Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as the bass extension , the controls on the KUBE permit some fine-tuning of the response to suit different rooms and different positionings within them . |
| 2 | The income to finance that expenditure ( 41.8bn in 1984/5 ) was raised from three main sources : 1 ) rates , 11.3bn ( 27 per cent ) ; 2 ) government grants , 16.4bn ( 39.2 per cent ) ; 3 ) charges and miscellaneous 14.1bn ( 33.8 per cent ) ( all figures from Travers , 1986 . |
| 3 | The health authority is providing skilled training to enhance nursing home standards and in exchange uses the income to fund further development of staff . |
| 4 | The income to pay these video costs is usually minimal with new artists , so these expenses are often set against future video exploitation . |
| 5 | There is hardly any bitterness for the devastation caused by the war ; there has been hardly any outcry about the inability to redeem Japanese notes-and the Japs issued Rs562 crores worth £420 million , over 30 years of Burma 's national revenue . |
| 6 | On the field , the recurring problem was the inability to turn critical periods to advantage : never more obvious than in the 1990–91 Ashes series : this in a decade when failure , far from being excused , was despised , claim Scott and Cook in the most questionable of their conclusions . |
| 7 | The inability to convey accurate figures limits the use of pictograms except where we wish only to provide a general impression of a set of figures and where detail is not important . |
| 8 | Low pick up rates , the inability to make confident diagnoses with current technology , and the potential problems of managing those with equivocal or definite disease may render larger scale surveys unnecessary , excessively problematic , or not cost effective . |
| 9 | Such topics as sport 's role in the national lottery , the ban on tobacco advertising , the new horse racing authority and the inability to produce British tennis players are issues that should be debated in a sensible forum . |
| 10 | If the chaining method is used , the lack of a home record will lead to the inability to retrieve any record further along the chain . |
| 11 | Others — pilgrims , itinerants , beggars , hawkers — used the station because they could find there light , water , security from robbers , as well as the opportunity to earn some money . |
| 12 | Sixty-five regardless bearing in mind we 've now offered women the opportunity to earn more money from the year two thousand and ten , and not retiring until sixty-five . |
| 13 | To-day , the world 's great athletes in almost every sport have the opportunity to earn large sums of money as a result of their skill and dedication , and no-one begrudges them that , but the Olympians compete in the Olympic Games solely for the glory and the chance of winning a gold , silver , or bronze medal . |
| 14 | China division personnel executive Mike Foster said : ‘ The policy informs employees who feel they have a drink problem of the opportunity to attend special counselling sessions with an external agency . |
| 15 | These offer the opportunity to record additional insights into the content or application of a term , particularly if there is some ambiguity involved . |
| 16 | This is the last occasion on which we shall have the opportunity to debate foreign affairs and the Gracious Speech in this Parliament . |
| 17 | Obviously I welcome the opportunity to debate next week Ravenscraig and the Lanarkshire economy . |
| 18 | Our photographic service offers readers the opportunity to order image-enhanced reproductions . |
| 19 | It is very helpful if the renewal cards can be used , so please take the opportunity to remind all class members . |
| 20 | Jonathan , who works for WEC 's International Business Development Unit , has been given the opportunity to sample Japanese working life and culture as part of the European Commission 's Executive Training Programme . |
| 21 | These sessions will be used as ‘ surgeries ’ where this age group can be informed of road safety issues and be given the opportunity to voice local problems . |
| 22 | Erm , may I take the opportunity to say that cross border is a bit of a misnomer , erm , it 's , the correct term is really doing work for other bodies . |
| 23 | When I 've had the opportunity to ask new supporters their reasons for coming to watch us , the main answers have been : |
| 24 | What accountability rests on is that those particular representatives of the local authority have the opportunity to ask any question and have it answered at any time during the three hundred and sixty five days of the year in which we operate , and they are in a specially privileged position to challenge , or question , or talk about , or have answered — any particular point with regard to the work we 're involved with . |
| 25 | Candidates for an overseas assignment should have had the opportunity to digest all information given to them on the new job , country , life style , compensation package and effects on their careers and families before being interviewed for the post . |
| 26 | Further concern rests with the nutritional value of the food after irradiation , in particular vitamin content , and lastly , there is the fear that irradiation will offer manufacturers the opportunity to sell second-rate produce in disguise . |
| 27 | The Wedgwood Visitor Centre near Stoke- on-Trent offers the opportunity to see skilled craftsmen at work , and factory tours can be enjoyed at the Royal Worcester Porcelain works . |
| 28 | I would say that it is our job to let people judge for themselves and have the opportunity to see controversial productions , whether it 's dance or drama , and unless people have the opportunity , and unless the companies are given the chance to perform their own thing , that drama and dance in the long run will die . |
| 29 | The rules have been changed this season to give fans of Second Division sides the opportunity to see first-class opponents . |
| 30 | There is also the opportunity to see new places , another way of life and meet new friends : rock music tourism . |