Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In preparing this Address I had the opportunity to reflect back over the last thirty years , reliving those working days when wages were extremely low , working conditions poor and when in industry a person 's life was cheap . |
| 2 | With a First National Bank loan secured on your property you have the opportunity to borrow up to £50,000 for any purpose whatsoever . |
| 3 | The " cooling-off " period in the case where the debtor makes an offer , allows the debtor the opportunity to cancel up to five days from receipt of the second copy of the agreement which must be sent to him ( s68(a) ) . |
| 4 | Passera responds solemnly that there had been the opportunity to sell out to AT&T Co at a very good price , and that option had been rejected . |
| 5 | If we could be certain ( as we ought ) that every person of 16 had the opportunity to go on to further education or practical , examinable work , then we could drop the 16+ examination without loss , and with a possible simplification of the school curriculum up to that point . |
| 6 | And literacy is not the end of the road : there is the added incentive that those adults who can read and write now have the opportunity to go on to higher education through a special rural matriculation scheme . |
| 7 | Once NT is installed in a NetWare LAN , Microsoft will have the opportunity to point out to users that NetWare ( especially pre-version 4 ) is largely superfluous . ’ |
| 8 | finally , when both my parents were away somewhere , I took the opportunity to draw out of the Post Office bank all the very modest amount of money that people had given me on special occasions like my christening . |
| 9 | The squad , which will benefit from fitness and training programmes set up by recently appointed British Athletics Olympic National Coach , Frank Dick , is to be coached by former British No. 6 Teresa Catlin , and is seen as being a vehicle that will give youngsters the opportunity to feed through into the Main squad . |
| 10 | At the same time schools are being placed in the front line of accountability by the proposal to give headteachers and governors direct control of budgets and the opportunity to opt out of LEA control . |
| 11 | The 1988 Housing Act , as we have seen , offered tenants the opportunity to opt out of local authority control . |
| 12 | They must naturally be pursued , but always giving counsellees the opportunity to move on to other , more crucial issues . |
| 13 | Introducing change , however , calls for patience , sensitivity and consideration for others who may not have had the opportunity to move on in their thinking . |
| 14 | We now have the opportunity to move out of the hotel and to rent the house of a Professor of Biology , and thus to save on the high cost of the hotel . |
| 15 | It was another sunny morning and I took the opportunity to set off with Singi , our assistant sirdar , for a shapely rock peak rising above the campsite and offering the prospect of an interesting climb and a good viewpoint . |
| 16 | I attend the Assembly as a Member of this House and I should like the opportunity to report back to the House , during a proper debate , on what I am doing in the Council of Europe . |
| 17 | In addition , participants will have the opportunity to brush up on their skills in radio and video production , journalism and graphic design . |
| 18 | My staff and I welcome the opportunity to sit down with local exporters and importers to offer not only our own expertise but to provide the link to the truly international help that is available . |
| 19 | Hill , who survived a late collision with Berger 's Ferrari lost a lot of time in the traffic and this gave Gerhard the opportunity to close up in the closing stages . |
| 20 | This was viewed as the opportunity to cut back on staff costs . |
| 21 | Erm the volume i i is tremendous and er one worries about the effect of the surging waters on such an old construction , now we far worse than and consequently the emergency services have had to consider all sorts of alternatives , some of which you see now with the piping on , on the surface of it 's been having a good result the immediate problem , but you ca n't stop there and the emergency team have given consideration to all sorts of other possible temporary solutions in the event or that the pumping failed and er I think that 's possibly where this rumour about erm the railway line arrived but er I think Chairman I 've said enough , we all , we would all agree I think that the emergency workers have performed er I think we 're all pleased to see the army coming in erm and doing what they 've done and erm I certainly er appreciated the opportunity to come in on the old A Twenty Seven through West it took my mind back er many years I can tell you and erm I , I think congratulations all round are due , but I come back to what 's all saying and which I support as it would be a folly when the dust has settled erm to really take a an objective er position and see that er arrangements are in hand channels and things like that will not again be supercharged in the way they are . |
| 22 | Managing Director David Kohler , who owns a substantial part of the club , offered Pleat the opportunity to come in with him as a partner . |
| 23 | Over 40 former staff took the opportunity to catch up with old friends and discuss their pension queries with Beryl Aldridge from Pensions Department , Hammersmith . |
| 24 | IF you have ever wondered whether or not you would enjoy a canal holiday , a Cheshire boat operator is offering the opportunity to find out on short cut-price ‘ taster ’ breaks . |
| 25 | But Kate took the opportunity to slip out past the young man , even though her boss yelled at her to stay . |
| 26 | The opportunity to fly down from Liverpool to a sales meeting at Maidenhead via White Waltham had seemed too good to pass up . |
| 27 | This month I 'd like to take the opportunity to look back at the current series of articles featuring the Pentatonic scale , taking stock of our command of the scale all over the fretboard . |
| 28 | A.3.2 If the Vendor notifies the Purchaser of a ‘ breach ’ prior to completion but the Purchaser decides to proceed nonetheless ( ie he does not rescind ) then the Vendor should not still remain liable for damages ; the Purchaser has foregone the opportunity to get out of the deal if he does not like it any more . |
| 29 | Would the minister like to say , like to welcome that initiative but also to ensure that the money which the South Thames tech are going to be able to put into that will be able to continue and not only continue in that one but to allow the increase of this after school provision so that those many women in my constituency and who , the many women in South London who are unemployed , will have the opportunity to get back to work and get back to training with that very necessary provision for child care . |
| 30 | The Scots include six full caps against the visitors ' four , and for four of the forwards , Martin Scott , Chris Gray , David McIvor , playing at No8 , and Ian Smith , the match , sponsored by Total Oil Marine International , provides them with the opportunity to get back into the selectors ' good books . |