Example sentences of "open [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 For me , opening my studio to the public makes sense in other ways too .
2 I got on my bike and went back to the house a bit recklessly , shooting through puddles on the path and taking the Jump — a bit on the path where there 's a long downhill on a dune and then a short uphill where it 's easy to leave the ground — at a good forty kilometres per hour , landing with a muddy thump that nearly had me in the whin bushes and left me with a very sore bum , making me want to keep opening my mouth with the feeling of it .
3 So to raise funds , some of the villagers are opening their gardens to the public on Saturday .
4 Farmers , generally speaking , like to grow crops and look after livestock rather than sell — and they prefer privacy ; but if they are to make a success of opening their farm to the public they need to be professional about it .
5 The return to rock means the supercession of demystification by re-mystification , giving people back their sense of worship , rather than forcibly opening their eyes to the nuts and bolts of how ‘ myth ’ is constructed .
6 During June and July many artists living and working in East and South East London have been opening their studios to the public , coordinated and publicised by the Whitechapel Gallery .
7 It is not the West End galleries however who have been opening their doors to the new generation .
8 Essex Rivers Healthcare health promotion unit will be opening its doors on the day and will welcome smokers wanting advice on how to give up the habit .
9 The dandelion is equally dependable , opening its flowers in the morning and closing them in late afternoon .
10 Having risen from Ukrainian coal mines through the party ranks as a tough and brutal Stalinist , once he achieved personal power he wasted no time in opening his mind to the ways of the rest of the world .
11 An enterprising sheep farmer is opening his gates to the public during the lambing season .
12 Their goals came in the first half , Scot Sammy Johnston opening his account for the club and
13 She would explain the nature of her interest , so awakening in him a wish to know more about what goes on outside Masailand and also opening his eyes to the fact that the white folk see the Masai as childlike .
14 If the bonnie banks of Scotland were to open their accounts to the world , there would be a run on the pound and some of the country 's most famous clubs would collapse with embarrassment .
15 The trend towards milder winters is beginning to concern horticulturists. many trees need lengthy cold spells if they are to open their buds at the right time in spring , and research on the Continent confirms that apple trees will be confused by the changing climate .
16 Both are trying to open their economies to the West .
17 Attempts by both India and China to open their economies in the 1980s have resulted in a tug-of-war between their economic liberals and economic conservatives , which shows every sign of ending either in stalemate or in a victory for the conservatives .
18 It is notable that , on the final French campaign of 1449–50 , carefully and confidently organised by the king , and carried out by a much-reformed army , the majority of fortified places did not resist , preferring to open their gates to the side which not only controlled more firepower but claimed with greater vigour to represent legitimate and effective rule .
19 She longed to turn it , to open her palm to the completeness of his touch , but her feelings warred within her again .
20 The creature looked expectantly at Twoflower , its skin rippling and twitching as it sought to open its wings in the confines of the passage .
21 WHAT a delightful coup by the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden , to open its doors to the Maryinsky Theatre , St Petersburg , in a Royal gala celebrating the Russians ' renaming both the theatre and its city with their original title .
22 Pascoe expected to open his door to the present , and found , instead , a face from the past .
23 Marquess of Bath : June 30 , aged 87 : First stately home owner to open his house to the public — Longleat in 1949 .
24 QUICK OPINION * , who failed by the narrowest margin to open his account at the fifth attempt when a short-priced favourite at Nottingham , may make amends in the Fairview New Homes Novice Chase ( 2.30 ) at Ascot , writes Course Correspondent .
25 Keen Hunter should be able to open his account before the turf Flat season ends on Monday .
26 With exquisite logic , Sonic Boom is on the panel , a man who could n't stop talking , I 'm sure , if he could be bothered to open his mouth in the first place .
27 It 's unlikely that this play will close the generation gap or produce many converts , but then if you 're that eager to open your mind to the joys of clubbing , going to the theatre is hardly the place to be .
28 Outside , it 's still raining , and as we gallantly struggle to open our umbrella in the wind , we suddenly find we 've come to a halt beside a large black car , and a man in a smart suit is opening the door for us to get in .
29 I had opened my window in the night .
30 ‘ It has opened my eyes to the value of self-development , showing that people can acquire new skills without having to resort to external courses . ’
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