Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [to-vb] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wide variety of communicative activities at the core of English Today ! gives children the opportunity to use language for a real purpose in some of their favourite contexts : games , puzzles and riddles , pairwork , rhymes , songs , and stories for reading and listening . |
| 2 | ‘ Parents control so much of a 14-year-old 's life , the computer gives the child the opportunity to take control for himself . ’ |
| 3 | Bishops might seize the opportunity to urge support for peace councils , abbots to press for protection , lay lords to obtain charters while plentiful clerical help was available to draw them up and suitably important men present to act as witnesses . |
| 4 | The course is being offered initially to some 100 IBM staff and participants will have the opportunity to gain credit for their prior learning thus enabling the course to be completed in a shorter time . |
| 5 | In May 1843 Gould was given the opportunity to repay Sturt for his generosity towards him while he was in Australia when Sturt appealed for help in generating support for the project in England . |
| 6 | The warmth rating a bag gets is due to its filling/insulation ; construction — the way the filling is organised in the bag — and the level of ‘ loft ’ it is capable of — how well the filling can expand within the shell to trap air for insulation . |
| 7 | The contract to reprocess fuel for the Japan Atomic Power Company is the fourth extension to a deal signed in 1968 which has seen more than 1,000 tons of spent Magnox fuel delivered to Sellafield . |
| 8 | Justifying the decision to boost funding for SDI , Bush said that " we must have protection from limited nuclear missile attack " adding that " there are too many people in too many countries [ who ] have access to nuclear arms " . |
| 9 | The practical effects of his death on a largely unprovided family were immediate , and soon after the funeral Mrs Coleridge and her children moved from the schoolhouse to make way for her husband 's successor as schoolmaster . |
| 10 | ( b ) the requirement for listing particulars where listed securities are being offered in connection with the takeover ( ss142-157 ) and the liability to pay compensation for defective particulars or a failure to publish supplementary listing particulars when required to do so ( s150 ) ; |
| 11 | Pensioner Walter Niblet pulled the dreaded raffle ticket from the bucket to become manager for season 87/88 . |
| 12 | Quick Help for WordPerfect 5.1 from Microref is a TSR ( Terminate and Stay Resident ) program that allows the user to access Help for WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS on two levels : Instant Help and Expanded Help . |
| 13 | The grynd continues , but these days the whale meat is no longer needed for food , and islanders are often having to empty last year 's whale meat from the freezer to make way for the fresh catch . |
| 14 | The Swedish government sought the extradition of the applicant to face trial for drug trafficking offences in respect of which P. , an alleged accomplice who had been convicted of similar offences , had made a statement to the Swedish court implicating the applicant . |
| 15 | Before me , and on either side , were high hills , which by hindering the eye from ranging , forced the mind to find entertainment for itself . ’ |
| 16 | Bank Assistants , ask not what the IBOA can do for you but what can you do for the IBOA to get justice for your claim . |
| 17 | The Frenchman ruthlessly forced the young bloods on the couch to make room for him beside her . |
| 18 | In 1256 Henry III granted by charter to the burgesses of Scarborough that ‘ no forester may enter the borough to make attachment for trespasses within the Forest [ of Scalby ] ’ and in 1348 Edward III made a similar concession to the burgesses of Penrith for Inglewood Forest . |
| 19 | So as you come in raise the daggerboard , lift the rudder and then when you come into shallow water , turn the boat up towards the wind to lose power for the sail and stop before you hit those rocks . |
| 20 | For centuries , traditional windmills harnessed the wind to drive machinery for grinding wheat into flour . |
| 21 | Once inside she wriggled into the corner of the seat to make room for him , and prepared to enjoy the novelty . |
| 22 | Filmmaking is such an enormously complex process that it 's almost impossible for the outsider to apportion blame for the success or failure of a particular project . |
| 23 | Already we have moved into a darker , more specific and personal mood which is strengthened by the last chapter where the listener is brought closer to the poet to provide comfort for all the losses he has endured . |
| 24 | The plan to abandon reprocessing for the oxide fuels used in PWRs , such as the CEGB wants to build at Sizewell , is backed by Britain 's biggest engineering firm , GEC . |
| 25 | Having come to the village with certain expectations they may only see what they expect to find and , since the local working population has long been used to avoiding overt conflict in the face of those who have the capacity to create trouble for them , the superficial calm of village life may remain . |
| 26 | Erm , the main requirement is , that where you have resources or applied property to discharge your own functions , people come under the then you are at liberty to use those resources where it does n't increase the capacity to do work for other public bodies , but you should neither increase your own capacity to do work with other bodies |
| 27 | A councillor has no right to require an officer of the council to compile information for him . |
| 28 | The thousands of tons of earth which were to be dug out of the meadow to make room for the foundations were to be piled up in nearby Merton playing field . |
| 29 | A wing was converted in keeping with the existing architecture of the hall to provide accommodation for families and disabled guests . |
| 30 | The Waltham Forest CHC not only was in disagreement with Mezey but also questioned the length of time it had taken the RHA to make time for a discussion of the report ( one year ) . |