Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following may also appear beside the tag to indicate the current state of the media unit in the Offline cycle : |
| 2 | Indeed , as we have seen , such an infantile fixation at a pre-genital stage is an inevitable consequence of the very thing which explains the protests and the revolt against authority — the inability to transcend the phallic , Oedipal phase . |
| 3 | In the last chapter we saw that the crisis of capitalism resulted from the crisis of humanism — the inability to resolve the basic tension between freedom and control . |
| 4 | But these offsets are seldom adequate to compensate for the inability to afford the technological investments needed to compete globally . |
| 5 | Many of them will also have the opportunity to attend the famous WHAM Bicycleship Training School . |
| 6 | Finally , it made sense with the gallery 's affairs already disrupted by the construction , to seize the opportunity to restore the original museum , reinstall the collection , and landscape the surrounding grounds . |
| 7 | Finally , the Churchill patience snapped and , peering over his glasses at the hapless Opposition MP , he retorted : ‘ I am grateful for the opportunity to remind the Honourable Member for Dewsbury what a dirty dog does to a paling . ’ |
| 8 | The opportunity to evaluate the only airworthy UK example of anything is a rare privilege . |
| 9 | Nine months later , in July 1991 , we facilitated a second self-evaluation process during which VHWs had the opportunity to evaluate the newly-developed health education programme at the well baby clinic of the health centre . |
| 10 | Above all , project work provides learners with the opportunity to use the newly-acquired language to talk about themselves , and to express their own ideas , feelings , and opinions . |
| 11 | Helen would then seize the opportunity to use the controlling tactic of sympathy on Jennifer . |
| 12 | All the firms invited to donate the custom-built models in the Dolls ' House took the opportunity to use the black and maroon colours of the royal livery on their bodywork . |
| 13 | As well as world No. 1 , Monica Seles , fans will have the opportunity to see the top players , including Steffi Graf , Zina Garrison , Jennifer Capriati , Sanchez-Vicario , not to mention the British contingent of Jo Durie , Monique Javer , Clare Wood and Sam Smith . |
| 14 | This excursion offers the opportunity to see the breathtaking spectacle of Holland 's fabulous bulbfields . |
| 15 | So you will eventually get the opportunity to take as Mike has maybe already told you , get eventually get the opportunity to take the audio tour yourself , so you can see where things are . |
| 16 | When planning for the appointment of either additional or replacement medical staff , the manager should have the opportunity to assess the nursing consequences of the appointment . |
| 17 | Good , well thought out industrial or commercial experience for teachers provides the opportunity to spot the exciting curriculum vehicles and identify the challenging and enterprising educational opportunities . |
| 18 | He said Labour would be denied the opportunity to re-erect the interventionist policies promised in the policy review . |
| 19 | This provided the opportunity to widen the High Street . |
| 20 | The new procedures were well received by the delegates who took full advantage of the opportunity to clarify the administrative details relating to the Pilot Courses . |
| 21 | I am grateful for the opportunity to enlighten the hon. Gentleman , and I thank him for his question . |
| 22 | The budget in this context gives the management the opportunity to examine the overall effect of operating decisions . |
| 23 | Finding a competing behaviour means finding an acceptable activity for the child to engage in which robs him or her of the opportunity to perform the defined problem behaviour . |
| 24 | We took the opportunity to drive the outgoing model while we had the new one and were left in no doubt about which was the driver 's car . |
| 25 | As one example , we know that it was at this time that he took the opportunity to fill the vacant see of York since the canons were present and thus he could postulate and consecrate Walter Gray . |
| 26 | Jilinski , now overconfident and desirous of seizing the opportunity to destroy the German Army in East Prussia , urged Samsonov and his five corps , a total of some 200,000 men , to advance at maximum speed . |
| 27 | One disadvantage of the departure from the planned scheme was , of course , the loss of the opportunity to compare the new pathway students with their colleagues continuing on a traditional course . |
| 28 | It allows for the development of skills appropriate to each study area and gives teachers the opportunity to explore the specific approaches which are appropriate to particular subject disciplines . |
| 29 | I was generally pressed for time in my few day in Sydney , and did not have the opportunity to explore the graphic potential of the monoline as well as it deserved . |
| 30 | I was generally pressed for time in my few days in Sydney , and did not have the opportunity to explore the graphic potential of the monoline as well s it deserved . |