Example sentences of "[verb] offered a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , the attention the association has paid to cinema has offered a space in which it has been possible to raise the issue of the production and distribution of narrative and dramatic works in African languages . |
| 2 | By any account this has offered a golden opportunity to understand the origins of Christianity more fully , to appreciate the social , economic , religious and political circumstances within which a Galilean Jew might impact so strongly upon world history . |
| 3 | The activity of corticosteroids ( see Chapter 5 ) against lymphocytes has offered a means of controlling lymphocyte tumours . |
| 4 | The movement was launched in Namibia at the beginning of last year and has offered a new dimension to the lads ’ Christianity . |
| 5 | Forever anxious not to offend another cricketing nation , the Test and County Cricket Board will try until the last possible moment , before Graham Gooch 's players are due to depart on December 28 , to save the trip , even though New Zealand has offered a peaceful alternative . |
| 6 | For example , Luxembourg has offered a favourable regime for a number of years under its 1929 Holding Company Act . |
| 7 | The menu used has offered a choice of half a dozen regular pies and a daily ‘ special ’ . |
| 8 | This chapter has offered a framework for practitioners to use as they reflect professionally on their practice of assessing elders . |
| 9 | Thus Professor MacPherson has provided an analysis of the principal shortcomings of current liberal-democratic theories and has offered a revised model which he calls ‘ participatory democracy ’ , and which is based on a humanist Marxist perspective ( MacPherson , 1972 , 1973 , 1977 ) . |
| 10 | A meeting with BR Locomotive Inspectors , Brian Penney and Sam Foster proved very beneficial , a number of suggestions coming from BR to consider for construction L D Porta , the Argentinian locomotive engineer , and have provided many helpful suggestions , particularly with regard to low-grade coal , and JF Harrison , an assistant to A H Peppercorn at Doncaster works during construction of the A1s , has offered a number of useful ideas and suggestions . |
| 11 | This chapter has offered a summary of what is more or less evident when one looks at teachers ' lives today . |
| 12 | Krashen ( 1981 ) has offered a set of postulates concerning second language acquisition which forms a coherent model of this language task and it is useful to consider how BSL satisfies the series of five hypotheses which Krashen sets out : |
| 13 | The neo-psychoanalytic approach has offered a most important emphasis on psychological structuring in the creation of historically specific forms of ‘ masculinity ’ and ‘ femininity ’ and has encouraged a break away from discussions in terms of social ‘ roles ’ , with all that concept 's inherent functionalism . |
| 14 | And Garnett College , already mentioned , has offered a one-year course in further education to qualified librarians . |
| 15 | In addition , since September 1981 , it has offered a Preliminary Course in Art to students from the Dyfed College of Art . |
| 16 | British Rail has offered a wide range of economy fares for off-peak periods as a result of its surveys . |
| 17 | Since 1984 , the SCOTVEC has offered a National Certificate , to which all non-advanced FE courses in Scotland are to be directed . |
| 18 | Mr William Waldegrave , Britain 's cabinet minister in charge of science , has offered a bottle of decent champagne to one who can tell him why the Higgs boson is worth finding ( see page 781 ) . |
| 19 | The development of interest rate and currency swaps has offered a further fillip to the eurobond market , by increasing borrowers ' flexibility in issuance , as well as enabling them to profit from comparative advantage in borrowing in different markets ( see Hammond , 1987 ) . |
| 20 | Thus , for eurobond firms London has offered a pool of suitably trained labour ; in recent years , low levels of personal and corporate taxation ; a reasonable tax regime for financial instruments ( e.g. ability to issue bearer eurobonds that effectively pay interest gross and absence of turnover taxes — a particular handicap for the Swiss ) ; a supply of suitable premises ; the absence , since 1979 , of exchange controls ( although initially exchange controls were seen as an advantage , since eurobonds did not interfere with onshore sterling markets ) ; prudential and monetary regulations that have not historically tended significantly to raise the cost of funds , distort or prevent competition among domestic or international intermediaries ; English law ( widely accepted as a basis for international financial business ) ; the English language ; and political stability . |
| 21 | Since 1986 it has offered a wide range of programmes in the fields of management and technology with the Graduate School of Business Administration taking the lead role in these activities . |
| 22 | A mother has offered a hundred pound reward to catch the man who shot her ten year old son in the head with an air rifle . |
| 23 | Mrs Bloomer has offered a one thousand pounds reward for the return of the items stolen . |
| 24 | Securicor has offered a reward of £25,000 for information . |
| 25 | NEWTOWNARDS dairy company Pritchitt Foods has offered a helping hand to refugees in the former Yugoslavia by donating milk powder to a Bosnian relief mission . |
| 26 | HENRY CECIL , trainer of Tenby , has offered a possible explanation for the Derby favourite 's Epsom flop . |
| 27 | He works for a Peugeot dealership and the company has offered a back-up vehicle with the promise of petrol from other businesses . |
| 28 | Now store owner Paul Harper has offered a £500 reward for information leading to a conviction . |
| 29 | The owner of a £370 mountain bike stolen from a garden in Fenby Avenue , Darlington on Sunday evening has offered a reward of £50 for information leading to its return . |
| 30 | Mr McKillen , who has offered a £100 reward to help trace the donkey , has not ruled out the possibility that a jealous rival owner may have taken Toby but fears he could already be dead . |