsory acquiring the use of land . |
| 23 | Whoever was in the flat must have heard the muffled sound of the closing door and was going through into the bedroom to have a look out of the window . |
| 24 | And so you opened the window to have a look and what happened then ? |
| 25 | It was crucial to the development of the plot to have a character — in this case balding , in a mackintosh — who would defend the prerogatives of Congress , rehearse the finer points of democracy and say , in answer to North 's ringing endorsement of the theory that the end justified the means , ‘ But that 's not what America is all about , Colonel . ’ |
| 26 | 1 ) The desirability to have a Partner in Residence in Scotland has a way of enabling meaningful contact to be made between supporters here and Partners overseas . |
| 27 | He sent me into the pub to have a drink , and when I came out he had the two back shoes on . |
| 28 | He refused to take her to the pub to have a drink , explaining that he did not want to hurt Jayne , who would not approve of his energy being spent on anything other than skating . |
| 29 | I dropped down and crawled to the front of the wood to have a look . |
| 30 | I also support the proposal to have a list published , I know who 's gon na be top of the list , it 's possibly going to be me , and I 'm not ashamed of that so erm , let's go ahead and do it , 'cause it is public money , and the public have a right to know where that money 's going , so I 'm not ashamed of that . |