Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [to-vb] [adj] " 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 | Gives her income and it 's balanced by her allowances and if you move not sufficient to , for the income to exceed that then at the same time it goes into a bank or building society you apply for them not to deduct income . |
| 5 | The income to pay these video costs is usually minimal with new artists , so these expenses are often set against future video exploitation . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The inability to confirm this well-known fact has not spoilt the sudden acceptance of the placebo as something with at least a false concrete explanation rather than being some form of gothic magic about which it is better not to speak . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Debtors feel shame and guilt by their continuing inability to pay their creditors , which is made worse by the never ending demanding letters that fall through the letter box and the inability to get proper legal advice due to lack of money . |
| 11 | Suppose we are interested in deafness defined as the inability to hear some standard sound through headphones . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Few women had the opportunity to earn other than low wages ; many had small opportunity of regular waged employment at any level of remuneration . |
| 16 | By the end of 1994 thousands more retail staff will have had the opportunity to earn this important award . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | A once-weekly trip gave them the opportunity to earn some ‘ pin money ’ and secure a change of scene from their relatively monotonous round . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Nobody could blame her for taking life as seriously as she 'd had to , but the way to some kind of peace and personal balance would surely lie in the opportunity to stop running and relax a little . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | These offer the opportunity to record additional insights into the content or application of a term , particularly if there is some ambiguity involved . |
| 24 | This is the last occasion on which we shall have the opportunity to debate foreign affairs and the Gracious Speech in this Parliament . |
| 25 | Obviously I welcome the opportunity to debate next week Ravenscraig and the Lanarkshire economy . |
| 26 | ‘ These new Regulations — although inspired by the European Framework Directive — have given us the opportunity to progress one of the HSC 's main objectives : to promote better management of health and safety at work . |
| 27 | Our photographic service offers readers the opportunity to order image-enhanced reproductions . |
| 28 | It is very helpful if the renewal cards can be used , so please take the opportunity to remind all class members . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The presentations of the results followed the same format as last year and journalists invited to Blackfriars were given the opportunity to sample some of the own brand products introduced into stores in 1992/93 . |